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Here Comes the Bride ... Down the Aisle of KFC
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PETA Foundation staffer Alex Bury and Vegan Outreach pres Jack Norris' recent wedding was for the birds—and they wouldn't have had it any other way. You see, the Bay Area couple are so committed to spreading the vegan message (she proposed to him while they were handing out veg leaflets) that they flew to Canada and shared their commitment to each other at a Toronto KFC restaurant.
Why get hitched at a Canadian KFC? Marriage isn’t the only thing new and exciting on the menu. Thanks to PETA’s landmark agreement with the company that coordinates the purchase of chickens for all KFC franchises in Canada, conditions for chickens killed for KFCs in Canada are now subject to various welfare improvements and most KFCs in Canada have added a faux-chicken sandwich to their menus. Making their vegan wedding a joyous occasion for all peeps (geddit?) involved, the newlyweds served the new sandwich at their reception. What did guests think of the faux fowl? It was love at first bite. Speaking of love ... congrats, Alex and Jack! Here are pics of the happy event:
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Alex & Jack, a million congrats! Your dedication to animal rights is so inspiring!
Drew and Jeff.
Posted by: Drew | September 11, 2008 07:53 PM
I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM !! MAY GOD BLESS THE BOTH OF YOU !!AND OF COURSE...GO VEGGIE !!!
Posted by: SASHA | September 11, 2008 10:30 PM
Congrats! May you have a long happy life together...
Posted by: NT | September 12, 2008 08:58 AM
Vegan Outreach, like PETA, is a great organization. I've learned a lot from Jack Norris' informative writings. All the very best Alex and Jack, and I hope you had an amazing time in Toronto.
Posted by: Mike Quinoa | September 12, 2008 11:53 AM
Congrats to you both! My room mate attended the wedding and now we have two gorgeous flower arrangements in our kitchen/dining room and some yummy vegan wedding cake in the fridge hehehe
Posted by: Lola | September 12, 2008 12:22 PM
OHHHHH ...I LOVE ALL THE EXTRA PICTURES YOU JUST POSTED!!! THEY ARE SO GREAT !! THESE TWO REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER AND WHAT THEY DO AT PETA! THE LOVE FOR ANIMALS CAN REALLY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AGAIN, BLESS BOTH OF THEM AND WHAT THEY DO FOR ANIMALS.
Posted by: SASHA | September 12, 2008 11:43 PM
I am grateful to have Jack and Alex as friends! True Bodhisattvas who are and have saved he lives of and suffering of hundreds of thousands of sentient beings. May you both be blessed with grace and joy on your newly shared road.
Posted by: Ari | September 13, 2008 12:43 AM
Congratulations and love and gratitude from the word's animals (especially the chickens!)
Posted by: Nancy Pennington | September 13, 2008 03:21 PM
Nice slide show. The string section and PETA lapel pin are nice touches. Alex is so beautiful! The compassionate man gets the lovely lady...there's got to be a moral in there somewhere.
Posted by: Seabiscuit | September 13, 2008 05:11 PM
Wow, how ridiculous.
Posted by: Qwerty | September 15, 2008 08:05 AM
CHANGE COMES ONE PERSON AT A TIME. GOOD JOB!!!!!
Posted by: AMY | September 15, 2008 02:30 PM
What a lovely wedding! Beautiful inside AND outside bride and groom! Terrific idea to have the ceremony performed in front of Canada KFC. The animals have a chance so long as there are
compassionate dedicated young humans like these two! Thanks for sharing slides.
Posted by: Kathryn Dalenberg | September 17, 2008 04:01 PM
An activist vegan wedding....How refreshing!!!!! We are all touched and you may have set the tone for how people get married from now on. What a great idea to use such a memorable day to go with heart felt activism. You have made our day. I hope that you both enjoyed your day..the pictures are great!
Posted by: egarr | September 17, 2008 05:48 PM
That is the most inspiring thing I think I've ever heard. The way people treat animals just breaks my heart. This organization--and this couple!--is so blessed. Please keep doing what you're doing. And God bless you, Alex and Jack.
Posted by: Hannah Dickinson | September 28, 2008 05:27 PM
I just wish you all the best and positive in the world an loved your idea to spread the message showing literally "love" ;))))
God bless you ;))) Yeeeeee =)
Posted by: Palova Valenti | October 4, 2008 01:52 PM