why or why not?

[trancendenz]

Should public universities be required to have vegetarian/vegan dorms/dining halls and in the same vein should they be required to have Kosher or (forgive my ignorance of what the word is called but) Islamic-diet adhering dining halls, etc?

Comments

[cookiexcat]

I think they should provide vegetarian and vegan food. Regardless of wether it is a religious requirement. It angers me that if someone can state that they are required to eat certain foods because of a relgious belief which informs them to do so then suddendly because of politcal correctness, eveyone makes sure that the food is on offer. But personally, i choose not to eat animal products because of the belief and evidence that it promotes cruetly in some cases and can be unhealthy and bad for the environment, so i feel that view should be respected just as much as a religous one.

On the other hand, as much as i am against halal meat, it should also be offered, but also non halal meat should be offered as well. My friend at leicester university in England told me that ALL the meat on campus is halal because they have a high population of muslims, this may be due to costs and things but what about meat eaters who dont wish to eat halal.

Another point of view is that when i was in halls of residence in my fist year of uni many of my meat eating friends actually ate vegetarian food because the meat on offer was SO bad because they had to buy it in cheap.

In a perfect world there would be choice and fairness but obviously this pushses the price up of living which some may not be able to afford. If i was to apply to uni again i would apply to be put in a self catered halls then i could cook what i want and do my own food budget.