Chick-fil-A

For those of you not in the know, the CEO of Chick-fil-A has publically stated this:

The company invests in Christian growth and ministry through its WinShape Foundation (WinShape.com). The name comes from the idea of shaping people to be winners. It began as a college scholarship and expanded to a foster care program, an international ministry, and a conference and retreat center modeled after the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove. "That morphed into a marriage program in conjunction with national marriage ministries," Cathy added. Some have opposed the company's support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position. "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. We give God thanks for that. "We operate as a family business ... our restaurants are typically led by families; some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that," Cathy emphasized. "We intend to stay the course," he said. "We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles."

Unfortunately, the media has determined that because Mr. Cathy is pro-marriage (mand and a woman) he is a bigot, when in fact Mr. Cathy is simply stating that he is in favor of the biblical definition of marriage. So, rather than the gay-marriage supporters speaking out against the Bible, which would be more appropriate in my opinon, gay marriage supporters are championing not only a media campaign against a company that has a storied tradition of Christian values (evidenced by it not operating on Sundays in observance of those beleifs) but more importantly, against a company and person that never made any comment about gay marriage in the first place. Using the logic of the gay supporters, those in favor of divorce should also be appalled at his statement regarding being 'married to their first wives'. Ridiculous. However, and to their credit, the gay rights activists (LGBT American population of around 9 million Americans (4%) according to most gallup polls) continue to sway public opinion despite being an overwhelming minority. That would be an interesting study, I suppose, as to why LGBT Americans have persuaded policy makers in such a dramatic fashion when the actual constituents that the lawmakers represent is such a small number. Is it fear of being labled a bigot? Fear of offending people because of your personal beliefs? Or is it because a majority of Americans are indifferent to the issue? Grace & Peace