UKIP has announced a policy of banning ritual slaughter without stunning, including Jewish shechita where animals are slaughtered by slitting the throat whilst the animal is still fully concious.
Currently, ritual slaughter is exempt from animal cruelty laws but UKIP is proposing a change in the law to require animals to be stunned prior to slaughter. Most Halal meat in the UK is from stunned animals but Kosher forbids stunning and UKIP's new-found opposition to ritual slaughter has attracted criticism from some Jews with some describing it as anti-Semitic which is frankly pathetic and devalues real anti-Semitism.
Whilst Jewish scripture forbids stunning animals, it also requires the murder of non-Jews, gays, people who answer their parents back and adulterers. I haven't heard anything in the news recently about Jews murdering gays or Christians or cheeky kids so clearly some parts of the Torah can be safely ignored to fit in with these more enlightened times. So why not ritual slaughter?
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Poll: Should UKIP ban ritual slaughter?
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Halal,
Kosher,
Ritual Slaughter
Poll: Should UKIP ban ritual slaughter?
2015-02-05T17:53:00Z
Stuart Parr
Halal|Kosher|Ritual Slaughter|
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Stuart Parr is a UKIP parish councillor for the Brookside ward and UKIP town councillor for the Woodside ward in Telford & Wrekin and the founder and administrator of Bloggers4UKIP.
Stuart writes a personal blog Wonko's World and tweets as @wonkotsane.
Stuart Parr is a UKIP parish councillor for the Brookside ward and UKIP town councillor for the Woodside ward in Telford & Wrekin and the founder and administrator of Bloggers4UKIP.
Stuart writes a personal blog Wonko's World and tweets as @wonkotsane.
Poll: Should UKIP ban ritual slaughter?
2015-02-05T17:53:00Z
Stuart Parr
Halal|Kosher|Ritual Slaughter|