Animals vs. People (Many have made their choice)

So last night, Eddie and I watched an episode of Trading Spouses. Not something we usually do. We were intrigued by one of the wives who was a devout vegan, meaning that she does not use any part of any animal in everything she does. IE She does not eat meat, drink milk or any other dairy product, eat eggs or fish. She also refuses to wear leather, fur, or use any other product or byproduct of animals. This includes her household cleaning materials, home furniture, etc. She was so adament about health and taking care of your body and loving your environment and all animals to the extent that she was intolerant to other people's viewpoints and beliefs. She was rude and mean. Ironically enough, she smoked, drank, was borderline verbally abusive to her "new" family, as well as her own family, and practically beat her "new" family's dog. Interesting.

Later that night, I read a post from someone I know that is pro-abortion. The whole bulletin talked about how McCain doesn't know women because he called abortion extreme. It got me thinking. There are a good number of Democratics who are environmentalists ("take care of our world"), vegetarians or vegans ("take care of our animals"), anti-gun ("don't hurt anyone"), and/or animal-rights activists (again with the "take care of animals"). What I can't understand is how these people who profess to love all these things are still able to say that it is ok to kill an unborn child, or as Obama called it, "a punishment?"

Also, how can this belief, to be pro-choice, be considered a part of feminism, when it negates the very core of what it means to be a woman? That is to be kind, gentle, self-less, strong and responsible, and, above all else, to be a mother? Such a belief deadens motherly instincts to love and protect. I'm sorry, but I am disgusted by the fact that so many people would rather chain themselves to a tree or refuse to eat a cow than to protect another human life. How can this be? What is happening? Where are our values? What happened to the sancity of home, family, and love before selfishness, trends, and pride?