This page outlines the legal distinction between emotional support animals and service animals. They are considered to be different things. But it sounds like you are opposed to the concept of an emotional support animal. Why is this? Are you equally opposed to service animals? There are crippling emotional and psychological challenges that many people face (PTSD, anxiety, panic disorders, etc) that make living a “normal” or functioning life difficult or impossible. If an animal can assist and allow people to engage and improve their lives, it should be thought of as no different than a service animal for the blind, etc.