Danish city makes pork mandatory

[Robby999 1,024]

A Danish city has ordered pork to be mandatory on municipal menus, including for schools and daycare centers, with politicians insisting the move is necessary for preserving the country's food traditions and is not an attack on Muslims.

Frank Noergaard, a member of the council in Randers that narrowly approved the decision earlier this week, says it was made to ensure that pork remains "a central part of Denmark's food culture."

Denmark is a major pork producer and it is the most popular meat, but it is forbidden to Muslims and Jews. Most of the asylum-seekers who have arrived in the country in the past months are Muslim.

Noergaard, a member of the anti-immigration, populist Danish People's Party that proposed the council motion, said Thursday that it wasn't meant as a "harassment of Muslims," but added that he had received "several complaints about too many concessions" being made to Muslims in the small, predominantly Lutheran country.

"The signal we want to send here is that if you're a Muslim and you plan to come to Randers, don't expect you can impose eating habits on others. Pork here is on an equal footing with other food," Noergaard told The Associated Press. He said that halal meat, vegetarian dishes and diets for diabetics would still be available.

In 2013, then-Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt lashed out at some nurseries after they started serving halal-butchered meat instead of pork because Muslim children had refused to eat it.

Monday's vote in Randers, 210 kilometers (130 miles) northwest of Copenhagen, follows last week's government announcement to further tighten immigration by forcing asylum-seekers to hand over valuables to help cover their housing and food costs while their cases are being processed. Last year, some 20,000 people applied for asylum in the nation of 5.6 million.

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[ready4ONE 5,400]

I can't wrap my head around life without bacon, but I think the sponsor of the bill in question is offering up some weak sauce on why he is proposing making pork mandatory.

[Darnell 8,478]

whoa ! What's the Sharia Council in Randers have to say about this ?

[Expat1 971]

I can't wrap my head around life without bacon, but I think the sponsor of the bill in question is offering up some weak sauce on why he is proposing making pork mandatory.

"The signal we want to send here is that if you're a Muslim and you plan to come to Randers, don't expect you can impose eating habits on others. Pork here is on an equal footing with other food," seems very clear. I believe all countries need to send that signal. I believe it helps correct later misunderstandings.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

"The signal we want to send here is that if you're a Muslim and you plan to come to Randers, don't expect you can impose eating habits on others. Pork here is on an equal footing with other food," seems very clear. I believe all countries need to send that signal. I believe it helps correct later misunderstandings.

Noergaard, a member of the anti-immigration, populist Danish People's Party that proposed the council motion, said Thursday that it wasn't meant as a "harassment of Muslims," but added ...

Context can bring a good deal of clarity.

[Darnell 8,478]

Next thing ya know, you'll be reading reports of Beer Drinking by Muslim Financial Migrants in Denmark.

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Denmark seems to be setting standards for a display of guts.

[Dakine10 5,452]

Good to see America is not the only country where complete dumbasses gravitate to the political arena. Hopefully once they finish tackling the imaginary problems, perhaps they can get started on the real ones.

[ExPatty 502]

Denmark has also approved a law to seize possessions of asylum seekers.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/26/europe/denmark-vote-jewelry-bill-migrants/

Meanwhile france can't even secure its infrastructure from people running amok everywhere.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Good to see America is not the only country where complete dumbasses gravitate to the political arena. Hopefully once they finish tackling the imaginary problems, perhaps they can get started on the real ones.

Like throwing the invaders out

[Dakine10 5,452]

Like throwing the invaders out

In this country, better access to mental health care would help many. Solving real issues can sometimes take care of the imaginary ones as well.

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

There are more pigs than people in Denmark and pork is not only a large exporter for them, but so many favorite dishes include it. I can see why they are doing this from a cultural preservation perspective. I'm not sure why it is so critical for some for every European culture to lose its uniqueness and become another cultural stew like America, but the onus should be on migrants to conform to the host country's standards, not the other way around (food, respect for women, etc.). Seriously, if they don't want pork, they can just not eat it.

[Boiler 45,731]

Respect for women!

Sounds like you are being totally unreasonable.

We must acknowledge and rejoice in diversity.

God is Great.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Respect for women!

not women - pigs!

no wait, i get where you were going with that..

[Boiler 45,731]

not women - pigs!

no wait, i get where you were going with that..

No women, no pigs....

Bob Marley?

God is Great