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Forty-two Years After Dr. King Was Murdered, We Are Still A Nation Of Inequality. People Of Color, Women, Gays, Lesbians, And Others Are Still Treated As Second-class Citizens. Yes, Things Have Changed But We Have Still Not Achieved Equality Among All Humans. And Nonhuman Animals Continue To Be Chattel Property Without Any Inherent Value.

We Cannot Talk Simultaneously About Animal Rights And The 'humane' Slaughter Of Animals.

Veganism Is An Act Of Nonviolent Defiance. It Is Our Statement That We Reject The Notion That Animals Are Things And That We Regard Sentient Nonhumans As Moral Persons With The Fundamental Moral Right Not To Be Treated As The Property Or Resources Of Humans.

I Certainly Believe That We Have A Moral Obligation To Care For The Dogs, Cats, And Other Nonhumans Whose Existence We Have Caused Or Facilitated As Part Of The Institution Of 'pet' Ownership. But I Maintain That We Ought To Abolish The Institution And Stop Causing Or Facilitating The Existence Of More 'companion' Animals.

But If There Were Two Dogs Left In The Universe And It Were Up To Us As To Whether They Were Allowed To Breed So That We Could Continue To Live With Dogs, And Even If We Could Guarantee That All Dogs Would Have Homes As Loving As The One That We Provide, We Would Not Hesitate For A Second To Bring The Whole Institution Of 'pet' Ownership To An End.