Guest guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Yesterday in California, an appeals court ruled against a vegan's lawsuit using religion as a defense. Here is the article: http://www.animalconcerns.org/external.html?www=http%3A//sfgate.com/cgi-bin/arti\ cle.cgi%3Ff%3D/c/a/2002/09/14/MN194306.DTL & itemid=200209141245200.475084 Apparently, Equalitarian religion is unknown. Our primary religious principle is veganism. For more information on Equalitarian religion, please visit our website at www.allspecies.homestead.com God Bless, Jack Truman Pastor The Universal Equalitarian Church 'Where All Species are Created Equal' www.allspecies.homestead.com News - Today's headlines http://news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 jack truman wrote: >Yesterday in California, an appeals court ruled >against a vegan's lawsuit using religion as a defense. >Here is the article: > >http://www.animalconcerns.org/external.html?www=http%3A//sfgate.com/cgi-bin/art\ icle.cgi%3Ff%3D/c/a/2002/09/14/MN194306.DTL & itemid=200209141245200.475084 > >Apparently, Equalitarian religion is unknown. Our >primary religious principle is veganism. For more >information on Equalitarian religion, please visit our >website at www.allspecies.homestead.com Jack, do you think that the appellant would have been more successful in this case if he had been an Equalitarian, rather than a vegan? Just because Equalitarianism encompasses veganism does not make veganism a religion in itself. For example, there are other religions that espouse vegetarianism, but that does not make vegetarianism itself a religion. I do not believe that veganism is a religion. In that respect, I agree with the judge. However, I strongly believe that the appellant should have had the right to object to the mandatory vaccination on grounds of veganism as a moral philosophy. But I don't know if US law allows for any such objection. Presumably not, given the appellants decision to appeal on religious, rather than moral grounds. Gerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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