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Faribault schools remove pork from menu to accommodate Muslim students (MN)
Alpha News ^ | 9/6/22 | Evan Stambaugh

Posted on 09/06/2022 9:10:37 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A public school district in southeastern Minnesota has banned pork offerings on all of its menus to accommodate Muslim students.

Faribault Public Schools is no longer offering pork in its school cafeterias after a prior board meeting where concerns about the pork offerings were raised by the local chapter of the Minnesota Parent Union.

Members of the Minnesota Parent Union and two managers from Sodexo, a food and facilities company, spoke about the significant menu change in a video last month, which was shared by the district.

Activist Tiffini Flynn Forslund had met Sodexo district manager Lori McMahon at the school board meeting, where they exchanged contact information and agreed to work together on removing pork from the menu.

“We didn’t have to go through red tape. We didn’t have to shut down the meeting. We had complete cohesiveness and there is no pork in the menu for the entire Faribault school district. So this is wonderful when the Muslim culture does not eat pork,” Forslund said in the video.

“They changed recipes. They would love to hire Somali representation,” she continued. “And so this is just a wonderful, welcoming, culture-competent [sic] to move forward, to graduate kids. When everybody’s happy, eating well, working together, that is a win for the community.”

McMahon called their collaborative efforts “like the road to an amazing journey.”

“One of our goals in partnership with the district this year was to make sure that everyone had a seat at the table and felt comfortable at the table,” she said. “We thought we were doing a pretty good job with that, but pretty good isn’t good enough. We have to do the best job we can, and make sure and commit to the fact that there’s no pork on the menu.”

Faribault Public Schools, located in a city of over 24,000 people, serves around 3,500 students at all grade levels.

The city of Faribault is estimated to be between 75 and 80% white, based on previous census data and current demographic trends, but it has a notable Somali Muslim minority.

Somali refugees first came to the area nearly 30 years ago, and there are now approximately 4,000 Somali residents in Faribault.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Education; Local News; Religion
KEYWORDS: arth; education; food; haram; minnesota; muslim; pork; somalia; somalis
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"Wonderful"
1 posted on 09/06/2022 9:10:37 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Just remove Muslims from the lunchroom so that others can enjoy their pork.


2 posted on 09/06/2022 9:12:21 AM PDT by dforest
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“We didn’t have to go through red tape. We didn’t have to shut down the meeting. We had complete cohesiveness and there is no pork in the menu for the entire Faribault school district. So this is wonderful when the Muslim culture does not eat pork,” Forslund said in the video.

What about banning beef for the Hindus?


3 posted on 09/06/2022 9:13:10 AM PDT by Flick Lives (FJB and the corrupt FBI)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Welcome to Faribault Schools, children.
Remember, you are now on Somalian soil.
You are no longer protected by the US Constitution.


4 posted on 09/06/2022 9:13:47 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: dforest

They sure as heck didn’t do anything like this to accommodate Jewish students or other non-pork-eating groups. Only muzzlimes. Who would just as soon slit their throats in their sleep.


5 posted on 09/06/2022 9:14:10 AM PDT by EinNYC
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cant get over whats happened to Minnesota....so far from the coastal rot, yet maybe craziest of all...weird.


6 posted on 09/06/2022 9:17:24 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

But in all these years they never considered the same accomodation for their Jewish students?


7 posted on 09/06/2022 9:17:29 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: EinNYC

That is why they accommodate Muzzies. Muzzies are bullies that will slit your throats. Jews and Hindus just abstain and Dindus are not going to be happy separated from their pork.


8 posted on 09/06/2022 9:19:38 AM PDT by dforest
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
E. Pluribus Unum

...except for those incapable of it.

9 posted on 09/06/2022 9:22:16 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; 6amgelsmama; 100American; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

10 posted on 09/06/2022 9:22:54 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I recall interviewing folks in the 80s and 1990s anyone and everyone from Minnesota was pretty darn smart. Hope this new batch is as good but have my doubts.


11 posted on 09/06/2022 9:23:25 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Somehow, the Jews managed not to be offended all this time ...


12 posted on 09/06/2022 9:24:57 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Daughter old bf family were pig farmers in Minnesota. It’s the top 3 states with pig farms along with Iowa and NC. And they can’t serve port?


13 posted on 09/06/2022 9:29:46 AM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I hear they’re bringing back Fish Fridays for observant Catholics.......


14 posted on 09/06/2022 9:31:47 AM PDT by G Larry (Biden: Ignorant and Dishonest Before he was Senile.)
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


15 posted on 09/06/2022 9:32:12 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Assimilation is something refugees coming to America used to do. Now, they want to run the friggin’ country. Shame on you America for allowing them to get away with it.


16 posted on 09/06/2022 9:36:03 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I always thought a Merry Garland was a Christmas tree decoration.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

How ‘bout this instead: Keep pork on the menu and let Muslims choose to eat something else. From soda sizes to wedding cakes, the liberals solution is always the same: make everyone conform to their ideals. Typical liberal response: don’t like a program on TV, a conservative changes the channel. The liberal wants to remove the program and restrict every one’s choice. Hubris to the max because liberals think they know what’s best for everyone.


17 posted on 09/06/2022 9:36:47 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Next up:

Banning toilet paper, and mandating use of the left hand.

18 posted on 09/06/2022 9:45:46 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Jolla
I recall interviewing folks in the 80s and 1990s anyone and everyone from Minnesota was pretty darn smart. Hope this new batch is as good but have my doubts.

The Democrap vote fraud machine has been rigging state-wide "elections" in Minnesota for DECADES.

A 55 mile by 70 mile rectangle centered on the Twin Cities does the trick.

19 posted on 09/06/2022 9:47:51 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: EinNYC

They are cowards. They know that US jews won’t fight back.


20 posted on 09/06/2022 9:51:57 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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