I’ve heard of churches objecting to bars being built nearby, but members of a Hare Krishna temple in east Dallas are complaining that a proposed McDonald’s restraunt would offend their religious practice of vegetarianism.
“We just really feel offended that McDonald’s is planning to come here,” temple member Mike Meyer told The Dallas Morning News. “A big part of our religion is vegetarianism; it’s one of our main beliefs. It’s like an in-your-face type of thing.”
Of course the Hare Krishna objection to a McDonald’s in the neighborhood couldn’t havev anything to do with not wanting competition for the vegetarian restaurant run by the temple.
Source:
Hare Krishnas fight McDonald’s plan. The Associated Press, July 6, 2001.