You Learn Something New Everyday

I posted night before last about drying up Rosie, our milk cow, at the end of the month. 

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While doing a few Internet searches about milk, I stumbled across a doozy of an article.  Apparently, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) claims that milk is a symbol of white supremacy.  Supposedly, a genetic mutation of Europeans allows white people to be lactose tolerant and therefore able to drink milk.  They say that "The white stuff isn't the right stuff."  You can read the entire article HERE, but I think it is absolute and utter foolishness.  Many of the claims in the article are made up out of whole cloth.

Milk is mentioned numerous times in the Bible, beginning in Genesis 18:8.  God gave people the milk of goats, sheep, camels, and cows for food.  He brought the Israelites into a "land flowing with milk (it wasn't soy milk, either!) and honey," and He gave us dominion over the animals.  We are to to be kind to our animals according to: Proverbs 12:10 “Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.”  We take good care of our animals as directed in Proverbs 27:23 “Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.” 

Much of the article denigrates people who are not vegans and uses powerfully charged words to describe life on some dairy farms.  I believe in freedom.  If someone chooses to be a vegan, that is their business.  I won't denigrate them or call them names for not drinking milk or eating meat.  We do milk cows and goats in our family.  We drink the milk and make ice cream and kefir.  We are fond of our family cows and treat them well.  We are appreciative of the milk they give us.  Oh, and we are NOT white supremacists.