Thousands donate food, skip Mass

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http://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/18688-thousands-donate-food-skip-mass

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been hard at work for the past few years ensuring attendees at several annual festivals in Milwaukee do not need to attend Catholic Mass to receive festival admittance discounts.

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Thanks to FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott, almost all of the festivals have changed their discounts to include attendees of all faiths and no faith. Elliott is still working to change Festa Italiana's policy so that it does not violate Wisconsin civil rights laws.

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The outcome was win-win-win. The Hunger Task Force reported a 25% increase in food donations from the previous year. Although the festival does not release exact attendance numbers, thousands of people who were not attending Mass were observed enjoying Irish Fest Sunday morning—a clear benefit to Irish Fest itself. And, of course, everyone, no matter their religion or non-religion, received the same discount from Irish Fest.

Not only were food contributions up 25% from the 2012 festival, but this year's contributions reportedly set an all-time record for the event. This year's Hunger Task Force contributions beat out the previous record set in 2008 by roughly 20%.

Well done, FFRF. More inclusive and more beneficial for the community.

[rug]

1. The food donations were made by attendees, not atheists.

Although FFRF gave a whopping $100 donated by someone else.

I suppose whovever wrote FFRF's headline doesn't realize there are Saturday vigil masses and at least two Sunday masses in each parish.

This really doesn't fill me with hope for a more rational society.