Posted on 07/31/2012 1:26:03 PM PDT by NYer
Edited on 08/15/2012 11:32:34 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The Berenstain family wrote on its web site that it did not know about the controversy surrounding Chick-Fil-A and gay marriage until July 25.
Comments by the CEO of the fast food chain Chick-fil-A opposing same-sex marriage continued to reverberate for a second week, drawing the beloved children’s book figures the Berenstain Bears into the controversy.
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Going tomorrow. Never eaten there cuz I’m not a big chicken fan, but I’ll tollerate. Also asked a few folks in the office about going.
This issue sickens me to the core.
Not enought to tollerate homos, not enough to accept homos, but now you must embrace them. And these govenors are completely fine with redefining marriage.
This country has truly lost its way when leaders of major cities are spewing this garbage.
Now, I will be sure to support them every week because they are being attacked.
Tomorrow, Wednesday is Chick-fil-A day and my boss and I are going to Chicks for a fil-A for lunch. And, from now on it will be my fast food choice. Time to stand up and take notice what’s happening to our country. Time to clean the swamp as Pelosi put it.
The left hates Christians. That simply explains it.
What made him stray? Why act like this CFA statement is so terrible?
Do they really have that many gay children in their audience?
It looks like Ellen may be getting involved in this too...
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“Comments by the CEO of the fast food chain Chick-fil-A opposing same-sex marriage...”
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t the comment SUPPORTING heterosexual marriage, rather than OPPOSING same-sex marriage? Or did I miss something.
Their sons Leo and Michael also entered the family business after making their own forays into children’s publishing as an author and illustrator, respectively.
In the 1990s, the men worked on the Berenstain Bears “Big Chapter Book” series (published under the names Stan and Jan Berenstain).
Following Stan’s passing away from lymphoma in 2005, Michael collaborated with his mother on writing and illustrating Berenstain Bears installments, while Leo has been involved with the business side of the franchise. Jan Berenstain passed away in February 2012 following a stroke.
Mr.(Michael) Berenstain has been working on a series of faith-based children’s books with his mother. The series is known as the Living Lights series. He comments on writing about this topic saying, “my parents and I have always been aware that we’ve had a huge amount of enthusiasm from religious families, people of all religions, but especially from Christian families, so the idea of doing books specifically about faith issues has been in the back of our minds.” The series is published by Zonderkidz, a division of the HarperCollins Company. Alicia May, Vice President of Marketing says that the company “is thrilled to receive constant positive feedback from families and retailers about these new Berenstain Bears books. We are proud to partner with Michael Berenstain on these new books that are inspiring young readers and teaching them in such a fun, familiar way that they are very special children of God.”
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Berenstain__Michael.html
He and his wife, Andrea, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and his three children are all in college.
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I always thought they were kind of PC and homo, frankly.
^^^
Agreed
Did you actually read the statement?
What I’ve HEARD is not so terrible, from either the owner or the son. Or whomever they all are.
If you can direct me to TOTAL and COMPLETE actual quotations of what each of them said, because I’ve probably not seen it all, that would be great. I do wish someone would post a thread about the whole thing.
Originally the Berenstain Bears were quite funny -- lots of slapstick. This was back in the early 60s. Later it got very PC & sanctimonious. I felt like they had moved to Vermont.
Here is the original article from the Biblical Recorder: http://www.brnow.org/News/July-2012/%E2%80%98Guilty-as-charged,%E2%80%99-Dan-Cathy-says-of-Chick-fil-A
And here’s the article from the Baptist Press (originally in Biblical Recorder) last week that got everything stirred up: http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=38316
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