While this has been a fun thread, everybody seems to be missing the point.
Animal Rights Activists are INTERFERING in the HUMAN RIGHT of Freedom of Religion.
So Which comes first.
HUMAN RIGHTS?
or Animal Rights?
Especially when we are not speaking of a particularly sentient and magnificent creature like a Dolphin or a Golden Retriever, but a CHICKEN!
Animal Rights Activists are INTERFERING in the HUMAN RIGHT of Freedom of Religion.
It also points to divisions within Israel. The Jewish religion is hardly monolithic.
You’ll forgive me if I don’t get too outraged over the human right to twirl a dead chicken around one’s head.