Posted on 07/13/2021 5:44:16 AM PDT by shortstop
So is the New York State Thruway.
And recent calls by activist politicians for Chick-fil-A to be banned at newly renovated Thruway service plazas are examples of intolerance and bigotry.
Because America is a live-and-let-live country, and those who demand respect should be obligated by conscience to give it as well. And if gay activists insist that the world be big enough to accommodate them, they must accept the fact that it is also big enough to accommodate people who are different from them.
If we are all brothers and sisters, and we are all free, and we all are free to pursue our own happiness, that includes people outside the progressive elite.
That includes businesses owned by Christians, even those owned by Christians who have in the past given money to religious groups who oppose gay marriage.
But in something that is half virtue signal and half entitled snit, four members of the state legislature have indicated they have no such tolerance. They have written the head of the Thruway Authority and demanded that the state break a newly signed 30-year contract with Chick-fil-A allowing it to place its restaurants at a few service plazas.
Intoning seriously on the evening news, one assemblyman said such an agreement, “Sends the wrong message.”
What? That motorists like chicken sandwiches? That the third-largest fast-food business in America isn’t persona non grata in New York? That a business and its customers can be canceled because of the religious views of private individuals and organizations?
Is it really the request of these legislators that a business be banned from state property because of the religion of its owners? And are the woke armies of New York OK with that? Is intolerance in the name of progressive orthodoxy not only accepted but demanded?
Don’t the brown shirts know that there are other points of view, and that in free, pluralistic societies that such points of view can happily co-exist, even in disagreement?
And there is disagreement. Though gay marriage is the law of the land, it is not necessarily the view of all people. And it is certainly not embraced by all religions. In fact, going by raw numbers, the largest portion of the world’s believers belong to faiths which condemn gay marriage. And yet, in the United States at least, gay marriage is socially accepted even by those who spiritually reject it.
Meaning that you don’t have to believe in your neighbor’s lifestyle to love your neighbor, treat him with respect, rejoice in his happiness, and support him in his choices. That is true for religious conservatives in regard to gay people, and it also ought to be true for gay people in regard to religious conservatives.
Which gets back to Chick-fil-A.
It doesn’t want to play politics, and has issued repeated statements that it does not take stands on political or social issues – it just wants to sell chicken sandwiches. More than a year ago it stopped giving money to organizations that were religious in focus. Its money feeds hungry people and builds communities.
And its workforce is large and well paid, and comprised of every type of American, all treated with respect and encouraged to be their best. Its gay employees, customers and suppliers are all treated with dignity and acceptance, and find a welcoming home at Chick-fil-A.
It’s too bad Chick-fil-A can’t find such a welcoming home in New York.
At least from the activist politicians and the TV cameras.
Instead, in the blindness born of bigotry, the company, its employees and its customers are condemned for signing a contract. Which raises a question about the extent and application of this new intolerance. For example, if allowing Chick-fil-A at a Thruway travel plaza is disrespectful to gay people, do the Democrats also claim that being a customer at Chick-fil-A is disrespectful to gay people? Will a Facebook picture taken years ago at Chick-fil-A end up being a career ender? How far will this particular witch hunt go?
And how intolerant is American progressivism going to get?
And how long until people realize that respect is a two-way street?
How long until progressives realize that they are not the only ones with rights, and that America includes people of many different views, and that tolerance is as much a duty as it is an entitlement?
And when can a chicken sandwich once again be just a chicken sandwich?
And how long until people realize that respect is a two-way street?
I’m familiar with the service plaza rehabilitation project on the New York State Thruway. When I saw the details of the upgrades, I was surprised to see Chick-fil-A listed among the tenants in the facilities undergoing the upgrades in the near future. I didn’t think they’d be banned under pressure from those stupid LBTGTQWERTY misfits, but because I would have assumed that the Thruway Authority would want all of the retail tenants to be open seven days every week.
Liberals are very tolerant of people they agree with.
Chickfila will eventually be, probably part of their plan
I'm not fussing at Chick-Fil-A's owners for changing their donation habits. Frankly, they gave more to Christian charity than I have.
But one lesson we can learn from Chick-Fil-A's decision to quit giving to Christian charities is that it didn't yield the desired result. It didn't get the God haters off their backs.
So whenever Satan tempts you to bend from your God aligned ways with the lie that it'll bring you peace, know that it's a big fat lie because Satan's always at war with those who love God.
Perhaps. I’m still impressed that I can drive along a highway and see one of those blue advertising signs for hotels, restaurants etc. at the next exit ... and the Chick-fil-A logos on those signs all say “Closed Sundays” underneath them.
Yes, and it lost them some customers like me who went there simply to support them. They didn’t just stop giving to Christian groups, they started giving to homo causes.
And they switched from slaw to dirt flavored kale.
I’m so sick of this CFA drivel.
Their food SUCKS, paling in comparison to what I sampled 30 years ago.
I want to see a Gordon Ramsey episode on one of their restaurants. If they fixed their product, I’d be supportive.
Otherwise, rather than capitalistic, this argument is purely ideological.
And in that event there is ONLY one group to be blamed for the effect:
As opposed to those voting with their wallets (such as yours truly in the simple case of the restaurant chain itself), those who fail to take action in the face of clear evidence of election fraud.
Thus this whole charade is theater, and it makes me absolutely sick to read about it.
Insofar as your comment to ‘respect’, we’re LONG overdue for a heavy dose of payback. Conservatives are FAR too tolerant, best described by the metaphor about frogs.
If people really cared about the underlying issues here, they’d target those spearheading the attack on our values rather than just bitching about it.
100%
“Satan’s always at war with those who love God”
Our pastor likes to remind us that if we think that now we are Saved the enemy will flee us the opposite is actually true...now we have satans attention and a target on our back.
And yet, in the United States at least, gay marriage is socially accepted even by those who spiritually reject it. Meaning that you don’t have to believe in your neighbor’s lifestyle to love your neighbor, treat him with respect, rejoice in his happiness, and support him in his choices.
Um...no. There is no aspect of gay that I can condone, much less support.
Chick Fil A caved. Pure and simple. They are still suckering gullible Christians though.
the freakshow in America exists because Christians believe in America and the freedom to live your life however you want.
unfortunately, the freakshow has decided to engage the left’s propaganda arm and attack those that oppose their normalization.
realizing that, anyone who does not wish the country to end up like san francesspool better stand up to their attacks, at least verbally.
the freakshow and their cancel culture bs has no place in America
ummm... sorry, no. TOLERATING the freakshow is a far cry from accepting, respecting, supporting, rejoicing, or loving.
the freaks get nothing from me but tolerance... which means i'll make damn sure to shun them and all those around them.
anyone suggesting otherwise is either part of the freakshow or has no idea what they're actually about (i suggest you spend some time in san francesspool to get an idea. go enjoy the folsom street fair while you're there)
Chick fil A wholeheartedly embraced the slander of the Salvation Army to suck up to the decision makers in situations just like this. And you know what? Slandering your fellow Christians is never going to make the left love you.
So when’s NY being banned?
I dumped CFA when they dumped the Salvation Army. Besides, a chicken sandwich is a chicken sandwich- they’re all pretty much the same.
THE KEY WORD HERE IS BIGOTRY. B I G O T R Y. We need to embrace and own that word. We need to never miss an opportunity to name call any liberal idea BIGOTRY.
Gays who oppose Chick-fil-a ... Bigots
Athiest who oppose any religion idea ... Bigots.
Democrats who support BLM-type socialism ... Bigots.
Anderson Cooper’s thought of the night ... Bigot.
Like their bigoted president Joe Biden says “I’ve learned a long time ago, you don’t say anything for absolutely certain.”
Remember this statement from Bigot-in-Chief Barak Obama? “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”
See? It works!
The right has to learn the tactics of the left. They never waste an opportunity to call everyone else a RACIST. Why? The same reason people freeze when they see a gun. Most of us are not trained on how to react to a weapon. The ad-hominem RACIST attack just lets them win far too many arguments.
We need our own weapon and we need to pick up the BIGOT word, own it and use it daily.
Preach it bro...unfortunately too many people cannot understand what, to me (and you) is blatantly obvious!
Sounds like Bob Lonsberry is a lavender club member.
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