Guest guest Posted July 9, 2002 Report Share Posted July 9, 2002 Drop the chalupa and get up against the wall! - quercusrobur2002 vegan-network Tuesday, July 09, 2002 2:41 PM [100% veg*n ] Re: I married a meat eater Ah good to see the vegan police are still alive and well... vegan-network, kiwi2000 <kiwi2000@o...> wrote: > I for one could never love a meat eater. It seems to me that what you've done, for purposes of convenience, is to completely deny > that your mate has no concern whatever for the lives and rights of other sentient beings and no appreciation for the fact that all life is precious and connected and is that he is basically a savage (as are all meat eaters). You've completely compromised your values because to try and find a vegetarian, or even more difficult, a vegan mate would have been infinitely more difficult as those of us who choose not to compromise have discovered. How could you love a person, you being a vegan, who does not share your outrage at the murder and torture of billions of beautiful, innocent beings and in fact participates in it? If this isn't a sellout, I don't know what is. Sorry but it isn't just a matter of bing different. It's the difference between being a murderer and being a person who is trying to stop the murderer from killing. I always find amazing the degree to which human nature can allow people to rationalize and deny anything and everything no matter how glaringly hypocritical. > Brad > - > Trusty, Hannah > EBbrewpunx@c... ; > Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:53 AM > RE: Digest Number 395 > > > I just have to say.....I married a meat-eater and things are great between us (granted I don't cook meat and he seems to like my vegan meals and he seems to be thinking about becoming a vegetarian- ovo,lacto). Still if he never changes, I love him just the same. I understand the want to share your life with another vegan, but from my experience I would have lost out on a lot if I had refused to see a meat eater. But then again, he's Baptist and I'm Wiccan so I guess we just like being different. > > Hannah > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2002 Report Share Posted July 13, 2002 I am about to marry a meat eater. I never thought I could or would. He has always cleaned his teeth after eating and has not eaten beef for about 3 of our 4 years together - as I expressed how the strong smell churned my stomach. Then when a year or so ago I explained (in tears) that I couldn't marry him because I couldn't cope with 'the meat thing', he offered to stop eating meat in front of me. So I am now marrying a meat eater who never eats meat in front of me, never has it in the house and even eats veggie when we are at friends houses - and they all accept his choice. We have agreed that he will not tell me if he eats meat at work etc.. I think I have done more for the vegan cause by having a meat eater who VERY rarely eats meat than releasing him into the big wide world to eat what he wants. He has watched all the videos and listened in detail to why I am vegan but hasn't yet made the connection in his head. He is a kind and loving 'step dad' to my 2 dogs and swerves to avoid rabbits etc on the road - just no meat animal connection yet, and in fairness he doesn't think there ever will be. I couldn't eat meat to keep him - aren't I lucky to be loved so much and due to the love he has for me - aren't the animals lucky too! quercusrobur2002 [grahamburnett] 09 July 2002 19:42 vegan-network [100% veg*n ] Re: I married a meat eater Ah good to see the vegan police are still alive and well... vegan-network, kiwi2000 <kiwi2000@o...> wrote: > I for one could never love a meat eater. It seems to me that what you've done, for purposes of convenience, is to completely deny > that your mate has no concern whatever for the lives and rights of other sentient beings and no appreciation for the fact that all life is precious and connected and is that he is basically a savage (as are all meat eaters). You've completely compromised your values because to try and find a vegetarian, or even more difficult, a vegan mate would have been infinitely more difficult as those of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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