The Los Angeles City Council has taken a bold step to solve one of mankind's great problems. On Wednesday October 24, 2012 a resolution was passed that decrees:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Los Angeles hereby declares all Mondays as "Meatless Mondays" in support of comprehensive sustainability efforts as well as to further encourage residents to eat a more varied plant-based diet to protect their health, protect animals and protect the environment.
The local news article is at this link (note that this resolution passed unanimously) :
If you still think that this is a joke, the original council resolution is at this link:
Who would have thought that the LA City Council would agree with the Vatican? For those of you who grew up in a Catholic family Friday was our “meatless” day of the week. Too bad that the LA City Council didn't choose Friday that way the Catholics would be leading the trend. I guess that “meatless Mondays” has a better rhyme. Another problem with meatless Fridays is that Hollywood loves to party on Friday night. This would have put a damper on those glamorous celebrities. It would not be the same standing around drinking Crystal and munching on carrot sticks.
By the way, Catholics are still required to abstain from meat on “penitential days”:
Canon 1250 The penitential days and times in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
Canon 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
It appears that the environmental and vegetarian movements have now formally become a religion. Now they only need to appoint a high priest (or maybe a pope). My vote goes to Al Gore (lately he looks like he could really use the meatless days).
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