Of course!
What is sacrifice? As it was always done, animals were slaughtered and people were eating them! We continue doing that! Others are praying and thanking god for the food, others thank their luck, others just eat! And this is true in all times!
As 5,000 years ago, the sacrifice was done in a specific way, the same now! Similarly, then and now, the dangerous parts were returning to nature, without eating them, while the rest was cut in pieces and were distributed to participating individuals!
And this is true either at homes (then and now) and public (then and now)! Nothing have changed, but the names!
I have lived in NY, MN and IL and I can tell you, animal sacrifice under a religion's doctrine is allowed in all 3 of these states.
We Muslims have a holiday called Eid-UL-Azha where we follow the tradition of prophet Abraham and sacrifice the animals to God once every Lunar every.
if it is allowed then i say lets sacrifice that donkey name George to the gods. after that we can sacrifice that pig name bill. then maybe the whole world can be at peace.
Yes it is Legal with quite a few provisions(the animal may not be mistreated and must not "suffer" when killed).
Many like to believe it isn't legal, the First Amendment says otherwise.
there was a case taken to the supreme court a few years ago, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah.
The Supreme Court struck down the ordinances by which Hialeah had sought to prohibit animal sacrifice, on the grounds that the ordinances specifically targeted religion in a constitutionally impermissible manner. The Court did not state, however, that a municipality would have to give an exemption from a neutral, generally applicable statute such as the anti-cruelty statute at issue in First Church of Chango, if a municipality wished to use the anti-cruelty statute to stop cruelty to animals in sacrifices.
Is animal sacrifice allowed in the US? ( as practised in vodoo and santeria)?
