Honestly, it boggles my mind that this is even up for debate. It's like rob said, we treat dogs better than humans in this regard.
And let's face it, the only reason religious people object to it is to make themselves feel better about how they appear in the eyes of their invisible deity they can't prove exists. Forcing other people to endure preventable suffering for your religious beliefs is just appalling.
And let's face it, the only reason religious people object to it is to make themselves feel better about how they appear in the eyes of their invisible deity they can't prove exists. Forcing other people to endure preventable suffering for your religious beliefs is just appalling.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell