Gurdwaras 'Breaking the Sikh Code' on Meat and Alcohol

Randip Singh Ji,
You have done significant research in the suject. Thank you.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/controversies/33422-gurdwaras-breaking-sikh-code-meat-alcohol.html
I could not open the Pdf document (can you please check it could be my system at fault) and I wonder if it is necessary to put the Kuttha meat document in, as Rehat Maryada says it is forbidden.
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Dear all

Interesting thread

At the risk of muddying the waters, I recall seeing a fairly prominent notice in one of the Glasgow Gurdwaras with a fairly lengthy list of prohibited practices including amongst many other things, consumption of meat, alcohol and cigarettes
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33422
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33422

Until I read this thread, I was not aware that there were Gurdwaras serving both vegetarian and non-vegetarian langar

preet sarkaria ji

I have deleted your comment because it will divert the thread in the direction of what the tuks regarding meat really mean in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Please post your opinion in the thread Fools Who Wrangle over Flesh in the Hard Talk Section of SPN. Link to http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-s...ver-flesh.html Thank you, spnadmin.

Seeker9 ji

In many instances the gurdwaras, that do serve non-vegetarian, do so in halls adjacent to the Gurdwara and nowhere near Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. They do this to raise funds to support gurdwara activities.

In some cases, alcohol and dancing are permitted at these affairs - again outside of the range of Darshan of Guruji.

This may be redundant of something said elsewhere on the thread. However, there are posses of self-appointed "beadbi watchers" who have been making the rounds in UK, and enforcing the "panthic way of life," by way of promising to demonstrate outside of a gurdwara unless their wishes are granted. One can ask if the pot is calling the kettle black.

Nowhere in the SRM is the consumption of meat forbidden. Only halal to amritdhari Sikhs. Alcohol is forbidden. The practice of serving only vegetarian is according to tradition, going back to Guru Angad Dev ji. There is no other dietary restriction.