Vegansexuals

The Drudge Report has attracted international attention to a story out of New Zealand about "Vegansexuals" -- animal lovers so committed to the veggie cause that they won't have sex with meat-eaters:

Many female respondents described being attracted to people who ate meat, but said they did not want to have sex with meat-eaters because their bodies were made up of animal carcasses.

One vegan respondent from Christchurch said: "I believe we are what we consume, so I really struggle with bodily fluids, especially sexually."

But wait! If we truly are what we eat, then sex with carnivores is nothing more than bestiality, which, according to some animal-rights champions -- most notably Princeton University bioethicist Peter Singer and PETA president Ingrid Newkirk -- can be, under the right circumstances, just swell.

So to get this matter of vegan ethics straight once and for all: Hamburgers are immoral, but buggering ham is not. And as for sex with carnivores, well, the jury's still out on that one.