http://www.freemanwicklund.org Seeking a just and peaceful world for all beings Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:26:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When my parents visited Ohio, we attended service at First UU Church of Columbus. Now that I am living in Columbus, I have been active with the First Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Columbus. The first week I visited them, I was recruited to teach kindergarten Sunday school and ... http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/03/16/animals-and-faith-survey/ In February, 143 million pounds of beef was recalled because stockyard workers at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. in Chino, California dragged, kicked, and prodded sick and dying animals to the slaughterhouse kill floor – only so their flesh could be ground up and served to unsuspecting consumers. This recall resulted from ... http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/03/15/meat-kills-recall-it-all/ Workers at the Hallmark slaughter plant kicked, shocked, jabbed at the eyes, dragged with chains, and rammed dairy cows too sick or injured to walk with a fork lift in an effort to get them to stand to pass USDA inspections. "Downed" animals are by law not supposed to be ... http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/27/dairy-cow-abuse-at-slaughterhouse/ A Mercy For Animals volunteer in a human-sized gestation crate with a splint on her leg and scars on her face to represent the horrors that pregnant pigs suffer. On February 5th, members of Mercy For Animals protested the Annual Ohio Pork Congress in Columbus. We were protesting the Pork ... http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/20/protest-for-pregnant-pigs/ Many people eat pork, bacon, ham or Spam without much thought. But who are these animals whose flesh we eat, and what are their conditions like on the farm? This essay tries to answer these questions. Pigs are Amazing Animals Like dogs, pigs are friendly, intelligent, and loyal. Researchers have found that ... http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/19/hog-farm-horror/ "One's philosophy is not best expressed in words. It is expressed in the choices that we make, and those choices are ultimately our responsibility." -First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/13/deeds-not-words/ Q: What do you call a bunch of bunnies bouncing backwards single file? Follow the link for the answer. http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/12/a-bunny-funny/ "Each time a [person] stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, [she or] he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current ... http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/10/keep-the-faith/ Mercy For Animals' Year in Review for 2007 Mercy For Animals had a banner year in 2007. We held over 220 outreach events, distributed over 200,000 pieces of literature, and had 450,000 visitors check out ChooseVeg.com. Our television and subway car ads reached millions of people with a message of compassion. (BTW, ... http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/09/mercy-for-animals-rocks-2007/ "One thing I know; the only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." -Dr. Albert Schweitzer http://www.freemanwicklund.org/2008/02/05/finding-happiness/