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I've always been opposed to slaughtering, eating, and wearing carcasses.

I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.

I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans.

I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

Conservatives like to think of animal protection as a trendy leftist cause, which makes it easier to brush off. And I hope that more of us will open our hearts to animals.

I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.

I have always been against cruelty to animals and remain so.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.