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"In today&amp;#039;s pressing news: Is Chelsea Clinton&amp;#039;s wedding menu vegan or isn&amp;#039;t it?  Clinton, the daughter of President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is getting married in Rhinebeck, New York, tomorrow. The blogosphere has been debating the merits of Clinton&amp;#039;s wedding menu choices since they were leaked a couple of weeks ago (Clearly, those of us who live in the blogosphere have very little to do). The issue? Her decision to serve primarily vegan and gluten-free dishes, including a gluten-free wedding cake. Clinton, as it turns out, is a vegan and gluten-intolerant.  Really? you ask. She&amp;#039;s a grown up, you say. She can serve what she want, you add thoughtfully.  Ah, but the really, truly burning issue here is that she&amp;#039;s also serving grass-fed, organic beef. One can almost imagine an angry standoff during the reception with anointed vegans on one side of the room and murderous, flesh-eating cow killers on the other.  Vegans \u2013 frustrated by society&amp;#039;s refusal so far to adopt a lifestyle based on hemp and Naugahyde \u2013 have resorted to chastisement and one-upmanship on various green Web sites, while readers of other sites \u2013 fearful, perhaps, of finding grilled tofu piled on their plates - have lauded her decision to accommodate the tastes of her guests (You have to wonder if President Clinton \u2013 infamous for making pit stops at McDonald&amp;#039;s while jogging \u2013 didn&amp;#039;t have some pull over that choice).  &amp;quot;Why compromise your ethics, values, and philosophy of life for a few people that disagree with her lifestyle choices?,&amp;quot; wondered georgina0912 at Ecorazzi. &amp;quot;I hope Chelsea doesn&amp;#039;t look back with regret- not about getting married but for serving murdered animals at her wedding celebration. I do!,&amp;quot; said Patty Sheneker at Mother Nature Network. &amp;quot;I was vegetarian for many years when i got married &amp;amp;amp; allowed meat to be served. I did it for my parents but i regret this every day of my life! And the marriage didn&amp;#039;t last!&amp;quot; Aagh! Poor Chelsea can&amp;#039;t even get a break from the carnivores at Serious Eats: &amp;quot;\u2026I went to a vegan friend&amp;#039;s wedding last year&amp;quot; wrote em, &amp;quot;and was disappointed that there was not more vegan stuff -- because I wanted to see what awesome things they could do without meat when they really pull out all the stops\u2026&amp;quot;  Clinton&amp;#039;s menu is, clearly, a compromise. Eager to be true to her own beliefs \u2013 as well as wanting to be able to enjoy some cake, herself \u2013 she&amp;#039;s come up with a menu that can accommodate as many of her guests as possible. And if the carnivores feel there wasn&amp;#039;t enough animal protein on the menu, they&amp;#039;ll want to take note: the nearest McDonald&amp;#039;s is 10 miles away in Kingston. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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