Chick-fil-A is known for a lot of things – the chicken nuggets and waffle fries, the friendly and efficient staff, the cow statues hanging off billboards and urging people to ‘eat mor chikin.’
The opening of a new store can draw crowds of people for the chance to win a free year of food. The restaurants are popular places for school fundraisers. And many people look forward to the promotional days that offer free food to those like the cow mascots.
But in recent days, the Georgia-based fast food chain has been catching flak for president Dan Cathy’s statements again same sex marriage.
In East Atlanta, the owners of _ Chef Calavino Donati and her wife, musician and activist Doria Roberts _ shot back with a chicken and biscuit themed special event called "Urban Cannibals Bite Back." they were looking for a way to combat "outrageous and hateful things being said by fairly powerful people" including Cathy.
Patch blogger raised his concerns in a post on the Decatur-Avondale Estates site and said he wouldn't spend money at the chain any more. Tewell wrote that he’d with the company, which told him “We are not anti-anybody.”
Of course, Chick-fil-A is not the first company to take a stand that upset some of its customers.
In 2010, Target Corp. drew criticism from progressives for donating to the campaign of Republican Tom Emmer for governor in Minnesota. Some observers called Emmer the biggest opponent of gay rights in the GOP field that year.
Some Republicans boycotted Heinz ketchup during John Kerry's 2004 run for president. (His wife, Teresa Heinz, inherited the condiment company's fortune. Boycott supporters argued that buying Heinz products would help fund Kerry's campaign.)
It's so funny that their biggest argument is that their bigotry is a fair exchange - they see no problem with their denying people rights and view the reticence of those they deny these rights of as being just as biggoted - you're right - you cannot reason with an intellectual child - may as well tell a 3 year old there is no Santa, and that 3 year old will "logically" try to explain that you are wrong... Does an imbecile realize he is an imbecile - no; does a moron know he is a moron - no; does a child realize he is incapable of making determinations such that an adult is - no; does a knuckle-dragger know he/she is a knuckle-dragger - unfortunatley, - no - and so the yapping continues...
Seriously, it is saddest to see those classes of people that were previously similarly scorned, turn a blind eye....what's the parable? "They came for so and so, adn then so and so, and all the while I did nothing, and then they came for me"
Please try to READ (I know it can be difficult) my words and stopping putting things (I didn't say) in my mouth. I never said I wanted or hoped for anyone to die. I was making the point that most of the time old out-dated beliefs and ideals die out when the populations who perpetuated them die-off. This can be evidenced in the increase in bi-racial relationships. Many of the babyboomers and older generations who opposed them are dying out or getting older and the new generations don't care. So next time ask for clarification before you put words in my mouth! There are enough ignorant, bigoted, fundamentalist telling me what I want, think and feel.
Two things just in case you happen come back and read them - 1) I enjoy a good healthy debate but I am far from bullying you. You've been very active and vocal with your opinions so I have responded to you. It's a sensitive subject and can get heated but I have never been ugly to you. Others have said some things that could be taken the wrong way (I'm sure it was said in jest to poke fun at the situation) but I have only participated in civil discourse with you from the start. Sorry you are feeling overly sensitive to my comments. 2) Yes I get "how' the first amendment works. It means enjoy your religion however you like but this country will not adopt an official "religion". As a result the nation wont adopt religious laws and use them to step on the toes of others because we all believe differently. I personally agree to disagree with people but that's as far as it goes. You won't see me or my religion trying to pass laws against someone because we don't like a certain group of people or fear them because we don't understand them. So how do I not get it " that it works both ways"? When have white heterosexuals ever been persecuted against? Let me think...Oh wait, never! You are totally entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine. Sorry you felt the need to leave the conversation. I enjoyed the banter. Maybe cooler heads will prevail and you'll come back. If not, it's been fun.
1. Jesus said nothing about homosexuality (so much for horrible perversion). At any rate The 1st Amendment says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion (Sorry but religion doesn't govern our laws). 2. The institution of marriage pre-dates the Bible and Christianity. 3. Marriage is not only a religious institution. People of other faiths (non-Christian) are allowed to marry. There are people who have marry who have no religion. Also marriages are performed that are not officiated with a minister (i.e. justice of the peace, magistrate, judge, court clerk, ship's captain etc. ) Also, there are no reports that says children need both gender parents. Same sex and single parents do just fine.
Family Research Council - Supports and lobbies to reinstate sodomy laws and to make homosexuality illegal. They compare homosexuals to pedophiles and the mentally ill. Claim homosexuals tend to abuse drugs. Oppose gays and lobby to keep gay families from adopting children. Focus On The Family - Opposes laws to reduce gay bullying. Lobbies to oppose civil unions, gay marriage, and domestic partner benefits. Believes a person can change their sexuality. (Really? Hey Community Observer, if sexuality is that fluid you're in luck you might be gay by tomorrow!) Calls transgenderism a mental illness. For the record I am tired of people basing their beliefs on the 'tale' of Sodom and Gomorrah. In the story the context is clear: rape (which is not the same thing as consensual monogamous relationships) inhospitality, and un-Godliness are the reason they were destroyed. Unless you want to argue Ezekiel 16:49-50 - "Now this was the sin of Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen". Also community observer, (since you know everything LOL) what was the name of and why were the other two cities on the plains also destroyed by the God of Abraham?
You asked me if I thought polygamy and incest should be legal? Here are my thoughts. Polygamy- no. The republicans want to elect a Mormon whose great-grandfather was a polygamist and lived on a mormon compound. You might ought to be more worried about him working to oppose polygamy laws before we become so fearful of same sex marriage. For the record I think one spouse is enough for most people. I couldn't imagine having more than one. LOL Incest - No. However, almost half of the U.S. (23 states) have laws that allow first cousins to marry. It's certainly not what I'm attracted to but it's already legal, so there. I haven't heard your outrage over the legal incest there.
Jesus preached to a Jewish audience, where homosexuality was unacceptable. He had no reason to bring up a forbidden practice that was clearly outlawed in the strongest terms in Leviticus. This speaks to my argument, not yours. If it had been a controversy among the Jews, then he might have addressed it. Paul did address the issue clearly in Romans, as he was bringing Christianity to the pagans who had no regulations against sexual immorality. I'm sorry but there's no evidence for your obvious attempt at revisionist history/creative interpretation here. It's quite the desperate argument - it would be much easier to admit the fact that homosexual relationships are not acceptable to God, nor to faithful believers.
I think I'm done here. At this point, you are just stubbornly refusing to see the truth right before your eyes. Not much more I can do to help you. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" He said, "Go and tell this people: "'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." (Isaiah 6:8-10 NIV)
Cathy has been reported to say he would probably fire someone who "has been sinful or done something harmful to their family members." WHAT?????
Welcome back! I actually think you are the first person on the "other side" that said ok, let's not beat each other to death with the Bible, unlike Community Observer. I would rather people just come out and say I don't like gays because I don't understand them, I fear them, I don't like the way the act, etc. I understand on your side you don't think it's not natural. I countered that homosexuality has been observed in 1500 different species. I think it's a good discussion. Nice to see ya' again!
Well it goes beyond just the physical "act", so to speak. There are many species of apes, penguins, etc. that form same sex pair bonds. Some truly mate for life. It has been documented that some have chosen the other male of it's species even when another female has been introduced into it's habitat. They do exhibit these behaviors. Wow! I feel like it's Ripley's Believe It Or Not... LOL