(4) develop policies to address violence against animals;
What's the problem with these?
I haven't thought about the rest of the bill but only a caveman would not want to support this point.
Animals are people too. They have rights, feelings, and desires just like any of you. But you behave as if they are here for your pleasure and sustenance.
Human beings have no right to incarcerate animals. Instead of locking them in our homes we need to set them free immediately. Let them roam the country as they please, breathing the sweet air with the freedom that is their right. Release your dogs, cats, birds, fish, and other noble creations of nature today. Set them free.
Do not eat the flesh of animals. Period. (Keep in mind, though, that vegetable have rights too. Just because they look different from you and me doesn't mean that they are not Americans.)
It is long past the time when we need to recognize the right of animals to express themselves. Animals cannot speak, except when nobody else is looking and they discuss matters of great importance with some of us at night after a few brewskis, so they express themselves in other ways. We need to support cultural diversity.
If a dog pees on your leg, it could be his way of showing distaste for your fashion sense. He has that right to express himself. Don't shake him off. Use the occasion as an opportunity to understand his aesthetics. You might learn something.
Teach your little daughter respect for the dog who sinks his teeth into her leg. We all need to understand each others' point of view, but reprisals against other forms of humanity should never be tolerated. Explain to your daughter that she has another leg, and that there is a reason why she was born with the spare. Help her learn to overcome any acquired selfishness she might have learned as she transitioned from the natural state of goodness to the corruption of civilization. She can share one of her legs.
Let us look forward to the day when our country has cast off the shackles of primitive thought and we recognize the right of animals to vote. Only then can we elect a real jackass as President of the United States.