It is a sad state of affairs when Michael Vick, Whoopi Goldberg, Roy Jones and other celebrity and high profile individuals broadcast their support for dog fighting through national media channels.  Many people in our society are impressionable enough to believe them and to support such criminal activities.  What kind of role model is Michael Vick?  I couldn’t wait to toss my son’s Michael Vick football and jersey into the nearest garbage can.  Dog fighting and rooster fighting, for that matter, are cruel and barbaric sports.  It has clearly become a part of certain cultures, certainly not “southern” as Whoopi Goldberg would have us all believe.  I am born and bred “southern” and animal cruelty and torture is certainly not a part of my belief system.  Pastors, Sunday school teachers, parents, grandparents, school teachers, counselors and the like should all feel compelled to communicate to our young people, that dog fighting and other forms of animal cruelty are morally and legally just plain wrong!

Good job Santa Rosa Sheriff’s deputies!