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 guess it depends on the management
That's the first negative review on the atmosphere of CFA. While I find it crowded, it's refreshing to a family-friendly environment for Americans to gravitate. I hope the homos continue their "boycott." Apparently it's been quite good for business.
Libs and homos can have McDonalds... they're all in for "gay rights."
Do these mayors even realize how much they are like the Nazis at the start of the Holocaust?
Nobody is addressing the point, though the headline asks the wrong question. The true question is,
“is the government at all levels in America being used to destroy Christian beliefs?”
and the answer is a resounding “YES”.
Is it possible they moved to a new, possibly larger venue?
“If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?”
Sorry, I was posting about a NYC camera store. We have no CFA here.
Not in 1620.
Not in 1776.
Not in 1865.
Not when I was in college...
Note my tag line:
I disagree with the bolded part. What is un-American is for a government official to use the power of the government to punish an official or a company for holding and following views, period. Doesn't matter if those views are shared by the majority, a minority, or just that official or conpany. It would be just as un-American for a government official to do the same thing to, say, JC Penny or Target.
Under this ‘secret muslim’s’ regime, yes!
Any and all attempts to install the doggeral offal called
Mohammedanism, or in PC, islam, are un-American.
If they happen to have the peach milkshake on the menu, get it. It is to die for. It may not be there because I think its seasonal, but keep your eyes peeled.
You are correct.
Once, it was God and country...in the new future, it will be God or country- and the only choice there is the former.
In this climate, yes.
It would appear to me that the average American, who has been sidelined by the policicians and homos, is voting with his feet and pocketbook by supporting Chick-Fil_A.
If things keep going in the current direction, it may soon be a reality. I for one can see the tide turning against Christianity in America. The Christian haters are getting much more aggressive and in your face when one espouses what God’s Word says about their particular sin. The LGBT mob is a current case in point. They feel very empowered and emboldened with one of their own in the White House.
America has fallen so far, so fast because of liberal brainwashing and Satan’s deceptive nature.
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3
“Oh, yeah? Says who?” - Rahm Emmanuel, what’s-his-name the Boston Mayor, etc. You know, the whole “Government IS god” crowd.
Ironic, isn’t it the Rahm Emanuel’s surname means “God is with us.” I guess he takes it a little too personally.
Further research found this:
“The name Rahm, a variation of Ram, is of Sanskrit and Hebrew origin, and it means pleasing or supreme.”
http://wiki.name.com/en/Rahm
“Supreme”, huh? I guess he and Obamessiah agreed that DC wasn’t big enough for the two of them.
Satan appears to love getting one of “God’s Chosen People” to do his dirty work. Kinda like Patty Hearst & the SLA. “Stick it to the MAN, using one of his kids!”
That’s OK. Keep playing your puerile games. A reckoning is coming soon!
“The LGBT mob is a current case in point. They feel very empowered and emboldened with one of their own in the White House.”
Genesis 19:1-5, 12-15
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”
“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom —both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
“12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city! ” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished. ”
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