Seems you just can’t clog your arteries anymore without someone raising a stink about it.
But the current controversy swirling around the Chick-fil-A fast food chain isn’t about deep-fried deliciousness. It’s about remarks that company president Dan Cathy gave to the Baptist Press last week, when the publication asked about his company’s "support of the traditional family."
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"Well, guilty as charged,” said Cathy. "We are very much supportive of the family—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 ... we know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles."
In a later radio interview on the Ken Coleman show, Cathy said this:
"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,' and I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is about.”
After that, same-sex marriage proponents flipped Cathy the bird, not too surprising since the company allegedly has a history of donating money to anti-gay groups. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino vowed to block any Chick-fil-A outlets from opening in his city. And the Jim Henson Co. severed its agreement to supply toys for the chain's kiddie meals.
On the other side, onetime Arkansas governor and Fox News talking head Mike Huckabee declared "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," and called on everyone to support the chain by eating there on Aug. 1. Ironically, the once-hefty Huckabee penned a book titled Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.
Which brings us to Thursday in Laguna Hills, where a new Chick-fil-A opened to the public at 6 a.m. As is Chick-fil-A tradition, the first 100 customers of any new restaurant receive a free meal each week for a year. (Yes, there were people who camped out overnight for this.)
They were greeted, however, by a group of about 30 protesters organized by the youth activist arm of the Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County. According to the Huffington Post, the demonstration interfered with the planned grand opening ceremony, and the outlet owners sent their fans home early with their food.
Most of the protesters had scattered by the time Patch arrived on the scene, but there were still smatterings on both sides of the issue who were willing to engage in a lively game of I Can Yell My Opinion Louder Than You Can Yell Yours.
Click the video at the top of the page and see what happened ...
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Eat more chicken because last time gay marriage certificates were offered by society, the big flood came: http://youtu.be/N_FLap1Vyt0
"But"...Not to pullit too much further, the last time certificates were relevant was when Eduardo, Acts 8: 1-2 of the SocialNetwork, relayed to brother Mark (while gulping a zuckerBurger), one may not have volitional choice if you have to "...feed some chikken to a chikken..." - 'you just deal withit'...and he got a certificate from a Harvard club (held the mayo). If not, it's 'ozone smoothies' for all, according to the last chapter, somewhere... One has to decide for themselves alone - chicken or the fish (seems the 'steers' will make you crazy...). And so it is.
I should stop...I fear my fingers are getting so greasy, I will be unable to hand out any feather -er, further, enuff certificates to satisfy even the most ambitchious foxes who might wanto take advantage of new co-operative ventures that could expand their sauceital urges to proliferate their lip-smackin' ways...re-cooped or not. "May such guidance be ever found in the kernels of the book of Sanders, Isaya Hup 2: 3, 4; Chapters 1 to 8...Sim sala bim". I remain, your servant... or drive thru.
Cluck Old Hen - The Hillbillies (1927) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qizwcdHAWNU Let's you and me dance this'n, Micheline, in our imaginations at least :-)
Little kneed, then, for the rainbowgeshtappo, or the pulpitdroppers...just the pulletpoppers. Isaya amen
Prove it, with my own words. Quote me.
And, as I've pointed out to you before, I called myself a bigot. It's my opinion everyone in the United States is a bigot. That part of being human is to identify that in ourselves and fight against it. I think the folks who say they aren't bigots are lying to themselves. Please read this until you understand what I am saying. I'm done responding to your incessant claims that I called you a bigot when it's really a matter of you not reading just seeing red when you see my name.
You have bashed me repeatedly for using my nickname even after I have explain to you why I chose to do so. When you use the word "you" when talking to someone, an intelligent person would assume that you are talking about them (as in your statement " that would let you all off the hook?"). You keep calling people bigots, but have no evidence. Saying that "everyone" is one (after calling specific people the name) is a total cop out. Own your words, or don't type them. Seeing red? You wish. You really don't have that much power over me. A very pale shade of pink, maybe ((rolling eyes))
Mr Cathy has every right to say what he wants & believe what he wants. People who disagree with him have every right to boycott his business if they want. Is everyone with me so far? My problems: A) the mayors of several cities "banning" Chick-Fil-A (by denying them permits to do business), because of the statements & religious beliefs of the president IMO, this might be a bunch of hot air blown to get media attention. We will see if it actually happens. B) The bullying & name calling by those who oppose Chick-Fil-A. I respect your right to boycott. Respect others who chose not to boycott. If someone choses not to boycott, they are not a bigot, they just have a different opinion than you.
Grammatically I should have said "Maybe it would let one off the hook." I apologize for sloppy grammar. By the way, people who feel that entire groups are less than them are bigots. It's not name calling. It's being concise with language. We have descriptive words in our language precisely for that reason. We are supposed to use them to describe concisely someones views. Gee I apologize for being good with language. And I'm on record in other blog posts long before this issue came up that I think everyone is a bigot. You can call it a cop out. I don't mind. You do seem totally invested in discrediting me for some reason, but I am beginning to understand why you don't use your real name. That is I am beginning to understand how you went about getting yourself stalked.
By ill-concealed distain and ridicule do you mean something along the lines of this? http://missionviejo.patch.com/blog_posts/in-the-eyes-of-the-lord
Your claim that you are "good with language" is pretty funny as well, but I will "let you off the hook" on that one. I have no interest in discrediting you. You do a great job of that yourself. Go ahead & claim you don't name call, all the while name calling. Those of us who are able to read can clearly see it isn't true. BTW, the reason I was stalked had little to do with my words and everything to do with my picture. The fact that I used part of my real name as my screen name was my downfall, as it made is easier for the man who became obsessed with my picture to find me. After seeing your own picture, you should have no fear of that happening to you.
Says the person who has no interest in name calling and discrediting others.
2) Bullying? Listen, it is really simple. Christian "traditional marriage" if you follow the text of their book includes multiple wives. The founder of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther wrote: "I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture. If a man wishes to marry more than one wife he should be asked whether he is satisfied in his conscience that he may do so in accordance with the word of God. In such a case the civil authority has nothing to do in the matter." So, if that's the basis of reality, then unless you believe in polygamy you are against "traditional marriage". My point is that denying two people over the age of consent the right to enter into a State recognized contractual relationship based on the gender/gender identity of the two people is, in a word, a BIGOTED stance and those who espouse it are BIGOTS. If someone holds racist views I call them a racist. If someone holds bigoted views I call them a bigot. If either of these people use the money from their enterprise to promote their views I tell others that the ownership is crap and they shouldn't do business with them. That is not bullying, that is ensuring that racists and bigots don't have the funds to spread their hate.
There are real, actual bigots in the world (some are even in this comments section), but when you claim "everyone" is a bigot, the word loses it's meaning. BTW, I have never stated my views about gay marriage, so you couldn't possibly know what they are.
Ship: Why can't people say "I disagree" and move on? Dan: Because YOU would be let off the hook - bigotry is making a comeback. Ship: You are calling me a bigot again. Dan: How is making my statement calling you a bigot? Although you didn't literally call him a bigot, it was implied.