Sean Hannity Showdown With PETA Director Gets Biblical: ‘Are You Saying Jesus Murdered The Fish?’
Fox News host Sean Hannity’s clash with PETA associate director Ashley Bern got biblical Monday night as the pair clashed over Christian ethics around eating meat and factory farming.
The segment kicked off with a petition made by the animal rights organization with a call for Americans to ax the Groundhog Day tradition in Punxsutawney and to replace it with a “delicious” vegan “weather reveal” cake.
The host quickly derailed the debate by arguing – despite Bern’s rebuttal that PETA represented people on both sides of the abortion debate – that the activist did “not have the courage” to defend unborn human children while advocating for animal life.
However, as the debate pivoted back to the point, Hannity stated his conviction about eating meat was based on his reading of the Bible.
“I think God gave us dominion over the animals, and I believe they were put on this Earth for our use, and that’s my belief. All right?” he said.
Bern replied” “I’ve been reading the Bible my entire life. And don’t you think that dominion implies some responsibility as opposed to the way we desecrate God’s creation in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, living in their own waste? Confined so they can’t turn around?”
The host then cited a miracle story from the Bible in which Jesus Christ successfully directed fishermen, who’d been unable to draw a catch, where to lay their nets: “When Jesus told the apostles to drop the nets and their nets got filled with fish, are you saying Jesus murdered the fish?”
“I think that Jesus would look at an animal who can’t turn around in a gestation crate and would not be okay with it. It goes against all…”
“He fed the crowd fish and loaves,” Hannity continued, citing another miracle of Jesus.
“Yes, but a pig factory farm is a desecration of God’s creation,” Bern protested.
“Alright. Your interpretation of the Bible. More Hannity straight ahead,” the host said, cutting to ad break.
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