Posted on 19/07/08
Not just furniture
As the animal-rights movement gains momentum, some clear and broad-minded thinking is called for. In The Globe's Life section on Tuesday, the conspicuous Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby told Rebecca Dube, "It's much like gay rights were 25 years ago." The apparent comparison between the status of non-human animals and that of homosexual human beings is bizarre. Gays fought long and hard for their legal rights to pensions and marriage, for instance. Twenty-five years from now, animals will not be celebrating on the steps of courthouses.
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