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Conservative Ann Coulter used the recent announcement from Justice John Paul Stevens to retire from the Supreme Court to poke fun of progressive schools that include vegetarianism and/or animal rights in the curriculum.

Hey, some do, such as the one Emily Deschanel attended.

Using an instance where Stevens disagreed with giving vouchers to parents to send their children to private schools, Ann wrote:

“He said, because the program did not forbid parents from using the tuition payments at religious schools, the state was using “public funds to pay for the indoctrination of thousands of grammar school children in particular religious faiths.” That money should have been used to indoctrinate children in subjects such as animal rights, Gaia theory, anti-Americanism and fisting etiquette!”

Don’t know how many parents would appreciate the opportunity to transfer their children to another school, private or parochial, but we’re sure they’re are plenty of parents who want more money into the school lunch system so their children aren’t resigned to eat the pre-formed patty of several animals parts and greased up fries.

BTW, have you contacted your local representative to let them know you support H.R. 4870, which could potentially bring regular vegetarian meals in school districts nationwide?

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This week Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado introduced the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010, H.R. 4870, a pilot program that would reward schools with food aid if they regularly offer vegetarian meal alternatives to students.

Polis is not a full time vegetarian himself, but has reduced his red meat intake to once a week and according to The Hill, Polis is a “big believer” in eating vegetarian.

He learned firsthand the problems adolescents have finding healthy food in educational environments when he visited dozens of schools.

“I have been in many lunchrooms during lunch period and can attest to the food that is frequently lacking from a nutritional perspective and very high in saturated fats,” he said.

“For a lot of kids, a lot of their meals come from schools, and many schools are really struggling to meet the USDA guidelines in terms of maximum saturated fat requirements,” he added. “What our bill will do is provide some lower-fat and lower-cholesterol ways for kids to get the nutrition that they need to be healthy.”

Polis’ legislation would create a $4 million dollar budget to test the introduction of vegetarian food and non dairy beverages into certain school districts over the next two years.

Politics has never been more exciting!

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