{"id":2679,"date":"2020-10-12T16:27:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.humanepa.org\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2020-10-12T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:30:52","slug":"humane-pennsylvania-election-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.humanepa.org\/?p=2679","title":{"rendered":"Humane Pennsylvania Election Endorsements!"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Karel Minor, President\/CEO of Humane Pennsylvania<\/em><\/h5>\n

Did I get you again?\u00a0 It works every year.\u00a0 Of course, as a 501c3 charity, Humane Pennsylvania does not and never has made endorsements in elections.\u00a0 While there are political action and politically partisan animal welfare groups out there who legally can and do make endorsements, we are not one of those. I\u2019m glad we aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Why?\u00a0 Because we are here to help animals and the people who care about them.\u00a0 As soon as we pick a side, any side, we lose the other side.\u00a0 Instead of picking sides, we pick issues.\u00a0 What policies and laws will best help animals, animal caretakers, and the organizations which work on their behalf?\u00a0 That\u2019s our focus exclusively when we wade into \u201cpolitical\u201d discussions.<\/p>\n

H\"\"umane Pennsylvania knows that every elected official and every candidate is a potential ally on issues important to our work.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we engage with all of them, regardless of policy affiliation.\u00a0 It turns out donkeys, elephants, and greens all have cats and dogs at home.\u00a0 If ever there was a constituency that crosses party lines, it\u2019s the animals who share our lives.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we have the support of elected officials of all stripes and parties.<\/p>\n

Does that mean that it doesn\u2019t matter who you vote for?\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 Heck, I\u2019m as partisan as it comes – personally<\/em>.\u00a0 Professionally, my ultimate goal is to work to have any candidate of any persuasion to be right on the issues important to animals, and if it\u2019s because they are a little afraid of voters, that\u2019s OK.\u00a0 It\u2019s what I call the \u201cfurry third rail\u201d.\u00a0 If every candidate would all be as pro-animal welfare as they are pro-Grandma and apple pie, we could vote for whoever we wanted knowing that we\u2019d only have healthcare, government spending, and our personal favorite number on the Bill of Rights to fight over.<\/p>\n

Not many people are single issue voters so it\u2019s not even reasonable to expect people to vote exclusively on animal issues.\u00a0 Instead, we ask you press the candidates you<\/em> support in your <\/em>party to be good to animals and do things which makes the work of Humane Pennsylvania and our peers to be easier, not harder.\u00a0 When we get two great animal welfare candidates running against each other, animals win – no matter which candidate wins.<\/p>\n

For those who are interested in learning about the animal stance of candidates, all you need to do is Google \u201cAnimal Issues Endorsements\u201d or something similar.\u00a0 You\u2019ll get more information than you ever wanted on endorsements based on cat and dog issues, farm animals, wildlife, or platypus conservation, whatever is important to you as a voter.<\/p>\n

We share more than we don\u2019t with one another, no matter how loud things get at election time.\u00a0 One of them is a love for the animals that share our lives.\u00a0 Go ahead and vote.\u00a0 Then go hug your pet and remember that more people have a pet to hug than will ever vote for any politician.\u00a0 It\u2019ll make you feel better about the world, and about the idiot next door with the sign for the candidate you can\u2019t stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Karel Minor, President\/CEO of Humane Pennsylvania Did I get you again?\u00a0 It works every year.\u00a0 Of course, as a 501c3 charity, Humane Pennsylvania does not and never has made endorsements in elections.\u00a0 While there are political action and politically partisan animal welfare groups out there who legally can and do make endorsements, we are …
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