I do plan to blog about my trip to Peru, but I felt like this needed to be addressed. Before I begin, I want you to know where I am coming from. I have family members very close to me who are gay. Though we have differing views, I would do ANYTHING at all for them because I love them very much and nothing will change that. I don't constantly nag at them and tell them to read their bible, our relationship isn't anything like that. Also, I do support the family values of Chick-Fil-A, though I grew up in a broken home where my real parents divorced when I was 8 years old. I also go to starbucks.
OK! now that you see where I am coming from, we can begin.
First off, I want to emphasize that Chick-fil-a serves FOOD. Once again, THEY SERVE FOOD!!! They do not deny service to anyone, not atheists, blondes, homosexuals, alcoholics, catholics, satanists, nobody. Unless you know the people who work their personally, the ONLY thing that the person working the cashier knows about you is what you want to eat or drink. Thats it! They do not to a personal background check before handing you a chicken sandwich. Also, people with the tolerance movement are surely being irrational, accusing Chick-fil-a of being intolerant. When was the last time Chick-Fil-A denied anyone service because of personal background, lifestyle choices, beliefs, etc? Never. If anyone is being intolerant, it is the people who are raging about this issue and slandering Chick-Fil-A for information that they barely know about. But maybe I'm wrong, boycotting is tolerant, right? Okay, so we get it? In any given Chick-Fil-A, they are just serving you food. Right, lets move on.
Secondly, I realize Chick-Fil-A is run by a Christian family who does try to operate their business in a biblical way. No matter how you flip this, no one is going to be happy about this. You have people who say "Well, you shouldn't bring religion into a business, they are just serving food for goodness sake!". And if they did not operate in a biblical manor, you will have people who say "Well I know the family that operates it claim to be Christian but they are just like any other fast food chain. If they believe the bible they should run their business like they believe it!". Chick-Fil-A is a family run and family focused restaurant. There is nothing wrong with that. I don't think when the business first opened, they had people outraging saying "HOW DARE THESE PEOPLE!! focussing on family... I REFUSE to eat here!!". Really? How silly is that. The media has really over exaggerated the organizations
Chick-Fil-A donates to (The media? over exaggerate?? nooo. shocking I know..). The two "Anti-Gay" organizations that they refer to that Chick-Fil-A donates to regularly are called Focus on the Family and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Nowhere in any of the titles of those organizations to they demean, oppress, or dehumanize homosexuals. The purpose of these organizations are not to be against homosexuality. The media wanted to stir up controversy by finding something the organizations do not agree with and publishing it out for everyone to see. You see memes and pictures of people mad about how The President gets slandered, and even one picture showed Obama drinking a coke with a caption that said "Headline News: Obama HATES Pepsi!". Do you see a correlation here? People have known for years that Chick-Fil-A is a business that incorporates Christian values in how they run their business. It's obvious, because when you show up on Sunday you are not getting any chicken. Focus on Family is not an organization out to hate homosexuals and tell them they cannot have a family. It's an organization that is made to help Christian families thrive by giving them help and resources. They also help marriages to thrive and be healthy by reflecting what God designed as marriage (NOT meaning that they are trying to strike at homosexuals by saying that, but they are just taking what the bible says about marriage, how to love and serve one another and God). They are doing their own thing, they are not trying to strike at homosexuals. Just like when Obama was drinking a coke, he was not trying to strike at pepsi. Fellowship of Christian Athletes is an organization for christian athletes. It holds Christian values and teaches athletes how to play the sport for the glory of God. Yes people, Christian organizations probably do not agree with homosexuality...nor alcoholism,nor drug abuse, prostitution, nor child abduction, nor child molestation, nor terrorism, nor bullying (even of homosexuals. I know Christians have been known to bully especially homosexuals, but this is not right, nor is it biblical in ANY way). But keep in mind, they are CHRISTIAN organizations...if they did not hold Christian values, they would be hypocrites. Is the ridiculousness of the media coverage making any sense now?
Lastly, Chick-Fil-A treats ALL their customers with the same amount of respect. They don't have a Christian radar when you walk in the front door and automatically know who is a Christian and who is not, and thus treat the Christians better. They treat everyone equally and do not show favor to anyone. They just want to do their job, give you good service and good food. I understand Chick-fil-a sponsored a traditional marriage conference, and people are in an uproar about this. But seriously, what do you think went on? Do you think people sat around at the conference looking at their marriage and saying "Praise the Lord I am not homosexual! I thank God that I am a man that married a woman!!". Seriously? No. It was just a conference about what a biblical and healthy marriage is. In no way is Chick-Fil-A out to attack homosexuals. They also supported a therapy that was to help people who are homosexuals of their hurts,habits, and hangups. No one FORCED these people to attend this therapy. And I have heard that therapy is not so good for homosexuals then I have heard that is does good, and I suppose it is mostly personal preference or how the program goes about their therapy, but either way, they were just trying to support an organization to help those hurting from homosexuality. They weren't trying to force them to be strait or "cast out the gay demon in them", just honestly help people. People are people no matter what they struggle with or what they believe, and I strongly believe the family that runs Chick-Fil-A sees that. Ultimately I think the media is trying to stir up controversy by making Chick-Fil-A look like the Westboro Baptist Church. I dare ANYONE to walk into a Chick-Fil-A restaurant and see if they are not treated like everyone else. Video tape it if you must. Also if you are reading this and you have struggled with homosexuality or know someone who has, this guy named Matt Moore has an AMAZING blog that is definitely worth checking out ( Moorematt.com) . Also for the ladies who struggle or know someone who struggles or just ladies in general, a good place to fellowship is vanitysuxx.com
Again, Chick-Fil-A serves Food.. and good food at that.
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