user19027: I have a girlfriend who has a daughter from another man. If I raise this kid not vegetarian, will that be bad karma? Her mother is an omnivore and the kid is being raised in an omnivore household. It would be very difficult to change her diet. Is it my reponsibility to make her vegetarian?

user471: Please read "Why is contributing to the market demand for meat not wrong?".
According to most schools of Buddhism, it is against the first precept to kill an animal yourself, but it is ok to buy frozen meat from the supermarket for consumption.
Let's say you go to a restaurant as a customer. If the restaurant prepares your meal order using frozen meat, then that's  ok. But if you have to select the animal for slaughter (which happens in some Asian countries, for seafood dishes for e.g. you need to pick your lobster from an aquarium), then that breaks the first precept.
As long as you did not do the killing yourself or select the animal and ordered the butcher or chef to slaughter for you, it is not a violation of the first precept.
To summarize from that question:

Avoid killing animals and avoid becoming the direct cause of the killing of animals
Avoid having livelihood on the business of meat
Avoid consuming meat that is from an animal that is seen, heard or suspected to have been slaughtered specifically for you
You can purchase and consume frozen meat from the supermarket (that was already dead long before you arrived at the market)
You can order a meal from a restaurant, which is based on frozen meat

Why? This is because you did not have the intention to kill that animal. You are simply buying meat that was no longer alive when you first encountered it.

19027: <p>I have a girlfriend who has a daughter from another man. If I raise this kid not vegetarian, will that be bad karma? Her mother is an omnivore and the kid is being raised in an omnivore household. It would be very difficult to change her diet. Is it my reponsibility to make her vegetarian?</p>
 471: <p>Please read &quot;<a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/5948/471">Why is contributing to the market demand for meat not wrong?</a>&quot;.</p>
<p>According to most schools of Buddhism, it is against the first precept to kill an animal yourself, but it is ok to buy frozen meat from the supermarket for consumption.</p>
<p>Let's say you go to a restaurant as a customer. If the restaurant prepares your meal order using frozen meat, then that's  ok. But if you have to select the animal for slaughter (which happens in some Asian countries, for seafood dishes for e.g. you need to pick your lobster from an aquarium), then that breaks the first precept.</p>
<p>As long as you did not do the killing yourself or select the animal and ordered the butcher or chef to slaughter for you, it is not a violation of the first precept.</p>
<p>To summarize from that question:</p>
<ul>
<li>Avoid killing animals and avoid becoming the direct cause of the killing of animals</li>
<li>Avoid having livelihood on the business of meat</li>
<li>Avoid consuming meat that is from an animal that is seen, heard or suspected to have been slaughtered specifically for you</li>
<li>You can purchase and consume frozen meat from the supermarket (that was already dead long before you arrived at the market)</li>
<li>You can order a meal from a restaurant, which is based on frozen meat</li>
</ul>
<p>Why? This is because you did not have the intention to kill that animal. You are simply buying meat that was no longer alive when you first encountered it.</p>
