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attitudes on veganism - what do you think of this?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (elsiedee@MIT.EDU)
Sun Jan 29 15:47:17 1995
From: elsiedee@MIT.EDU
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 15:46:27 EST
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From: Jeff Smith <jeffs@VNET.IBM.COM>
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Subject: Re: Popular views of vegan
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>You know, I had a woman (and several back her) in my NURSING SCHOOL
>tell me that vegans shouldn't be permitted to have children, or to
>raise children with the vegan lifestyle, because that's abuse.
>Neglect. An atrocity. Horrible. Not fair to the child.
>Now, what happens if said father wants custody because Mother wants
>child to be vegan? Is it so easy to say she's a monster then?
Being vegan (and providing vegan fare for your child) may count very
heavily against the parent in the eyes of many courts. It may even
become the basis for a decision.
- -Jeff Smith
Jeffs@vnet.ibm.com
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