[mvpel]

It is important to be aware of the efforts of vegetarian activists and what they are plotting to force on the rest of us. I suspect that the discussion of a ban on hallal and kosher slaughter is a wedge issue that they are attempting to use to "push the peanut forward," in much the same way that the gun-banners did with so-called "assault weapons."

It is unfortunate that Gov. Pataki gave them the ammunition they needed to make a consistent case for a ban on meat-eating in the state - that just goes to show you what happens when government overreaches its constitutional limits.

Also note that this author makes reference to Peter Singer, the infamous proponent of infanticide of disabled newborns, and states that "the life of a newborn is of less value than the life of a pig, a dog, or a chimpanzee."

These are the kind of people who want to weild government force against you and your family. Think about it.