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Boston Mayor Attacks Private Business Because it Teaches Morality
posted on July 21, 2012 by Philip Hodges



Celebrities can mock and ridicule Jesus Christ, Christians, and the Bible, and it’s called freedom of speech or comedy. Christians can voice a biblical opinion, and it’s called “hate speech.” Now, Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy is in trouble with pro-homosexual bloggers, celebrities and organizations who are calling on customers to boycott this “discriminatory” company for Cathy’s statements on marriage.

The mayor of Boston has gotten in on the controversy. “The Boston Herald has reported that Mayor Tom Menino is threatening to make obtaining the necessary licenses for a family business to operate ‘very difficult’ — not because the business’s products are controversial or hazardous, but because the privately-held company believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman.” (Source)

Here were Dan Cathy’s inflammatory comments:

“We’re inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than You as to what constitutes a marriage.’ And I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude that thinks we have the audacity to redefine what marriage is all about.”

A president of such a big company should not be making public and vocal stances on such controversial political issues, they say. He should just keep his opinions to himself . . . unless of course he comes out in favor of something liberal like same-sex marriage or socialized medicine. Then, he would be applauded by liberals, and the media would defend him from all those judgmental right-wing extremists.

But who are these outraged people seeking revenge from Mr. Cathy? Are they the same people that strut down main street in their gay pride parades, flaunting their carnal lifestyles for all to see with their painted-on clothes? Are they the same people who would throw blood on people, church congregations, pastors and pretty much anybody who “hurt” their feelings?

Are they the same group of people that lobbies for “homosexual education” in government schools where elementary students are taught about all manners of sexual debauchery? The same people who want to brainwash young kids in school into believing that homosexuality is perfectly healthy, and that it’s completely normal to have two dads or two moms?

The same people that want “gay” pornographic literature required reading for high school students? And are these the same people that talk a lot about peace, love, and tolerance?

What’s wrong with this picture? You have a homosexual lobby that wants to criminalize the act of making statements that hurt the feelings of homosexuals, but these same homosexuals, in the name of “free speech,” can go around terrorizing Christians for their statements and beliefs.

While the left “exposed” the restaurant chain owner as a gay-bashing homophobe, it also “exposed” him as a donor to “anti-gay” organizations like Focus on the Family. It seems that a business owner is not allowed to speak honestly about his beliefs; nor is he allowed to give his money to organizations that promote the concept of a family unit headed by a husband and wife. That’s bigoted, extreme, and intolerant. But it’s OK to use our tax dollars to promote the homosexual lifestyle. Something’s wrong with this picture.

Eat More Chicken.

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Chick-fil-A: if you’re not sure, this is how fascism works
July 24, 2012 By Elizabeth Scalia

Over at Facebook, I noticed a picture of Kermit and Miss Piggy marrying, with a caption about Chick-fil-A*. I can’t seem to find it, now — perhaps the person who posted it deleted it.

I confess, haven’t been following this story at all. But after the Muppets picture, I saw someone ranting about Chick-fil-A being denied business licenses because they were “against gay marriage.”

At that point, I posted to Facebook,

“Whether these Chick-fil-A people support gay marriage or not, are people no longer entitled to their own opinions? I mean, denying them business licenses? Really? Is this what we’ve come to:”Either fall in line or you will pay; we will destroy you…” for having a different opinion?

Whatever happened to “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”

If this is true, if this bullying is true, then this is not my father’s liberalism, that’s for sure. It’s something very, very different.

Well, a lively conversation ensued in which it was pretty much agreed upon that if a business willfully inserts itself into a political issue, that’s “one thing” but if a business is forced to declare its political beliefs — and if that declaration can mean the difference between getting a license or not, that’s “something else.”

It’s fascism, actually.

But this Chick-fil-A story is something beyond a demand to declare oneself and face consequences — it’s even worse than that. Apparently the mainstream media has taken it upon itself (perhaps because the owners are Christian?) to define Chick-fil-A’s positions for it.

Get Religion’s Terry Mattingly tells the miserable tale of media malfeasance:

So, did you hear about that wild quote that the president of Chick-fil-A didn’t say the other day?

Here’s a piece of a CNN report that is typical of the mainstream press coverage of this latest cyber-skirmish in America’s battles over homosexuality, commerce and free speech (sort of).

(CNN) — The fact that Chick-fil-A is a company that espouses Christian values is no secret. The fact that its 1,600 fast-food chicken restaurants across the country are closed on Sundays has long been testament to that. But the comments of company President Dan Cathy about gay marriage to Baptist Press on Monday have ignited a social media wildfire.

“Guilty as charged,”, Cathy said when asked about his company’s support of the traditional family unit as opposed to gay marriage.

Now, one would assume — after reading a reference to the “comments of company President Dan Cathy about gay marriage” — that this interview . . . actually included direct quotes from Cathy in which he talks about, well, gay marriage.

In this case, one cannot assume that.

While the story contains tons of material defending traditional Christian teachings on sexuality, the controversial entrepreneur never talks about gay rights or gay marriage. Why? Because he wasn’t asked about those issues in the interview.


Read Mattingly’s whole piece, Where’s the beef? What the Chick-fil-A boss really said » GetReligion wherein he addresses the whole “well, they may not have said it but it’s what they meant, so what’s the big deal?” angle.

The big deal is simply this: the press put aside context and decided to paint this company as some radically-religious-gay-hating-entity and then let the forces of anger, hate and spite have their way with it. The truth is, one can be a Christian and still be sympathetic to some parts of the so-called “gay agenda” without signing on in toto. One can disagree on the issue of gay marriage — based on scripture, or thousands of years of tradition, or on natural law — without actually hating anyone. But the right to principled opposition is being erased, quickly, and the press is doing all it can to help erase it. We are losing the right to say, “I don’t think the same way you do; my opinions are different.” That matters, a lot.

This is our mainstream press — the people charged with the public trust — and it has moved beyond advocacy and into “search and destroy” mode.

This is not about being “right” or “wrong” on an issue. This is about menacing and bullying people into conforming or paying the price. It’s about the bastardization of the word “tolerace” in our society, to the point where the word no longer means “live and let live” or “let people be who they are”; the word has become distorted in a very unhealthy way. Someone’s a bigot? Let him be a bigot; like it or not, a man is entitled to his damn bigotry. Someone’s a curmudgeon? Let him be a curmudgeon. Someone’s a misogynist (or, conversely, a male-hater?) let them be! People are entitled to be who they are — just as a church is entitled to be what it is — free of government compulsion to be what they are not. We cannot “make” people be more loving. We cannot “legislate” kindness. A bigot, or a hater (of any sort) will eventually find himself standing alone, will have to figure things out for himself. Or, not.

If people are no longer entitled to their own opinions, or to think what they think, then we are not free people, at all. Period. Full stop. That’s a fundamental as it gets.

Moreover, where does the “punishment” spiral stop? The press declares Chick-fil-A “homophobic” (a dishonest word) and then the local governments start penalizing them for it; Jim Henson’s outfit stomps off. What next? Will people against gay marriage start boycotting Muppet stuff? Pyres of Elmo in support of Chick-fil-A’s right to be itself?

Hey, anyone has a right to boycott or protest anything, but is it right — is it just — to effect a boycott at the behest of a press so overt, so obvious in its intent to identify-and-harass the boogeymen of their passionate loathings?

Shall honest people consent to such manipulation? Further, can justice-minded people be comfortable with a government interfering with a business on the basis of its opinions?

This reeks of fascism. And frankly, these are acts born out of insecurity, not security, in one’s own position. It is bringing a sledgehammer to a fight, because you cannot trust your own argument.

I came across Mattingly’s story right after reading this piece at The Catholic Thing

But distinctions do matter. We were once allowed to be what we held. Catholics were Catholics. Jews were Jews. It was all right. We now have an overarching “law” that tells us that we cannot be what we are. The university, once a place that respected distinctions and diversity of ways of life, is now an engine that allows nothing but its own definition of diversity. And diversity means that nothing can be diverse.

Quite right, and quite timely. Read the whole thing.
http://www.thecatholicthing.org/colu...ppression.html

(*I don’t know when I have hated a business name more)

UPDATE: Former CBS News writer Deacon Greg must be getting weary of writing “what were you thinking” to one MSM news group after another.

More from Volokh
http://www.volokh.com/2012/07/25/no-...-sex-marriage/

And from Hot Air, (Twice)
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/2...hicago-values/



Chick-fil-A: if you’re not sure, this is how fascism works

Tim Hawkins: God Bless You Chick-fil-A
Posted on July 26, 2012 by Conservative Byte
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With all the attacks on Chick-fil-A it seems that comedian Tim Hawkins is out in support of them with a new song about his favorite restaurant:




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