Peter's vision had NOTHING to do with food and everything to do with G-d calling gentiles to Himself.
Acts 10:34-43: Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Not a word in there about nullifying Torah.
Matthew 5:17-20
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
There are a lot of anti-nomian pastors who are going to find themselves making it to heaven as the "least in the kingdom" because they teach their congregations that it is ok to violate G-d's written Torah and wear it as a badge of honor.
Ac 15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Our Lord Jesus fulfilled all the requirements of the law.
I dont understand the legal argument about this. It seems very clear that the muslim employers broke discrimination law - that is what outraged me when I first read about it.
Now I see that there is another context, a religious and personal one. I fear muslims who would change our laws bit by bit until we all live under their precious beliefs, if this happens, if muslims are allowed to get away with this nit-picking, we are all doomed.
I looked up what scripture I could remember about eating certain foods around those who believe they are forbidden.
Romans 14 and 15 address this fairly well, but these two scripture jumped out at me:
Romans 14:20 Don't undo the work of God for a chunk of meat. Remember, there is nothing wrong with the meat, but it is wrong to eat it if it makes another stumble.
Romans 15:15 Even if we believe that it makes no difference to the Lord whether we do these things, still we cannot just go ahead and do them to please ourselves; for we must bear the "burden" of being considerate of the doubts and fears of others-of those who feel these things are wrong.
I'm not sure if we can make a muslim "stumble" or not, since I do not think they worship the Christian God. But if it furthers their hatred, or causes them to make fun of our God, then it is a wrong thing to "bait" Muslims with behavior that is abhorrent to them.
Now I am incredibly confused.
Christ came to be the fulfillment of the law, and we are now to live under the new covenant of grace. If we still try to live under the law after receiving the grace of God, we make the grace of God of no effect in our lives (Romans 4).
Paul also commanded the Corinthians to "eat whatever meat is sold in the marketplace, asking no questions for conscience sake, for "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness." (1 Cor. 10:25-26) This was referring not just to meats that were considered unclean, but meat that had been offered to idols.