Posted on 08/11/2016 1:47:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
If parliamentarian Elvira Savino has her way, Italian parents who insist on a vegan diet for their children will risk up to four years in jail.
Savino, from the conservative Forza Italia party, has put forward a law that would hold parents legally responsible for feeding their children on "a diet devoid of elements essential for healthy and balanced growth," according to its text.
"I have nothing against vegans or veganism as long as it is a free choice by adults," she told Reuters on Wednesday, days after she presented the proposed law in the lower house Chamber of Deputies.
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Mama mia that’s a spicy meatball.
We need meat. Practice the vegan religion for yourself but not on the kid.
Well then do you think parents should have to d=feed their children at all????
Feeding a vegan diet to a child (particularly a baby ) is depriving them of essential nutrients and proteins that are needed to sustain life and promote growth
They need foods that are fortified and vitamin supplements but as long as the crucial nutrients are replaced with the right plant foods, or a supplement, then I think it is safe for a child to go vegan.
I’ve been a vegetarian for almost 45 years. Porchetta looks like a good reason to change. Especially the porchetta sammiches with the fresh, almost-burnt bread. Wow! Like a bacon jelly-roll.
PING...or should I say RINTRACCIARE?
Not torn.
It’s their right to eat and to raise children as they see fit (as long as it doesn’t violate natural rights).
Don’t like vegetarian, but it’s not my business.
Actually it isn’t
Good for Italy! I hear you can go to prison for putting cheese on fish.
So everyone who isn’t vegan is a jihadist?
Um, this is considered the "conservative" party? Sheesh
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