Episcopal churches cook thousands of lobsters. PETA asks them to consider vegan bake sales instead.

From the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department (and the Washington Post)-

At churches from Maine to Maryland to Mississippi, the annual community supper means one thing: lobsters.

To animal rights activists, that’s a problem.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the prominent advocacy group, has honed its focus on one beloved tradition in Episcopal churches across the country, the lobster boil. The animal-rights group sent a letter Friday to Bishop Michael Curry, the presiding bishop and primate who leads the nationwide church, asking him to end the practice of lobster dinners in favor of something more vegetarian.

“Most of us grew up believing that killing lobsters and other animals for food is what must be done, but if we contemplate it, all killing requires conquering, violence, and separating ourselves from the rest of creation,” PETA wrote to the bishop. “God designed humans to be caretakers, not killers.”

More here-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/08/29/episcopal-churches-cook-thousands-of-lobsters-peta-asks-them-to-consider-vegan-bake-sales-instead/?utm_term=.a825543c51be