Where's the beef? (Tidbits & Outrages).
Tennessee vegetarians are furious that Gov. Don Sundquist Donald Kenneth Sundquist (born March 15, 1936) is an American politician from Tennessee. A Republican, he served as the 47th Governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003. Prior to that, he represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives refuses
to proclaim a "Vegetarian Month." Yet meatlessness has long
been a politically charged issue for Volunteer State governors. In,
1986, Gov. Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. christened World Vegetarian Day World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on October 1. It is a day of celebration established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 "to promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism" External links
and was
attacked by the meat industry, which led to an impressive political
pirouette: To appease pro-meat constituents, he served beef at a
"Vegetarian Day" luncheon.
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