So much for sausage and beer and your pursuit of happiness

[FastEddy]

" Paris police ban pork street party in Muslim area " - By PIERRE-YVES ROGER - Washington Post/AsPress/Religon - June 15, 2010

" PARIS -- French police have banned a street party whose organizers planned to serve alcoholic cocktails and pork sausages in a heavily Muslim neighborhood of Paris, authorities said in a statement Tuesday.

Police said the party, called "Sausage and Booze," could have been viewed as a provocation in the Goutte-d'Or neighborhood of northern Paris, where many Muslims pray on the streets because there are not enough mosques. Alcohol and pork are forbidden by Islam and the party had been slated for just after Friday's main Muslim weekly prayers.

Organizers said they were holding the party to protest Islam's encroachment on traditional French values in the neighborhood. Muslim groups had announced a counterparty serving halal, or religiously approved, food.

Police banned both events. ... [much more]"

This means the next October Fest beer and sausage festivals in Detroit / Milwaukee / Madison / Minneapolis / Indianapolis / Saint Louis / Denver / Dallas / Acapulco / LA / Portland / Seattle / Dayton / Pittsburg / Miami / New Orleans ... and anywhere else there is a significant French or German ethnic community, Will Not Be Allowed! (And what will the Irish do next Saint Patty's Day in Boston/New York/Chicago/San Francisco ...?)

Hey, now "you've got to fight for your right to parrrrrteeeee" ...