Fans of the addictive sandwiches of Chick-fil-A who also support gay marriage are facing a dilemma: Should one follow the dictates of the stomach or the conscience?
First of all, I don’t know of a single "gay marriage" law. SSM is made law by neutering marriage so that same-sex couples can get marriage licenses without a bride or without a groom. There is no requirement that any of them actually be gay.
Secondly, we're an interconnected society. We interact every day with people who support causes with which we are in opposition. Do these people targeting Chick-fil-A check to see if the janitor at their workplace supports neutering marriage? Maybe the office janitor gave money to a marriage protection effort!
The privately owned chain, famous for closing on Sundays in deference to its founder's evangelical Christian values, donates to many Christian causes, scholarships, and organizations through its charitable arm.
But when a Pennsylvania restaurant donated sandwiches and brownies to a Harrisburg meeting of The Pennsylvania Family Group, a group that works to outlaw gay marriage, pro-gay marriage bloggers and gay rights organizations went on the offensive.
They must be awfully concerned about the work that the Pennsylvania Family Group is doing in other states, because it can't possibly be working to "outlaw gay marriage" in Pennsylvania, seeing has how the state doesn't license brideless or groomless couples as married. But the group doesn't work to prevent anyone from having a ceremony or sharing a life together – they are trying to prevent a change in the state marriage licensing that would extend it to nonmarriage. It is the marriage neutering activists that are working to "outlaw" bride+groom marriage licensing.
I wonder what else this group does? Do they also oppose polygamy, shacking up, and drug abuse? Why isn't that mentioned?
The news quickly trickled into the mainstream. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton wrote about it, and so did the food blog Grub Street, with the headline "Chick-fil-A is anti-gay."
You see, in the minds of homofascists, or at least what they are hoping to have others believe, you can't possibly defend marriage, or Christianity in general, without being against people. It's shameful sleight-of-word.
Here's where Goodwin doesn't even try to maintain journalistic standards:
The company's anti-gay marriage donations go beyond the alliance in Pennsylvania. The WinShape Foundation, the company's charitable institution, and the Cathy family have donated millions to Christian organizations and causes, including some that campaign against gay marriage, The New York Times writes. A couples retreat operated by WinShape does not accept homosexual couples, according to the blog Good As You.You see? They are "anti-gay" because they support Christian organizations.
Other businesses have found themselves the center of controversy for wading into political debates. Target and Best Buy were boycotted this summer after they made donations to a group that backed Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who does not support gay rights.
Now you must "support gay rights". It isn't enough just to stop following your religious convictions about sex and marriage. Now you have to actively support Left-leaning "gay rights" organizations. If you know what's good for ya.
The President of Chick-fil-A now says they "will no longer donate to any organizations that take a political stand on marriage." And thus the homofascists have achieved their goal.
What if every person who doesn't believe a brideless or groomless pairing is marriage boycotted businesses that gave money to organizations that have supported marriage neutering? Or stopped watching, say, Bravo?
I'm not a fan of fast food, but suddenly I find myself wanting a Chick-Fil-A sandwich.
ReplyDeleteYou know, we outnumber the kind of extremists that would pay attention to this kind of boycott by at least 10 to 1. If each of us bought just one sandwich, that would make up for one extremist passing up 10 sandwiches. It only takes a little effort on our part to make these pathetic boycott attempts backfire. Eventually even the most out-of-touch extremist will eventually get the message and be abandon their attempts to intimidate others and instead make a rational case for their position.
If supporters of neutering marriage have a rational argument to make they should make it. Instead, they spend their time trying to shout down, shut up, and intimidate those who disagree with them. It's one thing not having a rational argument. It's another thing when it's clear from your actions you know you don't.
Gay activists, such as Perez Hilton, must resort to shutting down any discourse about same sex marriage, and must redefine those who support marriage in the vilest of terms. It is the only way that these spiteful ideologues can win a discussion in the marketplace of ideas.
ReplyDeleteCNN covered the story also yesterday,
ReplyDeletehttp://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/04/chick-fil-a-controversy-shines-light-on-restaurants-christian-dna/?hpt=C1
"“In recent weeks, we have been accused of being anti-gay,” Cathy said in a written statement last Saturday. “We have no agenda against anyone.”
“While my family and I believe in the Biblical definition of marriage,” the statement continued, “we love and respect anyone who disagrees.”
Comments are interesting, mostly supporting Chick-fil-a. We only have one at the mall, over the border in New Hampshire. We eat there when we actually go to the mall, which is maybe a few times a year.
Like many said in the comment section, it's a private business. People have a right to boycott any business, whether you think their reasons are legitimate or not.