Posted on 07/30/2012 3:52:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
The current hate campaign being waged by homosexual activists against fast food chain Chick-fil-A, because of the firm’s Christian values, may well turn out to be a bridge too far. The effort may prove to be a setback for homosexual activism.
The vile attacks on the firm and its owners, the Cathy family, should make clear, finally, that the “gay rights” movement is not about refining and advancing American freedom, but about rewriting American values and advancing, not freedom, but the homosexual political agenda.
Recently Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at a flag raising ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt, noting the re-opening of the American consulate there. Given the current political climate in Egypt, the Secretary of State felt behooved in her remarks to highlight principles of freedom as understood by Americans.
“….to us, real democracy means that every citizen has the right to live, work, and worship as they choose, whether they are man or woman, Muslim or Christian, or from any other background.”
Perhaps Secretary Clinton should be lecturing Americans instead of Egyptians.
Can it really be that in America today a businessman can be labeled a bigot, boycotted, and cut off by suppliers because of the crime of being a Christian?
When Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy made his now famous incendiary admission that “We are very much supportive of the family – the biblical definition of the family unit,” he was not pontificating. He was responding to a question in an interview done in a paper I expect not read by many homosexuals – the Baptist Press.
Never mind. It was sufficient provocation that Cathy publicly admitted that the Bible defines his understanding of marriage – the unique bond of man and woman – which also happens to be the standard definition in dictionaries on the shelves of every American home and library.
“Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago’s values,” said Chicago Mayor, and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, Rahm Emmanuel. Emmanuel defended Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno’s threat to deny Chick-fil-A permitting in Chicago because its owner supports traditional marriage and family.
But UCLA law professor and constitutional scholar Eugene Volokh points out in his blog that “denying a private business permits because of such speech by its owner is a blatant First Amendment violation.”
The Constitution? The First Amendment? Religious liberty? Do these apply to Christians?
Volokh goes on to point out that a permit might be denied, “…if Chick-fil-A actually discriminated in their serving or hiring decisions in Chicago in a way forbidden by Chicago or Illinois law….But the stories give no evidence of such actions…”
The fact that there is no evidence that Chick-fil-A discriminates in its business practices did not deter Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank from writing that Dan Cathy’s support of traditional marriage “…implied that gay people (not to mention divorced people) had no business eating at Chick-fil-A.”
One court decision after another over the last fifty years has, step by step, purged any hint of religion and traditional values from our schools and public spaces.
Has it made this a fairer, better, freer nation? If you think breakdown of family, forty percent out-of-wedlock births, a million abortions a year, $16 trillion in national debt, and government dependence is better and freer, yes.
Of course society must embrace civility, respect and tolerance. But this doesn’t mean that the sexual proclivities of some should provide license to rewrite our language and the traditions that define our faith and virtue.
Hopefully many will respond to Mike Huckabee’s appeal to patronize Chick-fil-A on August 1 as a display of support for traditional Christian values and as a reminder that our Constitution protects religious freedom.
Have we really gotten to the point where being a Christian is considered un-American?
I went to Chick-fil-a three times this week. Business was booming.
Suggest you try their Southwest Char Chicken Salad, with spicy dressing, and Diet Lemonade. Lots of flavor and healthy too.
Aug. 1 will be interesting.
Drove by a Chick-fil-a on Saturday. The parking lot was full, and the drive-thru line was almost out to the street.
Aug. 1 will be interesting
It will be interesting,and I will be there. Normally if there is a line, I go somewhere else. I am prepared to stay the day if I have to.
I went on Saturday to our Chic Fil A at our Governors Square Mall and purchased the Chargrilled Chicken Garden Salad as a takeout to eat at home. I wanted the Chargrilled and fruit salad, but I was told they don’t carry that anymore. I do plan to go on Wednesday for the appreciation day
“I went to Chick-fil-a three times this week. Business was booming.”
Excellent!
I went to their website and found a few locations where
I’ll be having lunch and dinner for a few days and hope that any increase in business makes the Stalinists absolutely nuts.
IMHO
The local Chick-fil-a here in RedNecksburg VA still carries that. I suppose having Wendys so close with their berry salad is a reason.
Yes but I went by a Chik-Fil-A yesterday and there was nobody there!
Why? BECAUSE they walk the walk and live their values - Closed on SUNDAY!
It is at best odd to whine about Chik-Fil-A for taking a position supported by a significant majority of Americans. What is un-American is for a government official to use the power of the government to punish an individual or a company for holding and following views shared by the majority. The mayors of Boston and Chicago are petty tyrants who are abusing their power in violation of the First Amendment. In the battle between good and evil, they chose unwisely.
That’s what I order too! i LOVE it!
Hell, FNC even jumped in smelling blood.
I must admit that I have enormous respect for their policy of closing on Sundays.There's a major electronics store in NYC,run by Jews,that closes early Friday afternoon and is closed all day Saturday.I admire them as well.
I for one dislike Chic-fil-a food but I am sure my wife and kids will be happy to participate. :) Now just a matter of getting enough coin together to send them out for a lunch.
> .There’s a major electronics store in NYC,run by Jews,that
> closes early Friday afternoon and is closed all day
> Saturday.
B&H Photo.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com
Vast inventory, excellent prices, great service.
> I admire them as well.
+1
Here in Tulsa, the Buckle of the Bible Belt, we couldn’t get in to Chick-fil-A as it was bumper to bumper in the parking lot, the drive through was stacked about 12 deep, I felt sorry for McDonalds and Burger King, the chicken sandwich rules this week I’m afraid. Now they want us to dump Target for putting their gay ad’s on Facebook, Gay men being Registered for their bridal shower. Oh...my Wonder where it will stop.
You couldn’t make up in your wildest dreams a better p.r. campaign. This is so good, it’s like a Hollywood movie.
Yes, I admire them, from a distance, but I don’t like them. Not a pleasant or customer-friendly store.
> Not a pleasant or customer-friendly store.
Wow, not my experience at all.
I am just reading that the Chic fil A that I went to on Saturday is out of business. They have been there ever since our Mall opened in 1986
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