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Greek Court Bans Kosher and Halal Slaughter (greekreporter.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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Can we do it here please as well ?

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago

published five years ago btw.

The Panhellenic Animal Welfare and Environmental Federation requested that the court annul an exemption in a law that allowed religious slaughtering practices to take place without anesthetic.

The courts ruled that the religious preparation of animal products did not outweigh those animals’ welfare, and decided that the exemption was a violation of the law’s requirement to slaughter animals with anesthesia.

Fair call. Religions and other traditions should not be above anti-cruelty standards. This law, while in direct contradiction to a traditional practice, does not appear to be intended as harassment or persecution. If a culture is incompatible with anti-cruelty standards, drop the practice from the culture. I'd expect the same if anti-discrimination legislation outlaws the sexist enforcement of 1 Timothy 2:12, 1 Corinthians 14:34, 1 Corinthians 11:4-5 among unliberalised Christian organisations.

I wonder if these laws encouraged vegetarianism, rather than breaking diet requirements.