In a later radio interview, Cathy elaborated: "I think 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." So if I have this right, Cathy sounds an alarm that our nation is going against God's biblical instruction. And today this is called hateful. No, more than that. Mayors in Chicago and Boston have stated Chick-fil-A is not welcomed.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced, "Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values." Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wrote in a letter to Cathy: "There is no place for discrimination on Boston's Freedom Trail and no place for your company alongside it."
Gay rights groups have called for a boycott, and the Jim Henson Co. pulled its Muppet toys from kids' meals. The Jim Henson company said it has "celebrated and embraced diversity for over 50 years." It says it is directing its revenue from the Chick-fil-A toys to GLAAD, a leading gay rights organization. How nice kids.
I'll tell you what is hilarious: These gay activists demanding that Cathy and Chick-fil-A be more tolerant if they expect to do business in their town! Their intolerance of supposed intolerance is breathtaking.Not to be outdone, the Mayor of Pittsburgh chimed into today to say that Chick-fil-A is not welcomed. Well neither I am then!
On the other side of the Bible and millennia of human understanding, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, declared next Wednesday, August 1st, "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" to support a business "whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values."
"As the son of a dairy farmer who milked many a cow, I plan to 'Eat Mor Chikin' and show my support by visiting Chick-fil-A next Wednesday," the Rev. Billy Graham said in a statement, referring to the slogan in the company's ads, which feature cows urging people to eat poultry.
Guess where I'll be on Wednesday? It ain't Pittsburgh.
