Normally news about a non Kosher fast food chain of any kind
is well below my radar. Why would I care after all about what its owner said?
Well, in this case I do care. The president of Chick-fil-A who is a religious Baptist made what many have deemed to be a bigoted statement
about gays. What was it he said? From USA Today:
Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said this week that his privately owned company is "guilty as charged" in support of what he called the biblical definition of the family unit… "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that…"
To say that this statement is bigoted is so ridiculous that I would have thought it was some sort of parody were it not reported as fact. But it wasn’t ridiculous to a
Chicago Alderman who vowed to prevent Chick-fil-A from opening up a restaurant
in his city. From the Washington Post:
Alderman Joe Moreno said Wednesday that unless the company comes up with a written anti-discrimination policy, Chick-fil-A will not open its first free-standing restaurant in the city as it plans to do.
Chicago’s Mayor Emanuel expressed similar sentiments.
I have espressed my own attitude about homosexuals many times.
The short version is that it is all about Kavod HaBrios and treating all human
beings with the dignity they deserve – regardless of what their sexual
orientation is. The biblical injunction is against a specific homosexual act. Not against someone with the desire to commit it. Nor is it our job to find out what
goes on in the privacy of anyone’s bedroom. That is only between an individual and his Maker. It is our obligation instead to judge all people favorably.
What seems to be happening here goes far beyond understanding
and tolerance. It goes far beyond treating our fellow man with love and
compassion - regardless of the human condition that causes man to sin against
God. Is there alive a man today that has not sinned? But the agenda of some gay rights activists is not about respecting human dignity. It is about celebrating homosexuality!
For those of us who believe in the bible that is completely unacceptable.
For those of us who believe in the bible that is completely unacceptable.
And yet the current climate of much of western culture is to look at
it in exactly that way. It seems that almost all the reporting about Chick-fil-A
has been negative. As if to deny anyone the
right to see marriage only in a heterosexual context.
This has nothing to do
with the whether one agrees with that or not. It has to do with the right to
express an opinion. One based on a religious viewpoint no less!
Chick fil-A does not deny anyone the right to eat in their
restaurant. They have gay employees and gay patrons. I am sure that many gay
people have eaten at Chick-fil-A without incident. And yet for publicly expressing
a religious view that has become politically incorrect - there are people who
want to harm Chick fil-A financially!
As if to put an exclamation point on this - from the Huffington Post:
As if to put an exclamation point on this - from the Huffington Post:
(LGBT) has filed complaints against Chick-fil-A, alleging that the franchise violated the Illinois Human Rights Act when its chief operating officer, Dan Cathy, made statements against gay marriage.
This is wrong. It is political correctness run amok! And
anyone with any sense of fairness should see that. The fact is that despite
the current approach by media, entertainment industry, and some political figures, the
American people are not in lockstep with their attempt to stifle opinions they
don’t agree with.
Former Presidential candidate Mike
Huckabee called for an “Appreciation Day for Chick fil-A” - asking people to show
up to support for the restaurant chain by eating at one of their restaurants on
August 1st. Needless to say they had a record number of people showing up that day.
Well LGBT is not going to take this lying down. How dare anyone
express an opinion that differs with theirs. From USA Today:
Gay rights organizations and other advocacy groups are promoting a "National Same-Sex Kiss Day" today where people are encouraged to head to a Chick-fil-A and lock lips with a member of the same sex to protest the fast-food chain owners' opposition to same-sex unions.
Here is what I think. I encourage this “gay rights” counter
protest. Let them all go in front of cameras and make a spectacle of
themselves. Let the world know that gay rights advocates like these have
absolutely no interest in bettering their relationships with the mainstream. What
they are interested in is making a spectacle of themselves in the cause of
promoting sinful behavior as Kosher while stifling all voices to the contrary!
Once we have a society that prohibits expressing a politically
incorrect view – western democracy as we know it will have ceased to exist.
