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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679 (https://archive.ph/5Ba6o)

A heated row has broken out over a move by Britain's largest bakery chain to launch a vegan sausage roll.

The pastry, which is filled with a meat substitute and encased in 96 pastry layers, is available in 950 Greggs stores across the country.

It was promised after 20,000 people signed a petition calling for the snack to be launched to accommodate plant-based diet eaters.


But the vegan sausage roll's launch has been greeted by a mixed reaction: Some consumers welcomed it, while others voiced their objections.

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Cook and food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe declared she was "frantically googling to see what time my nearest opens tomorrow morning because I will be outside".

While TV writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy called herself "very pro the Greggs vegan sausage roll because anything that wrenches veganism back from the 'clean eating' wellness folk is a good thing".

One Twitter user wrote that finding vegan sausage rolls missing from a store in Corby had "ruined my morning".

Another said: "My son is allergic to dairy products which means I can't really go to Greggs when he's with me. Now I can. Thank you vegans."

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TV presenter Piers Morgan led the charge of those outraged by the new roll.

"Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns," he wrote on Twitter.

Mr Morgan later complained at receiving "howling abuse from vegans", adding: "I get it, you're all hangry. I would be too if I only ate plants and gruel."

Another Twitter user said: "I really struggle to believe that 20,000 vegans are that desperate to eat in a Greggs."

"You don't paint a mustach (sic) on the Mona Lisa and you don't mess with the perfect sausage roll," one quipped.

Journalist Nooruddean Choudry suggested Greggs introduce a halal steak bake to "crank the fume levels right up to 11".

The bakery chain told concerned customers that "change is good" and that there would "always be a classic sausage roll".

It comes on the same day McDonald's launched its first vegetarian "Happy Meal", designed for children.

The new dish comes with a "veggie wrap", instead of the usual chicken or beef option.
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It should be noted that Piers Morgan and Greggs share the same PR firm, so I'm thinking this is some serious faux outrage and South Park KKK gambiting here.
 
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TL;DR - Islam vs Gays.
Four more schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching about LGBT rights following complaints by parents.

Leigh Trust said it was suspending the No Outsiders programme until an agreement with parents was reached.

Earlier this month the city's Parkfield Community School suspended the lessons after protests were held.

Campaigner Amir Ahmed said some Muslims felt "victimised" but an LGBT group leader said No Outsiders helped pupils understand it is OK to be different.

In a letter seen by the BBC, Leigh Trust said it was halting the lessons until after Ramadan, which finishes in June.

The schools involved are Leigh Primary School, Alston Primary School, Marlborough Junior and Infants School and Wyndcliff Primary School.

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Leigh Trust - which is yet to comment publicly - said it wanted to discuss the programme with parents to find "a positive way" of teaching about the Equalities Act.

Some parents at Parkfield, and the other four schools, claim the classes are inappropriate for young children and the schools' LGBT message contradicts Islam.

The No Outsiders project was created and piloted at Parkfield in 2014 by assistant head teacher Andrew Moffat, who was made an MBE for services to equality and diversity in education in 2017.

Ofsted has deemed the lessons as "age-appropriate".

Mr Ahmed, one of the leaders of the Parkfield protests, said he had seen a presentation about the programme that was to be shown to the government as part of the school's Prevent strategy - which is aimed at reducing radicalisation.

"I think that's outrageous," he said.

"It's quite disgusting that the school has presented our children as potential radicals."

A spokesperson for Parkfield Community School said: "The powerpoint was written four years ago in line with Prevent duty at that time.

"No Outsiders is all about tolerance, accepting difference and respect, which are all key aspects of community cohesion and our fundamental British values."

Mr Ahmed said his community was "respectful and tolerant" of British values but now felt victimised.

He claimed parents who had protested were "effectively seen as homophobes in the wider community".

"Fundamentally the issue we have with No Outsiders is that it is changing our children's moral position on family values on sexuality and we are a traditional community.

"Morally we do not accept homosexuality as a valid sexual relationship to have. It's not about being homophobic... that's like saying, if you don't believe in Islam, you're Islamophobic."

But Khakan Qureshi, a gay Muslim activist who runs Birmingham South Asian LGBT and was invited to visit Parkfield School last week, said he supported the need for the lessons.

"Myself and many others knew from a young age that we were different and we wish we had this sort of education," he said.

He feels the Muslim community as a whole is not homophobic, but believes a minority within the protesters are "agitating".

"The attitudes of the protesters towards the No Outsiders programme is completely homophobic," he said.

"No matter how they package it, it still comes across as homophobic."

He said given the existing legislation to stop discrimination, "I don't understand why certain communities here in the UK are not adhering to those laws".
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On the one hand, why would anyone need special classes to "understand" LGBTQetc.?
The answer is that no one needs them, it's just pandering to a group of left-leaning voters on the part of the politicians and would-be politicians who support and promote these classes.

On the other, it's blantant intolerance and a grab for power that's fueling the Muslims' desire to remove these classes. They're trying to strengthen their secular grip on nonsecular institutions.

So it's the end result of sticking a mongoose and a cobra in an enclosed space together, and expecting them to appreciate your efforts to trap them together.
 
Remember, all you poofs in bongland that went to that shitty Trump balloon block party because he's just oh so homophobic and Islamophobic:

You wanted this. This is the future you've earned. Have fun!
 
Vorhtbame said:
Well, now we've established that ordering on the SJW hierarchy: Muslims outrank queers.
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That's true.
In my university I like to hang out with Kebabs because they are my autistic screeching repellent.
At least you can talk with them about somewhat normal stuff.
And jew jokes are always appropriate.
 
I don't know how I feel. I'm gay and don't see a point to these classes but at the same time nothing is worse than religious fucks crying muh victimization. Sorry, blindly believing text written by a child diddler thousands of years ago isn't exactly the same as primal desires you have no control over.

Mr Ahmed said his community was "respectful and tolerant" of British values but now felt victimised.

He claimed parents who had protested were "effectively seen as homophobes in the wider community".
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Well, I mean you are?
 
Megaroad said:
I'm gay and don't see a point to these classes but at the same time nothing is worse than religious fucks crying muh victimization. Sorry, blindly believing text written by a child diddler thousands of years ago isn't exactly the same as primal desires you have no control over.
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lol calm down there buddy
 
Megaroad said:
I don't know how I feel. I'm gay and don't see a point to these classes but at the same time nothing is worse than religious fucks crying muh victimization.
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How about not teaching children about sexuality and all the paper identities based on them.
 
Who could have guessed that allowing enclaves of archeo-conservative homophobes that fire cocksuckers off roofs in their homelands and beat women for refusal to wear modesty garments would lead to the same behaviour in their new country?

Behold my beffudlement, and consider my confusion, to paraphrase that lisping britbong fuck PJW.
 
I'd be happier if they were dropping it for realizing it's a stupid idea, not because they ran into a group whose outrage-fu was stronger.
 
What is going to finally cause civil war in the UK is not the Orwellian violations of civil rights, the selective incompetence of the police, or how out-of-touch the politicians are.

What is going to finally cause civil war in the UK will be the inevitable conflict between Muslims and the LGBT community.
 
I love it, Muslim vs gays and they all have “muh diversity” to thank for it.

Who’s going to win this? My money is on the Muslims because no one wants acid attacks, peaceful trucks running over people or stabbings. I think Muslims are higher on the progressive stack too.

We all said this shit would happen. The Uk forcefully imported idiots from 3rd world shitholes that feverishly follow a regressive and oppressive religion that hasn’t changed in centuries. Welcoming them with open arms wasn’t going to change a damn thing. Deal with it now!
 
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I love it, Muslim vs gays and they all have “muh diversity” to thank for it.

Who’s going to win this? My money is on the Muslims because no one wants acid attacks, peaceful trucks running over people or stabbings. I think Muslims are higher on the progressive stack too.

We all said this shit would happen. The Uk forcefully imported idiots from 3rd world shitholes that feverishly follow a regressive and oppressive religion that hasn’t changed in centuries. Welcoming them with open arms wasn’t going to change a damn thing. Deal with it now!
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Of course they are. Their skin is visibly different for easy identification and judgement call, plus they speak with funny foreign accents.
 
I'm kind of disappointed, since I was expecting an SJW riot or something, like that thread I posted in here a few months ago.
 
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