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Trevor Blake: Animal Sacrifice, Texas Style [LINK-ZUM]

Jose Merced is an Obe in the Santeria religion. City officials in Euless, Texas (near Dallas) told Mr. Merced he could not kill animals in a Santeria religious ceremony. He filed a federal discrimination lawsuit to prevent the establishment of religion by the State, and to freely exercise his own religion. This lawsuit seems to have failed. At the same time, in the nearby city of Dallas, animals are killed in a Jewish religious ceremony [PDF explaining these "strict rules of Biblical origin"]. It appears that animal sacrifice is acceptable in Texas, but only if it is the correct religion. Unknown at this time is how the Texas courts would rule regarding the animal sacrifices mandated by Church of Later Day Saint (Strangites) or Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha.

Texas law regarding child sacrifice is equally mixed. If as part of your Christian faith you beat your child to death or suffocate them, you will probably go to prison. But if as part of your Christian faith you deny your child a vaccine and they die from easily preventable disease, that's okay.

Texas courts seem to prefer animal or child sacrifice that occurs slowly and behind closed doors rather than quickly and in public.

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