Don’t mock my lentils: vegans to get discrimination rights

timesonline.co.uk ^ | March 7, 2010 | Marie Woolf

[Free ThinkerNY]

VEGANS and teetotallers are to be given the same protection against discrimination as religious groups, under legislation championed by Harriet Harman, the equalities minister.

Members of cults and “new religions” such as Scientology, whose supporters include the film stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta, would also be offered protection, as would atheists.

A code of practice explaining the legal implications of the equality bill states that religions need not be mainstream or well known for their adherents to gain protection. “A belief need not include faith or worship of a god or gods, but must affect how a person lives their life or perceives the world.”

The code, drawn up by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, singles out vegans, who do not eat any animal products or wear leather, as meriting protection from religious discrimination. It says: “A person who is a vegan chooses not to use or consume animal products of any kind. That person eschews the exploitation of animals for food, clothing, accessories or any other purpose and does so out of an ethical commitment to animal welfare.”

[mnehring]

Britain is circling the toilet.

Easier with all those Vegans not getting their protein and nothing but fiber. :->

[OCC]

I heard of a new religion that does not believe in wearing clothes in public or paying taxes... will they be protected?

[Gay State Conservative]

Easier with all those Vegans not getting their protein and nothing but fiber. :->

All too true.I'm told that those alfalfa sprouts will go right through ya!

[proud_yank]

You know every single vegetarian I have ever known ‘binged’ or ‘broke down’ with a nice hamburger. They then would go on about how bad they felt, or how terrible it tasted.

I can't figure out why they eat stuff made to look or taste like meat either.

I remember one telling me how excited they were to find tofu ham that looked, smelled, tasted like real ham, and even had the same texture as the real stuff. I asked why not just eat ham? Well, meat is bad for the environment. I didn't ask if they wanted me to do the material & energy balance of all that is needed to make a soy bean replicate ham :-)

[mnehring]

I have a friend from Honduras who I was trying to explain vegetarians. She was perplexed, and her only response was “..but sometimes you need a big old steak..”

[GladesGuru]

Albion is a tad perfidious these days.

[Sharrukin]

Same here. They even have tofu turkeys!

They are just bizarre people.

They also seem to be rather nasty and unpleasant as well. I have met one that was reasonably nice, the others were just obnoxious.

[thecodont]

I can't figure out why they eat stuff made to look or taste like meat either.

Seriously.

[Chode]

i'm surprised they don't file down their Canine teeth...

[BuffaloJack]

Vegetables are what food eats!

[quintr]

Seems like everyone but Christians get protection against discrimination.

[boop]

Don’t forget smokers, gun owners, or basically anyone “conservative”.

[proud_yank]

I have met one that was reasonably nice, the others were just obnoxious.

Same here. Many are well beyond smug too- orders of magnitude better than everyone else.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

You can live in my barn with all the other ‘old foggies’I’m responsible for these days. My Mother in Law thinks I’m KIDDING when I tell her she’s going to end up living in my chicken coop in her Golden Years if she doesn’t stop spending my money. *Rolleyes*

I’d do more for you Oldsters, but it’s my God-given duty and responsibility to earn money and keep it OUT of the hands of Government as it is...and it gets harder every year! Starve the beast! :)

[HenpeckedCon]

I'll only be happy when vagitarians like me have equal rights!

[dfwgator]

Vegetables are what food eats.

[dfwgator]

I didn’t climb all the way to the top of the food chain to eat tofu.