CHRISTIANITY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ANIMALS: PETER SINGER
MCLEAN, Va., July 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Princeton University philosopher Peter Singer told a national meeting of animal rights activists that “mainstream Christianity is a problem for the animal movement.” Singer, who has won notoriety for his belief that homo sapiens (mankind) has no right to claim superiority over other animals, singled out “more conservative mainstream fundamentalist views” that “want to make a huge gulf between humans and animals”—a form of discrimination he calls “speciesism.” Singer is also famous for endorsing “consensual” sexual relationships between animals and people, and for arguing that parents should be allowed to kill an unwanted […]
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