Hubby and I have already made the decision to do just that. Someone also suggested sending Chick Fil A gift cards in the Christmas cards this year!
;-)
Burlington Mall
75 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01803
Limited hours -please call first
Drive-Thru Only
(781) 272-2110
OK, WE’LL PLAY CHICKEN. |
When did I hit my limit? I think it was when Boston mayor Tom Menino and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel got involved, throwing their muscle--- I’m talking about raw political knuckle sandwich --- into the face of a private businessman explicitly because he espoused Christian values. But here’s the back-story.
Dan Cathy, the CEO of the Chick-Fil-A restaurant, was explaining his business philosophy to the Baptist Press.
He said that Chick-Fil-A is not an exclusively "Christian" company, but they try to run it in a Christian manner: they close on Sundays, for instance, so all their employees can go to church and/or spend time with their families.
Explaining ‘pro-family,’ he said they treat gay people with respect, as customers and employees. But as far as he and his kin are concerned, they’re in favor of the Biblical definition of marriage; they are all still married to their first wives and they thank God for that.
Whoa. "Biblical definition of marriage"???
Well, that’s when the chick hit the fan.
Gay activist groups: “THAT’S HATE SPEECH! BOYCOTT CHICK-FIL-A!”
Pro-family groups: ‘WE SUPPORT CHICK-FIL-A! COUNTER-BOYCOTT!”
(Oh well, I thought.)
Chicken-consumption-wise, the Christians probably way out-weigh the LGBTQQI’s in sheer tonnage, so I expected an easy win for Chick-Fil-A. I said to myself, “Self” (I said), “Next time you’re near a Chick-Fil-A, treat yourself to a Spicy Chicken Deluxe and a Peach Milkshake.” The finger-lickin’-Christian-chicken people would triumph, I had no doubt!
End of Story? Not quite.
THEN THE POLITICIANS STARTED SWARMING. Elliot Spitzer --- --- Seriously??! Elliot Spitzer?!!--- the politician who spent $80,000 on the services of prostitutes when he was Attorney General and Governor of New York?? That Elliot Spitzer? --- said he and his pals would be boycotting Chick-Fil-A in order to “show our commitment to the values we believe in.”
And other politicos started squawking, not just with their “views” and “values,” but with outright Mafia-style muscle. Boston Mayor Tom Menino said he would block any Chick-Fil-A’s opening in Boston; Rahm Emanuel said the restaurant would be barred from expansion in his city because “Chick-Fil-A values are not Chicago values.” ( Chicago? Values? Seriously?)
Calling Tom Wolfe! Calling P.J. O’Rourke! Cluck, dude! Where are the social satirists when you need them?
They’re going to use the coercive power of the government to stop a restaurant chain, because the restaurant guy supports Biblical marriage?
As Michelle Malkin wrote.“When an elected public official wields the club of government against a Christian business .... it’s not harmless kid stuff.”
Like I said, that’s when I hit my limit.
I’m not just buying a Spicy Chicken Sandwich.
So, Birthdays? Weddings? Pot-Lucks? And now you know what I’m giving for Christmas this year.
And Milkshake! Peach -- to People of Good Will.