Church Times articles about a cancelled pig roast
I just found these articles from the Church Times this weekend. Click on the titles to read about it:
Animal-rights activists force parish to cancel hog-roast
By Pat Ashworth
Brief excerpt:
“In a letter drafted for publication in the Church Times, Mr Thompson said: ‘The basic premise of any worthy faith is that the strong speak out and protect weaker and more vulnerable forms of life than their own. As for any doubt about the existence of hell, one only has to visit an intensive pig unit to see it in action. Indeed, the PCC of St Matthew’s might consider such a venue for a future parish outing.’”
2) Don’t misrepresent our animal-rights protest
By The Revd James Thompson
Brief excerpt:
“In marked contrast to the Cambridge secular press, your report fails to mention that the St Matthew’s advertisement for the pig-roast day depicted a pig screaming while being roasted alive.
“Along with the other elderly, academic, and Christ-like members of Animal Rights Cambridge, I strongly resent the leading Church of England newspaper’s conveying the impression that we are a group of extremists who could have been a potential threat to the safety of children attending a church fÍte.”
and people may talk as much as they like about their religion,
but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to
other animals as well as humans, it is all a sham.”
– Anna Sewell, writer (1820-1878)