We need to let them know how many of us there are. Over ten thousand men, women and children fight game fowl as hobbies and for additional income. Fifty percent of my income comes from cock fighting. I have a wife and five children. My wife stays home to home school Christian children since God is no longer allowed in schools.

We have always voted straight Republican tickets because we believe the Republican Party represents moral values, right to life, the right to own and bear weapons to protect our homes and families, and to protect our property and our freedoms. So why are conservative, Christian Republicans now supporting liberal animal rights activists?

These are the same people who believe abortion and euthanasia are alright, however, they do not believe in owning pets. These people would see animals have more rights than humans, and God clearly put man in charge of animals. We have noticed that the Democrats (we usually do not agree with) have no sponsors of this bill. Perhaps they believe that God did put man over the animals.

Game cocks are curious animals.They would rather fight than eat. They are not made to be mean, they fight each other naturally. My cocks are my pets. My wife loves and mothers them. My two-year-old can pick up and pet any rooster on my yard.

If this bill is voted in, and cockfighting becomes a felony, life will change drastically here. My wife who teaches a Christian curriculum to our children will have to go to work outside the home. Our children, one who has learning disabilities, will be back in public school where they weren't doing him justice before.

I will not give up fighting cocks. The cocks are my property. I pay property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, state taxes, and I pay these willingly so that my rights as an American are protected. My property is part of my rights that needs to be protected by the lawmakers I helped to elect.

A felony law against cockfighting will cost $20,000 per year to incarcerate offenders. AFDC and EBT will then be supporting their families; another $10,000+ per year, while these families are loosing their homes and becoming homeless. Without being able to make a mortgage payment, that puts the families into Section 8 housing; another $8000+ per year. After the cost of arrests, court costs for convictions, cost for public defenders, the, felony cock fighting will cost South Carolina upwards of $40,000 each year.

Criminal Domestic Violence doesn't carry the weight this bill is trying to put of cock fighting. This bill makes a chicken worth more legally than a woman is legally. And a man has to make a decision to commit CDV. Cocks don't have the ability to make a decision to fight, IT IS INSTINCT!

Are my representatives thinking? I voted for persons I felt had similar values as myself. Obviously not. I believe in Jesus Christ. He does not change His views on murdering unborn babies or disabled persons. He does not change His views on marriage being between one man and one woman. He does not change His mind on sexual immorality, theft, lying, or idolatry.

In Genesis 1:26-28, God said, 26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth".

27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female he created them".

28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth over the earth".

God has not changed his mind here either. God is with us,

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Imagine teaching your child such hate as the ALF does.

"Our rage expands to our out-of-work life. That guy in front of us on the highway, the one who's in our way, euthanize him too. We rage at politicians, television, newspapers, our family. Everyone is a target for our anger, scorn and derision. We have lost our perspective and effectiveness."

"We're unable to connect with life. Even the animals we come in contact with seem somehow distant and unreal. Anger is the only bridge to our humanness. It's the only thing that penetrates our shield."

"When we find them we do all we can to stop them from hurting animals. We recognize that the solutions are just as complex as the problems and bring a multitude of tools to the problem at hand and use them any way we can and we begin to see results - one small step at a time. We reconnect with the animals. Our shields come down. We understand that sadness and pain are a part of our job. We stop stuffing our feelings with drugs, food or isolation. We begin to understand that our feelings of anger, depression and sadness are best dealt with if we recognize them and allow them to wash over and past us. We recognize our incredible potential to help animals. We are changing the world."

"Our phase two depression has turned outward and we're mad as hell. Hopelessness turns to rage. We begin to hate people, any people and all people unless, like our co-workers, they dedicate their lives to animals the way we do. We even hate our co- workers if they dare question us - especially about euthanasia. It occurs to us, let's euthanize the owners, not the pets. Let's take everyone who abuses an animal or even surrenders an animal and euthanize them instead."

"Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition." Peter Singer

"My goal is the abolition of all animal agriculture" John Paul "JP" Goodwin

"If you take the attitude that one form of animal use is acceptable, then you can't criticize anything else" Wayne Pacelle, HSUS