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Not Eudora
By Harry Welty The
Veganization of After
a ruling by the US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, In
the early 1980’s a coalition of the Animal Liberation Front, PETA, (People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the Episcopal Church and various vegetarian
organizations targeted this small state on the Eastern Seaboard for a long
campaign to end “carnivorism” in At
first vegetarians and vegans (a stricter group that shuns eggs and dairy
products) picketed and leafleted The Vegetarian Alliance has come a long way from its early years when it generated considerable resistance and even genuine hostility for such militant tactics as lacing meat destined for restaurants with arsenic and firebombing popular bistros. Although there are still reports of nuisance stink bombs, unsanctioned death threats to recalcitrant restaurateurs and a controversial website poundofflesh.com which posts pictures of firebombed restaurants, increasingly these tactics are giving way. Today a sophisticated billboard campaign picturing doe eyed calves with the legend “Choose Life” and pictures of the state bird, the Blue Hen, with the admonition “a Rooster, not a Roaster,” are winning converts. A
decade ago vegetarians began taking jobs on the wait staffs of area restaurants
but refused to serve meat dishes to customers. After many were let go they
challenged their firings in a class action lawsuit arguing that their jobs were
protected by a First Amendment right of religious practice. At first laughed off
as the “Tofu Revolution” the alliance began having surprising success at
turning Vegetarians
have been enrolling in some of the Eastern Seaboard’s most prestigious
culinary institutes with a view to taking their campaign to the nation. The
Episcopal Church has been lending a hand. Several well known leaders of the meat
boycott movement sit on the Church's Investment Board. Having recently divested
itself of stock in several arms manufacturers the Church has used the money to
purchase a majority interest in the Knopf Company, publisher of Fannie Farmer
and other popular cookbooks. New meatless versions of these publications will
soon be on the shelves of the nation's bookstores. The Even
if the Appellate Court ruling is overturned by the US Supreme Court, this
year’s elections could be a watershed for vegetarians. Emboldened vegetarians
recently celebrated when The
Vegetarian Alliance has begun looking beyond Meat
eaters have not taken this assault on their habits lightly. In One
surprising consequence of the rapidly declining meat consumption has been a
noticeable reduction in the size of Delawareans. A national survey showed that
the average weight of a person in As imitation is the sincerest form of flattery the Vegetarian Alliance’s tactics have been copied by the pro-life movement which has recently flooded schools of Pharmacy with students who, upon gaining their degrees, have refused to honor prescriptions for contraceptives and other medications they find religiously objectionable. Welty is a small time politician who lets it all hang out at: www.snowbizz.com |