Just Eat The Pork Under Protest!
(Originally posted on June 30, 2013. Tragically not much has changed since then.)
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One of my favorite characters in the Old Testament (2 Maccabees 6:18-31) is Eleazar, a ninety year old Jewish scribe, a “teacher of the Law.” He was ordered to eat pork in violation of the Mosaic Law or be killed. He preferred death rather than offend God.