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I would suggest you aren't disagreeing with anything I said there - when I said religion has no place influencing I did mean just that - I didn't mention whether I was for or against a potential ban on halal meat, merely that religious beliefs have no business influencing policy on animal welfare, be they pro- of anti-halal, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Hindu or Scientologist.

It should be purely about the welfare of the animal, assessed as scientifically and appropriately as possible with as much evidence as it's possible to collect.

The animal's welfare should never come secondary to either the amount of people holding a belief in a particular version of an imaginary friend nor how vehemently that belief is held.