A decision by Ohio officials to remove all pork products from prison menus in response to a lawsuit by Muslim inmates is not sitting well with the state’s pork producers and processors.
Both promise action of their own, including a possible counter lawsuit, to address what they consider an unfair and illogical decision.
“We really think it’s not in the best interest, frankly, of the whole prison system,” said Dick Isler, executive director of the Ohio Pork Producers Council. “It seems like we’re letting a small group make the rules when it really isn’t in the best interest of the rest of prisoners.”
Wow! That’s outrageous. Are we all to be subjected to Islamic dietary codes now?
So, the “beat goes on”
Small step, by small step, in municipalities, at the state level and at the federal level, Islam and Muslims are being ‘elevated’ to the status of being untouchable and privileged while Chrisitians suffer indignities and attacks at the same levels of government.
Why not ban beef as well, lest hamburgers cause offense to
Hindu guests of the state correctional facilities ?
Meatless Fridays? I would think banning pork products would put a real crimp in most prison menu planning. Hot dogs? Ham sandwiches? Perhaps the upside is that the deterrent effect of imprisonment will increase if potential inmates know that they are doomed to a sentence with a diet confined to food and beverages that offend no religious group.
Sorry about that – pushed the wrong button. I was going to say that perhaps the upside is that the deterrent effect of imprisonment will increase if potential inmates know that they are doomed to a sentence with a diet confined to food and beverage that offend no religious group.