Iowa Voters Say ‘No Whey’ to Butter Michael Jackson
The title of an LA Times blog says it all: “You Win, PETA. Iowa State Fair Won’t Have Michael Jackson Butter Sculpture.”
You may remember that we recently wrote to the Iowa State Fair asking it to refrain from making a Michael Jackson statue out of butter and instead to use Earth Balance, a delicious nondairy spread. We reminded the fair that the King of Pop himself—a vocal supporter of children’s health charities—would not appreciate his image being carved out of an unhealthy, fatty spread (not to mention one so detrimental to animals).
Well, the fair officials put it to a vote, and after more than 100,000 votes were counted, about 65 percent of fairgoers had voted against erecting the statue. Looks like we weren’t the only ones who thought this was a “bad” idea.
Written by Christine Doré
