I don't think such a space exists.
It's like asking: "Finding a space where ethical people and slave owners can agree to differ, and still be friends"

Veganism follows logically from human moral value. So if you are a meat eater but at the same time you think humans have the right to live you can't deny that right to an animal without being logically inconsistent or a speciesist, which has the same logical framework as racism and sexism.

"I eat animals because they are from another species."

"I own black slaves because they are from another race."

"I tell women what to do because they are from another sex."

Rings a bell?
It's hard for an ethical vegan to be friends with a person that is intellectually dishonest and contributes to unnecessary suffering, enslavement, torture, rape and death.

If you can name a trait that is present in animals which if present in humans would justify stabbing a human unnecessarily for food then I'm all ears.
I created a topic here on Steemit so you can familiarize yourself with the #namethetrait argument:

https://steemit.com/vegan/@ethicalinvestor/is-eating-meat-wrong-debate

Have a good one :)