[Elsie]

tradition has nothing to do with eating meat on Friday, it was a church rule and did not apply in every country.....

How the hell did THAT happen?

[terycarl]

tradition has nothing to do with eating meat on Friday, it was a church rule and did not apply in every country..... How the hell did THAT happen

the church is, after all, an organization of Christians and as such, certainly has a right to make institutional rules.....no skimpy garb in church, no bad language, moments of silence, holy days of obligation, no meat on FRIDAY....what's the big deal.