I thought my previous post already demonstrated the craziness of the animal rights movement, or even the “animal rights lite” seen among some varieties of pet-lovers… but this is even beyond crazy.

Apparently a few years ago in Canada someone proposed a bill that would “[move] animals in law from property toward having “personhood,” and, ultimately, with rights approximating human rights.”

Animals would be defined as “sentient beings, a departure from viewing them as property and would increase the maximum prison sentence for cruelty from six months to five years.”

In 2008, Spain actually moved to grant apes a status almost equal to personhood, with distinct rights such as life and liberty. This is in itself no great surprise, considering that if one accepts an atheistic belief of origins, namely evolution, it would naturally follow that human-esque rights would then be extended to so-called “ancestors.” (Incidentally, this underscores the stark contrast between this and the Christian worldview.)

Returning to the Canadian example, perhaps this is most telling: “in The National Post (October 28, 2002), Senator Anne Cools of Toronto questioned whether the Bill makes killing an animal a more serious crime than infanticide.”

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