What
better way to bring back a seemingly dormant blog than with a highly touchy
controversial subject!
By now, I
am sure that most of you have heard the Chick-Fil-A controversy…if not, go read
up on it and come back…I’ll wait…
Are you
done yet? Ok, great.
I have
been seeing a lot of posts on my friends Facebook pages and Twitter accounts regarding
this and I have also personally read a lot of the articles that have hit the
media as well.
Here are
my thoughts. And if you don’t agree with me, fine. Don’t agree. But don’t hate…hate
is why we have a topic to discuss today unfortunately.
Chick-Fil-A.
They make delicious chicken sandwiches, and I thoroughly enjoy them. When they
revamped their desert menu, their brownies started to really stink, I’m blaming
Splenda versus real sugar. The end.
Ok,
seriously though – I have several gay friends. I love and support every one of
them. They should be able to get married and have children, same as anyone else
because sexual orientation doesn’t build a family…LOVE does. So when someone
tries to stand in their way of living a full and loving life, and then tries to
justify that ignorance by saying that type of ‘lifestyle’ goes against ‘family
values,’ it makes my blood boil. Take a look around peeps – there are PLENTY of
heterosexual men and women who don’t have the balls to be dedicated to their
families and spouses these days.
While I
completely agree with 95% of people who say that the CEO of Chick-Fil-A is an
idiot and should be strung up by his toes and have his nasty artificially
sweetened brownies thrown at his face…I won’t sit by and let ONE person’s
thoughts affect MY views on a company. Not only should he have kept his
comments to himself, knowing that something like this would go STRAIGHT UP
Perez Hilton on his ass, he should have REALLY known better than to try and
slough it off as a companywide belief. That act alone shows his ignorance.
I’m not
going to speak for any of the other Chick-Fil-A chains that pepper the nation’s
fast food industry, but I am going to give my opinion on ours that are here
locally…and I have never been given reason to believe that any of the employees
would act maliciously or inappropriately to ANYONE, regardless of race, gender,
or sexual orientation.
IN FACT.
I would be willing to take bets, that prior to this comment being made, the
majority of people in NWA would say that the customer service at Chick-Fil-A’s
(at least here in NWA) was 110% better than the other fast food restaurants
that are here.
So now I’m
seeing everyone boycotting Chick-Fil-A all through Northwest Arkansas because
of ONE person’s comment. Don’t get me wrong I think you should totally stand up
for what you believe in, in whatever fashion you see fit and if that means no
more delicious chicken biscuits then so be it…But I believe that you shouldn’t
condemn an entire company based on one ignorant person’s comments, isn’t that sort
of what their CEO just did? Jusssst sayin.
At the
end of the day I don’t want my personal views on highly explosive topics to be
determined by where I choose to eat lunch one day, so I will continue to
support the gay community to the fullest, and I will continue to eat my chicken
sandwiches...it’s just a chicken sandwich – not a statement.
Facts are
Facts. Chick-Fil-A is a restaurant. There is always going to be hate in the
world. I choose to believe that love will prevail. I believe that God loves
EVERYONE.
And I
will eat chicken darn it.
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to follow me on Twitter if you aren’t already! @JackNFishersMom
