Wednesday's vote was led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, who called the ban the silliest ordinance the council had ever passed. The repeal measure passed by a vote of 37-6 with no debate, an about-face from the original ban, which passed in April 2006 by a vote of 48-1.
During Wednesday's vote, the ban's original sponsor, Alderman Joe Moore, shouted his objections.
"It was a statement against animal cruelty, pure and simple," Moore said about his original intent, after Wednesday's vote.
Of the council's decision to repeal, he said: "They used a little parliamentary procedure avoiding any public hearing and debate on the measure. I don't think that's very healthy for a democracy or very healthy for the city."
More than a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, have banned production of the delicacy. Similar measures have been considered in California, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvhzDNT... Foie gras, to me, is a lot like fur. It's tough to make the cruelty for food argument, but this isn't food just like fur isn't a jacket material. It's a luxury, a delicacy. Cruelty for vanity.
