Save Foie Gras in Maryland

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    Keeping foie gras legal in Maryland
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This petition is in regards to legislation SB 599 & HB 1137 that has been introduced by State Senator Joan Cater Conway and State Delegate Tanya Shewell. If you are unaware of this legislation, it purposes the ban of the production, transport, and sale of foie gras within the State of Maryland. This legislation takes government regulation to far in deciding what you can and cant eat. Even if you dont agree with foie gras, or how its made, doesnt mean the state government has the right to make that same decision for you. Banning foie gras because some people find it inhumane sets a disturbing precedent for the eventual banning of all meat and seafood products. How you would feel if you were unable to enjoy a crab cake in the state of Maryland because steaming a live crab is deemed inhuman? I know this example seems quit extreme, but this legislation enables a snowballing effect like this to occur. I can understand why some people would be opposed to foie gras, however, the choice of being able to eat it if I want to is a personal choice, not one that should be dictated for me by a state wide ban. Its not the job of the states to impose a minoritys moral standards on its residents.



If you believe in freedom of choice for all Marylanders then please add your name to this petition.



190 Signatures

  • Taylor Adams
  • Jim Platner
    • Comments
    • Its called human rights.
  • Meaghan McAdory
  • James Jiau
  • kimmy rohrs
  • J B Bennington
    • Comments
    • What's next, chicken?
  • sarah cruise
  • Meryl Seidel
  • Leigha Bard
  • Robert Roederer
  • Erik Lutz
  • rachel hunt
    • Comments
    • no one should make a law against what i want to put in my mouth
  • Jacob Winstanley
  • Jason Knebel
  • FLORENCE GLAVIN
    • Comments
    • Let us decide what we should eat
  • Patrick Noel
    • Comments
    • We should have the right to decide what is acceptable to us
  • Michael J Barone
  • Courtney Bond
    • Comments
    • Don't limit the production of artisanal food and don't tell me what I can't eat.
  • Henry Hong
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    • В
  • Allison Parker-Abromitis
  • Jason Ambrose
  • J.Redfern
    • Comments
    • We need more diversity in foods not less. Don't buy the animal protest industry scam!
  • sara bowers
  • Gary Bowers
    • Comments
    • Have our legislators run out of problems to fix? This is a shameless misuse of our system by a handful of fanatics.
  • Bryan Coats
  • Toni-Lyn Bencivenni
  • MARK BACHMAN
    • Comments
    • PETA-People Eating Tasty Animals
  • Kathryn Davis
  • Tim Wescott
  • william b novakowski jr
    • Comments
    • focus on real issues.........
  • Brigit Bowers
  • chris pellicano
  • Chris Ambrose
  • Michael Wong
  • John Ambrose
  • Kevin Weston
  • Charles R Maucher
  • Maria
  • Blair Morse
    • Comments
    • Throw O'Malley and his cronies in jail
  • Eric Kemenes
  • Brad Scott
  • Nick LoBianco
  • Cristin Dadant
    • Comments
    • This is a choice issue... there are far more important issues affecting animal rights ( and the environment, incidentally). Please don't pass this law. It is a waste of resources and time.
  • Matthew Dickinson
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    • Stay out of my dinner!!
  • sean weinberg
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    • don't state governments have more to worry about !!
  • brian Wilson
    • Comments
    • It is our own choice to eat or not to eat!
  • Antonio Prontelli
  • Andrea Scott
  • Lisa A. Heckman
  • Peter Wood