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Still, fairy-tale vegan romance can be found. Vegan Freak host Bob Torres shares his podcast duties with his wife and co-host, Jenna Torres. The couple met at Penn State and both now teach at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. They've been married for nine years and vegan for three. They're not the only ones; Bob and Jenna say they have seen successful relationships start among vegans who frequent the forums at their Vegan Freak Web site. "It's something we really bond over and do together," says Bob. Of course, even vegan couples may not be able to avoid the standard relationship squabbles over who's cooking and who's scrubbing dishes, but for the lucky ones, dinner is love at first bite.

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Posted By: ReggaeDancer @ 06/12/2009 6:43:55 PM

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Posted By: veginator @ 05/28/2009 12:40:54 PM

The main point of the article was to explain why a lot of VEGANS didn't want to date (lacto-ovo) VEGETARIANS, who still eat animal products and thereby cause a great deal of unnecessary animal suffering and death. Did you miss that part?
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Posted By: veginator @ 05/27/2009 3:22:52 PM

To compare an ethical choice not to eat or use animal products because it is wrong to exploit, abuse and kill animals with a choice about appearance such as whether or not to get tattoos or body piercings is completely absurd--if one takes that ethical choice seriously, that is. I would consider dating someone with tattoos even though I don't have or particularly like them for the same reason that I would consider dating someone who was a few pounds overweight--minor things I don't like about a person's appearance can easily be more than made up for by other redeeming qualities (such as being vegan, for example). But I could no more be involved with a meat-eater or lacto/ovo-vegetarian than I could be involved with someone who supported the enslavement of humans. Looks matter some, but fundamental values matter a lot more.