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Title: Chick-fil-A and the Culture War
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URL Source: http://www.theamericanconservative. ... ick-fil-a-and-the-culture-war/
Published: Aug 3, 2012
Author: PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
Post Date: 2012-08-03 09:31:02 by Ada
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To gay marriage activists, traditional beliefs are something to be punished. Two weeks ago, Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A, an Atlanta company famous for its juicy chicken sandwiches, appeared on “The Ken Coleman Show” to air his biblical belief that those who champion same-sex marriage are risking divine retribution upon us all. “We are 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,’” said Cathy. “I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.” Speaking of the company his father started after World War II, Cathy went on, “We are very much supportive of the family–the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives.” With 1,600 restaurants and 50,000 employees in 40 states, Chick-fil-A is among our fastest-growing food chains. Obedient to the commandment, “Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day,” Cathy closes his outlets on Sundays. Reaction to his remarks has been little short of hysterical. Mayors Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, Thomas Menino of Boston and Edwin Lee of San Francisco said they no longer want Chick-fil-A in their cities. “Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values,” says Rahm. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray says there’s no place for “hate chicken” in the nation’s capital. Boycotts of Chick-fil-A, its expulsion from campuses and “Same-Sex Kiss Day” at local outlets are planned. Rush Limbaugh, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin have come to the defense of Cathy and Chick-fil-A, and on Wednesday scores of thousands of loyal patrons dined at outlets in solidarity. What does this battle tell us about which way the tide is running in the culture war? If intolerance is a mark of rising faiths and movements, the news is not good. For consider. Chick-fil-A does not discriminate against any patron, and after Cathy’s remarks, the company issued a statement that, as Paul Gottfried writes, reads like something out of the Department of Education. Said Chick-fil-A’s PR office, we “treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender.” Nor have charges of systematic civil rights violations in hiring or promotion been leveled against the chain. What, then, brought down the firestorm of abuse on the company and its president as homophobic, intolerant and bigoted? Answer: It is simply what Cathy said and what Cathy believes. The homosexual rights revolutionaries can no longer tolerate the public expression of beliefs, held since the time of Christ, about the immorality of homosexuality–beliefs still taught in Christian schools and preached in Christian churches. Those who profess or promulgate such beliefs are to be shunned and subjected to social and economic sanctions. What is astonishing is that we are not talking here about the expression of Nazi ideas, but of teachings about the spiritual and social consequences of homosexuality embedded in our country’s own Old-time Religion. In the more progressive precincts of America, the retelling of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the lessons therein, is apparently now a hate crime. Remarkable is the change in society we have witnessed. It was not 10 years ago that the Supreme Court declared that states could no longer outlaw private sexual behavior between consenting adults and tossed out the anti-sodomy laws of 17 states. In his dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the court had “taken sides in the culture war” and “largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda.” This decision “effectively decrees the end of all moral legislation” and makes same-sex marriage a logical result, said the justice. Scalia was right. Consider how far we have come since. While homosexual marriage has been rejected by voters in all 31 states where it has been on a ballot, it is being imposed by state legislatures and judges. Now we have the spectacle of a public caning of a private citizen for expressing religious beliefs held by perhaps 100 million American adults. What is behind the rage, other than a hatred of Cathy’s Christian beliefs and a determination to see them stamped out? As the individuals attacking Cathy obviously reject his biblical beliefs and consider them absurd, what are they afraid of? Mr. Cathy is not some fascist about to seize power, but a socially conservative businessman. Indeed, not until this year has a timid Democratic Party decided to endorse homosexual marriage in its platform. In 2008, Barack Obama was still for traditional marriage. If the Republican Party has not gone wobbly in the culture war, it will take up the challenge of that Democratic platform and make homosexual marriage the social issue of the fall election. The GOP might just drive a wedge through the Democratic coalition and send Obama down to defeat. But if the Tampa Republicans are unwilling to fight the culture war, culture warriors should look to themselves. Patrick J. Buchanan is a founding editor of TAC and the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” Copyright 2012 Creators.com
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#4. To: Ada (#0)
"hate chicken"? I do know about hate donuts. I had a black guy swear to me the Ku Klux Klan owned Krispy Kreme. I sense a disturbance in the farce. Much gnashing will ensue.
Bring on the chicken. Yep. I had never, to the best of my recollection, eaten at a Chic-Fil-A but I went out of my way to eat at one yesterday. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken "..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
I am supporting them to by eating there now. They will get a lot business from me until these nuts leave them alone. God is always good!
Eerily reminiscent of the terrorism of the marxist-leninists, only nobody is scared of the faggots and their pathetic crying jags.....
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
This summarizes the argument for me. I could care less how people behave in their private lives, but when radicals organize and try to silence free speech, then, for me, it's game on.
#6. To: James Deffenbach (#5)
Yep. I had never, to the best of my recollection, eaten at a Chic-Fil-A but I went out of my way to eat at one yesterday.
#7. To: Ada (#0)
the so-called homosexual agenda
-Alex Kurtagic
#8. To: Turtle (#4)
Well there is reason they spell it with a K instead of a C. They were founded at the same time the Klan was very popular. It is not hard to see where they got their name from. I had a black guy swear to me the Ku Klux Klan owned Krispy Kreme.
God is always good!
#9. To: Ada (#0) (Edited)
this reminds me of something that wouldve happened in the 1990s, with dr laura schlessinger leading the charge. (I liked her show back then, by the way). Any normal sane person knows that faggotry is destructive to the sodomites themselves as well as to society. also, normal folks also support the right of the chicken ceo to say what he wants. but in the bigger picture this whole hubaloo is complete nonsense distraction. we have real problems here.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
#10. To: Ada, all (#0)
Most gay people I know dont care about the Chick-fil-A thing. It's only a minority of perpetually angry activists.
Chick-fil-A is a CHICKEN RESTAURANT. They do not have the ability or desire to marry ANYONE.
Want chicken? Visit Chick-fil-A. They will serve chicken to anyone with money.
Want marriage? Visit a preacher, boat captain, etc.
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#11. To: Jethro Tull (#1) (Edited)
Shouldn't that be... I couldn't care less... ~~~~~~ Did you hear about the two chickens that went to Chick-Fil-A to get married? I could care less...
They were cut to pieces.
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#12. To: Artisan (#9) (Edited)
Why do Americans think that CEOs of restaurant chains are required to like homosexuality? They're private persons who can hold whatever opinions they want. In the case of closely-held firms, they aren't accountable to anybody other than their customers. The only responsibility of Chick-Fil-A is to make sure that their fried chicken complies with FDA regulations and other applicable codes. Fried chicken salesmen are not political or religious leaders who hold some obligation to ''the people''. I'm beginning to believe that there's a generation or two of political and cultural illiterates in this country who have some open-ended delusion that anybody who has any kind of public profile is acting ''illegally'' if he says things that they don't like, and who can't apprehend the basic reality that private persons can hold whatever opinions they want. There's really no other explanation for this bizarre nation-wide temper tantrum. Its surreal. The faggot brigade (or at least its most vocal faction) is opposed to freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion, and freedom of association. Hence, rather than simply viewing them with a mixture of disgust and sardonic amusement tempered with the tolerance they claim to seek, I view them with HATRED. also, normal folks also support the right of the chicken ceo to say what he wants.
-Alex Kurtagic
#13. To: X-15 (#12)
Setting up a business within 500000 feet of a school? Why do Americans think that CEOs of restaurant chains are required to like homosexuality? They're private persons who can hold whatever opinions they want.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#14. To: RickyJ (#6)
I believe there are a lot of people who feel that way. People who might never have stopped at one until the fags and their enablers decided that they could deny someone else their freedom of speech. I am supporting them to by eating there now. They will get a lot business from me until these nuts leave them alone.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#15. To: James Deffenbach (#14)
They aren't going to tolerate your intolerance, James. They are committed to the free expression of every belief they agree with. You should apologize immediately! :)
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#16. To: Dakmar (#15)
LOL! Anyone who was offended by what I said better not stand on one foot and hold their breath waiting for an apology. They aren't going to tolerate your intolerance, James. They are committed to the free expression of every belief they agree with. You should apologize immediately! :)
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#17. To: James Deffenbach (#16)
Haha, we just made three commies use up part of the life of their mice scrolling through our witty banter.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#18. To: Dakmar, James Deffenbach (#17)
Any commie-faggots reading this thread can kiss my white Texas ass...........no, wait, I take that back......
-Alex Kurtagic
#19. To: X-15 (#18)
culture war....yeah,m uh....
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#20. To: Dakmar (#19)
Diversity Is....well, you know the rest of it. I wonder how John Q Public would respond if, instead of reading the standard- issue Oppressed Choreographers Yearning To Breathe Free copy, some clod in the Production Dept accidentally ran a few Folsom St Fair snapshots instead with this story. 
-Alex Kurtagic
#21. To: X-15 (#18)
Gimme some water, right?
Just shot someone on the national border,
or something
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#22. To: X-15 (#20)
NOT IN MY BACKYARD, MISTER!
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#23. To: X-15 (#20)
? We're all al qaida now... instead of reading the standard- issue Oppressed Choreographers Yearning To Breathe Free copy, some clod in the Production Dept accidentally ran a few Folsom St Fair snaps
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#24. To: Dakmar (#22)
To Serve and Protect, San Fransicko-style: 
-Alex Kurtagic
#25. To: X-15 (#24) (Edited)
Holy frijolies, how did you come to be the repository for yukon's photo stash?
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#26. To: Dakmar (#25)
Stole 'em from another forum that really makes this place seem very genteel. They're chimping out about how the Chik-Fil-A faggotry war is presented in the MSM and how it goes down on the streets.
-Alex Kurtagic
#27. To: X-15 (#26)
That was funny, class dismissed.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#28. To: X-15 (#26) (Edited)
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#29. To: James Deffenbach (#28)
Every picture tells a story, don't it?
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#30. To: abraxas (#29)
Couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats
'cause it's all been said before
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#31. To: Dakmar (#29)
Indeed it do. ahaha. Every picture tells a story, don't it?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#32. To: James Deffenbach (#31)
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#33. To: All (#32)
Can I have $73,000 to start up a rock band?
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#34. To: Dakmar (#33)
I'll give you three fiddy.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#35. To: James Deffenbach (#34)
What's a tree fiddy?
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#36. To: Dakmar (#35)
That's how many "dollars" I am going to give you--three fiddy (3.50).
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#37. To: X-15 (#20)
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#38. To: James Deffenbach (#37)
Please, where's your tolerance for divershitty?? Can't we all just get along?? ((christine is going to FREAK OUT when she see's what I've posted! Hehehehe))
-Alex Kurtagic
#39. To: X-15 (#38) (Edited)
Heineken? summer swelter...fallout shelter...birds...
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#40. To: X-15, Dakmar (#26)
GASP!! You've been cheating on us? : ) Stole 'em from another forum that really makes this place seem very genteel.
" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11
"Life's tough, and even tougher if you're stupid." --John Wayne
#41. To: X-15 (#38)
LOL, when I first saw that I figured yu-tard found out your password and was posting here. He wuz hacked you know.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#42. To: abraxas (#40) (Edited)
Alas, I have to confess that I even lurk at a Ford Mustang forum!! I feel so...so...dirty, in a motor oil kind of way ;-) Saaaay....don't you hang out with that VW Thing crowd on occasion?? CONFESS!!!
-Alex Kurtagic
#43. To: Ada (#0)
Another use of the Hegelian dialectic by the elite and politicians. Just like the social and economic climate (unrest etc.) of mid-60s America with the hippie movement and other civil unrest agendas/movements were created and financed by the ultra-elite using the CIA and FBI.
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