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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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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I saw no Muslim names in the piece. No point, apparently, in making halal offerings available for Muslims while allowing pork for other kids. Nope.

Just a bunch of dhimmis.


41 posted on 09/06/2022 12:12:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Flick Lives

Don’t forget abo0ut banning meat altogether during Lent, for Catholic sensibilities.

(Yes, I know some Catholics abstain from other things, but I believe that is a popular choice.)


42 posted on 09/06/2022 12:13:20 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It will be even more wonderful when “They” decide that all the students, regardless of faith, will fast during school hours during the month of Ramadan in order for the Muslim students to feel more accommodated.

Then “They” will move on to dress and sex segregated classrooms (that should be very interesting considering how “trans-friendly” Minnesota is supposed to be).

As a reminder, the early Christian community went through a significant struggle as to whether or not Jewish observations about food, dress, behavior, etc. would apply to followers of Christ as well. The Acts of the Apostles records this struggle and the ultimate discontinuation of Christians observing Jewish kosher dietary restrictions. So, “They,” in their decision to eliminate pork from the menu are violating a 2,000 year old Christian edict sanctioning it’s consumption.

(At this point, the pale, gaunt, but grimly ebullient vegan raises its hand and begins to describe the merits of an entirely vegetable diet …)


43 posted on 09/06/2022 12:38:56 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: teeman8r
i would be eating ham and cheese with pork rinds for the whole year.

I recommend either BLTs or SPAM. More aroma. Italian sausage would be nice on special occasions. The aroma of a kitchen cooking Italian sausage in tomato sauce is heavenly.
44 posted on 09/06/2022 1:53:01 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s the old “feed the alligator” strategy, hoping that it will eat you last.


45 posted on 09/06/2022 6:35:03 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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