Should goat sacrifice be permitted?
A Fort Worth court will render judgment.
Sacred practices of a minority religion, or just silliness? You decide. I'm with Psalm 50 on this one:
7. "Listen, my people, I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God, your God, am I. 8. Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, nor for your holocausts, set before me daily. 9. I need no bullock from your house, no goats from your fold. 10. For every animal of the forest is mine, beasts by the thousands on my mountains. 11. I know every bird of the heavens; the creatures of the field belong to me. 12. Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for mine is the world and all that fills it. 13. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14. Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.
Actually, I think that on Constitutional grounds, the Santeria folks will likely win on this one. They've won on chickens before.
I, of course, do not support the practice.