Earlier today, I wrote: Throw another shrimp on the barbie?
Denny Wilson writing at Grouchy Old Cripple links to the same story and also this one - from FOX News:
Texas Man Stages Pig Races to Protest Islamic Neighbor's Plans to Build Mosque
KATY, Texas – When an Islamic group moved in next door and told Craig Baker the pigs on his family's 200-year-old Texas farm had to go, he and his swine decided to fight back.
In protest of being asked to move, Davis began staging elaborate pig races on Friday afternoons — one of the Islamic world's most holy days.
Craig's neighbors, the Katy Islamic Association, have plans to build a mosque and community compound on the 11 acres they purchased alongside his farm.
Baker, 46, a stone-shop owner whose family has owned the farm for two centuries, says the association knew about the pigs when they bought the property, and it's not fair for them to ask him to get rid of the animals.
"I am just defending my rights and my property," Baker said. "They totally disrespected me and my family."
Like Baker said, they knew about the pigs when they bought the property. End of story.
Respecting someone's culture is very much a two-way street.
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