Posted on 09/12/2014 7:14:23 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
Truett Cathy, Chick-fil-A founder, died Monday at age 93. With hard work, discipline, and dedication, he turned a single Atlanta diner into a popular restaurant chain and household name. He rose from poverty to riches.
Cathy opened his first restaurant in 1946, just after returning from serving his country in World War II. Today, Chick-fil-A has nearly 2,000 outlets in 39 states.
All along, the man was faithful to his business, his family, and his God. You would think that his life’s story would elicit nothing but praise. But if you think that, then you don’t live in modern America — that is, today’s fundamentally transformed America.
Cathy, you see, was a devout Christian, a Baptist, as is his son, Dan, who inherited the chain. They’re so faithful to their Biblical precepts that their many restaurants are closed on Sundays. That’s what they believe their Bible commends. The Cathy family has faith-based principles, and sticks to them.
Among those principles is the timeless Biblical view of marriage. When Christ ordained that a man and a woman leave their parents and become one flesh in a holy matrimonial bond, the Cathy family took that seriously, as have endless peoples since the dawn of humanity — until literally just a few years ago. Modern Americans believe they have the right to change the meanings of words whenever they want. They don’t care if their ancestors — what G. K. Chesterton called “the democracy of the dead” — acknowledged marriage as based on the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God. They are completely content to redefine a sacred institution that billions before them would never dare try to redefine.
The Cathy family believes it isn’t their right to redefine marriage. They would be rejecting their God. And so, they support Biblical-natural-traditional marriage — i.e., marriage. Dan Cathy, the son of S. Truett, had the temerity to affirm that he believes in historic marriage. And for this unpardonable sin, the American left went wild. They organized national boycotts of Chick-fil-A, blocked doors, and held gay “kiss-ins” inside the restaurant. The champions of “tolerance” and “diversity” only tolerate things they agree with. If you don’t agree with them on gay marriage, there will be hell to pay.
All of this recent history is well known, of course. But it reared its ugly head again this week when the 93-year-old Cathy passed away.
“Chick-fil-A founder dies … provoked controversy on gay-marriage,” said the headline in the Washington Post, as if Cathy’s position on marriage — the shared opinion of over 99% of earth’s inhabitants since the dawn of humanity — is provocative.
But that was mild compared to the readers’ comments that followed the Post’s obituary.
The first comment came from an incensed reader who demanded to know why the Post had not described the 93-year-old as a “bigot” and “homophobe.”
Another reader, identified as “John in Cathedral Heights,” wrote of Cathy’s passing: “Thank goodness. As I always think to myself whenever I encounter bigoted, hateful, OLD Christians, ‘They’re not long for this world.’”
Charlie from McLean was equally respectful: “What great news! And when he gets to heaven and they won’t let him in because he discriminated against gays[,] wonder what he’ll think then?”
Another loving liberal chimed in: “I will not say the usual thing about resting in peace concerning this hateful man. I believe the son of God is now judging him unworthy of eternal peace.”
Keep in mind that these people consider S. Truett Cathy to be the judgmental, hateful one. Not them.
“He lived to 93,” wrote another denouncer of hate. “Why is it that wicked hate filled people live the longest?”
Said another compassionate liberal: “Good riddance to the Christian-trash-bag.”
And another: “Let US All Celebrate One LESS Bigot on the Planet.”
Finally, this from “John” (I’ll leave out his last name): “Bigotry is bigotry. He can RIH [Rest in Hell], along with his bigoted son.”
Ah, no bigotry from John. He clearly tolerates all people of all points of view. I wonder if he feels that his parents and grandparents and great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents and great-great-great-grandparents and great-great-great-great-grandparents and great-great-great-great-great-grandparents are all resting in hell with S. Truett Cathy. I got some shocking news for you, John: They, too, believed in marriage between one man and one woman. I guess they were also hell-destined bigots. Praise be to God that you live in a more enlightened time. You’ll be spared their flames.
Those are just a few assessments by readers — and merely at one site, the Washington Post. You can imagine the comments at even more liberal websites. They are obscene, too nasty (and too depressing) to repeat here. As they accuse the Chick-fil-A founder of all sorts of monstrous hate, they don’t even notice that they hate on him with unbridled, unmatched torrent.
If they could dance (or worse) on his grave, I’m sure they’d be dashing out their front doors.
And why? What merited this? What was S. Truett Cathy’s unforgivable sin in the eyes of secular progressives? It’s simple: Cathy and his family continued to support the Biblical conception of marriage that has existed since the Garden of Eden — that even Barack Obama and the Clintons and the entirety of the Democratic Party once supported. As a devout Christian, Cathy refused to take the incredibly audacious step of redefining something that he believes his God never gave him the right to redefine. For that, S. Truett Cathy is an eternal demon of the American Left, now roasting in their version of hell — another Biblical precept they’ve unhesitatingly redefined to their own liking.
Rest in peace, Mr. Cathy. May you be remembered and rewarded for your hard work and good works, and not the vicious castigations of your uncharitable, unthoughtful tormentors.
This piece was originally run in The American Spectator.
I would, bit the nearest one to too far. Luckily they are building one the next town over.
Sound like typical Democrats......what’s so surprising about it????
Are you kidding me? I have never seen nicer, better service, managers, employees at any chain ever in my life. The chicken is all fresh too...not that ground up slime.
i don’t care. Both sides are horrible with deaths they don’t like. Just send prayers and be done. who cares what the other side does. Because soon another liberal will die and the posts will be just as bad from conservatives and christians.
Sure she didn’t get fired!!!!
Where is she currently employed and how does she feel about her boss?
That is too bad. However, nobody said that Chick-Fil-A was perfect in every way. I would be shocked if they didn’t have a bad manager here and there. I do understand the MSG thing though. Have a great day!!!!!!!
They’ve got one coming in to my area next year. Can hardly wait. I had Chick-fil-A when I was down in Texas. Best chicken sandwich I’ve EVER had.
There’s a Chick-Fil-A about ten miles or so from me. Before the controversy two years ago, I don’t think I ever set foot in the place. Now I go about once a week. The staff are super friendly, they speak English, and they get my order right.
She works at Starbucks and absolutely loves it.
“He lived to 93,” wrote another denouncer of hate. “Why is it that wicked hate filled people live the longest?”
Because unlike hate-filled, immature, perpetual adolescents he lived a full life of accomplishment.
He was one guy in one store out of dozens, hundreds. He would get the girls in the back store room and try to feel ‘em up. She didn’t say the chicken wasn’t fresh, she said they added lots of chemicals to make it taste better. That doesn’t mean the man who started the company wasn’t a good guy.
And to think this man Murdered exactly one less person than Ted Kennedy, the Drunken Adulterer Democrat Lion of the Senate.
Hmmm...I'm going to have to search back to when Senator Ted Kennedy (D-HELL) died, and check out what I said.
Amen.
Liberals: The MOST HATE-Filled people on the planet. If they could they would march Christians into the “ovens” like NAZI’s did to the Jews.
I went to their restaurant yesterday. Had a photo of Mr. Cathy on the counter, with some nice words.
He was born in the 1920’s....and would have grown up in a world where psychiatrists classified homosexuality as a disorder. The world (or at least the façade of the world portrayed by the glitterati)changed. Doesn’t make Mr. Cathy a ‘hater’, or reflect on his character in any way.
As an aside, in the 1980’s, my high school history teacher was an ultra-liberal from Queens, NY. I remember he attributed the fall of the Roman empire partially to rampant homosexuality. As recently as 30 years ago, it was safe for a liberal to speak the truth on gays.
No, Dan Cathy did not capitulate to the Gaystapo at all. He invited his harshest homosexual critic to visit the Chick-fil-A headquarters as his guest and showed him what the company and its philosophy of service is all about -- and the guy was impressed. Further down the chain, Chick-fil-A managers served fresh lemonade and ice water to the demonstrators who were standing out in the hot sun. Chick-fil-A serves great food and treats all of its customers with honor and dignity, period. They return anger with kindness.
By the way, the writer incorrectly states that Dan Cathy inherited the company from Truett. Dan is the President and CEO. But Mrs. Truett Cathy is very much alive, as are the Cathys' other son Donald (Bubba, who is SVP of Chick-fil-A) and daughter Trudy. These are the kindest of people who all work hard, know that they are blessed by God, and who help more people than anyone will ever know.
You missed the part where Dan Cathy agreed not to take a stance on marriage as he did before, as far as it involved the Company. Neither will CFA any longer donate to family causes.
That was a HUGE concession to the sodomites. And they ran with it.
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