These vegan and vegetarian groups we hear so much about?!

These vegan and vegetarian groups we hear so much about?

Anyone actually belong to one? What do they do when they get together, what do you talk about? Do you spend your meetings discussing interesting new recipes for lentils and how evil the meat eaters are? I have this image in my head of a church hall or similar full of cardigan clad, sandal wearing bearded hippy types sat around in a circle on the floor holding hands.
I dont know why but thats the image I get when someone mentions the phrase 'vegan group' but Im willing to be put straight on this.
I mean no ill by this question, Im just curious what goes on, I mean you dont hear of any 'omnivore groups' having meetings do you?

10 hours ago
John, joining up with your group would be hypocritical of me as I believe that a balanced omnivorous diet is as good if not better that a veggie/vegan one.
It is not meat that makes people fat it is excess and laziness. That can be excess of fatty junk food, beer, fried vegetables, too many vegetables. If you eat too much of anything and dont exercise you will get fat. No arguement.

I didn't know people were hearing about it so much!

Eating a vegan lifestyle can be hard in a carnivore world, so some people like to discuss what they have discovered, yes.

You have to remember that there are many ignorant people out there, who aren't as nice as you, who don't ask and don't even want to know about the lifestyle. They just see it as 'weird' because it isn't the way they are used to life, so they ridicule. So the groups are support groups too.

Thanks for asking and not just judging.