What do you all think of this?  I watched Oprah when this was the topic and it was really sad about these animals not having any kind of a decent life prior to being slaughtered.  Now, don't get me wrong, God gave us animals to eat and I'm not against that at all.  I just think that the animals deserve a decent life while they are alive.

I got this email from the Country Living Association today:

The California ballot initiative on farm animal housing has passed with 63% of the votes in favor and 37% against.

Passage represents a huge victory for Prop 2's supporters, the main two of which are the animal rights groups Farm Sanctuary and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). It is largely expected that Farm Sanctuary and HSUS will employ momentum from their victory to carry the measure to other states that have ballot initiatives and directly to state assemblies in those states that do not.

Californians for Safe Food, which opposed Prop 2, issued a statement Tuesday night, saying the coalition led by Farm Sanctuary and HSUS "led an emotionally manipulative, dishonest and often deceptive campaign." Safe Food commended its supporters and listed a number of accomplishments, including the fact that more than 30 of California's major newspapers came out in opposition to Prop 2.

HSUS chief executive officer and president Wayne Pacelle, in a statement issued late Tuesday night, declared that California voters "have taken a stand for compassion and decency and said systematic mistreatment of animals on factory farms cannot continue. All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food."