I actually read PETA's Wikipedia page for fun the other day - because I know they're attention-hounds and my cynical side finds their moronic stunts amusing. While I'm sure most of us know about Black and Blue, did you know that they've made jabs at Cooking Mama, too? It's not because Cooking Mama has anything that resembles content that would be bad for kids - it's because it includes recepies that use meat. This, coupled with their endeavor to rename fish "sea kittens" and the fact that their president/whatever discourages the use of guide animals pretty much cemented my view of them as misguided at best and cruel at worst. I believe that a lot of people who support PETA have good ideals at heart, but I don't think that their aims are reasonable and I think that a lot of the people who run it are just looking for attention.

Like I said, I do like their sentiments - animals are certainly poorly treated by some people, but at the same time I value the needs of humans far above the needs of animals. For a lot of people, vegetarianism/veganism is simply unsustainable for cost or health reasons. People can live without meat, sure, but not without a ridiculous amount of cost/hassle. Meat is a vital food source for a lot of people; removing it could be devastating, especially to those with health issues like anemia.

(also, Jenn, the generalization about pro-life people reads as just a tad insensitive)