Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love.

We should take good care of the domestic animals we have brought into existence until they die. We should stop bringing more domestic animals into existence.

Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

Vegetarianism as a moral position is no more coherent than saying that you think it morally wrong to eat meat from a spotted cow but not morally wrong to eat meat from a non-spotted cow.

It's really not rocket science. If animals are not mere things; if they have moral value, we cannot justify eating, wearing, or using them particularly when we have no better reason than palate pleasure or fashion. If you are eating, wearing, or using animals, then your actions say that you regard them as mere things, despite what your words say.

Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated as second-class citizens. Yes, things have changed but we have still not achieved equality among all humans. And nonhuman animals continue to be chattel property without any inherent value.