Five good things about the Chick-Fil-A controversy

By Joan Graves Chick-Fil-A supports the Biblical definition of a man and woman in marriage. Oh, my word, stop the presses! You mean Chick-Fil-A is against gay marriage? Chick-Fil-A has Christian values? Uh, hello, this is NOT new information, people. Ever got in the mood for one of their juicy sandwiches, pulled into the parking lot and then wondered why the heck they are closed on a Sunday afternoon? That should’ve been the big clue. But if you forget don’t worry, about once a year someone makes headlines by complaining about something we already know. Chick-Fil-A is a Christian company. The complaints aren’t about gays being beaten, refused service or Chick-Fil-a running ads about the sin of gay marriage. In fact, it never comes from them. It always starts by some attention-seeking reporter asking about the company’s stance on gay marriage and then some equally attention seeking people jumping on the remarks. It’s sort of sad really. This time the idiot stick goes to Boston and Chicago leaders who have determined that Chick-Fil-A is intolerant. And to prove it, they are going to boycott the company and refuse to allow them to expand until they agree to abandon all free thought and think only as they do. Wow! Really? This is the plan? Amazing how the remarks of a clueless few impact the lives of innocent citizens caught up in the fray. To save themselves the citizens are going to have to vote the loony tunes out of office and start building an image of a city that is more tolerant of all people. There are so many things wrong with the picture these politicians are painting but we’ll begin with the obvious. You can’t use separation of church and state as a means to lobby for gay marriage and to discriminate against a Christian company. If your child can’t pray in school how in the world can the government block a Christian company from expanding? The only thing these “leaders” are doing is making it clear they have no depth and rather than consider the good of the people they serve they prefer to jump on any bandwagon they think may win them favor. They should’ve thought it through a bit longer or perhaps said it aloud a few times because the ridiculousness of it has clearly backfired. If a company does things you don’t agree with don’t do business with them. It’s as simple as that. Forcing the acceptance of gay marriage upon Christians or anyone else is never going to succeed. It completely contradicts equality, which is what the gay movement is about. People tend to forget it runs both ways. Fighting intolerance and discrimination with intolerance and discrimination only equals stupidity. Quite frankly the gays should be offended and request an apology for these political talking heads trying to connect themselves to a group of people they know nothing about. They don’t even comprehend that the core message of gay rights is equality, accepted differences and opposition to threats and bullying simply because you disagree with another’s beliefs. The bottom line is that you have the right to hate Chick-Fil-A. You can refuse to eat there. But blocking a business from opening because of their Christian beliefs is bigotry gone wild. It’s the epitome of big government taking away our rights. It is menacing, bullying behavior that we have too much of already. It’s so anti-American I don’t even know where to begin and it is a direct contradiction to the tolerance sought by gay supporters. It reeks of politicians duping the public by pretending to support a cause they think will win them favor rather than something they actually believe in. When the ACLU, a huge proponent for gay marriage, takes the side of Chick-Fil-A, you know there’s a problem. We’ve become a nation of bandwagon moments lacking real substance. Proclaiming to support a cause in such a ridiculous manner only hurts the cause. America stands for freedom. Yet, we dishonor that every time we fail to respect the boundaries of someone with opposing views. Fighting discrimination with discrimination is still discrimination. Rather than waste time on preposterous antics such as this we should be searching for mutual respect because without it, we become a nation divided. And a nation divided will surely fall.

Chick-Fil-A I love, i'm going now

oh the outrage coming from westword if the roles were reversed.

Is westword saying that it's ok for a politician to use their power to stifle businesses that don't fall in line with their social views?

Are all of you going to stop buying gas? Opec is ran by people who KILL YOU if you're gay. #hypocrites #chickfila

Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day August 1 at At Chick-Fil-A's nationwide

"I am sincerely thanking whatever god that Dan Cathy prays to, or at, for sending Chick-Fil-A's oral-moral dilemma in time to save me -- and everyone else on Facebook -- from having to wallow in the pain of Bella tiring of Edward's glitter-hands being knuckle-deep in her gizzards." Great line. just great. This is a great post. Big-ups Jenn!

Yep. Indeed. That was instant karma.

Karma is a bitch.

Chick-fil-A's vice president of public relations, Don Perry, died suddenly early Friday, the company said, leaving the embattled restaurant chain without its chief spokesman amid a marketing crisis.

Couldn't this issue wait till the weekend?Friday is Chik-fil-A day at the office but the line at the drive thru was 20 cars deep today so we ended up with Mcbarfs.

I didn't have the stomach to read beyond 'yup, yup buttercup.'

Oh, Westword, once a proud weekly, where have the competent times gone?

#1-5: Chick-Fil-A restaurants are now drug-free, smell better, and are much better behaved, thanks to libs boycotting them.