So, Chik-fil-A has been all over the news lately. If you haven't seen it, then it's kind of a miracle you stumbled on my little blog first (which not gonna lie I created and then promptly forgot about).
The thing is, I wasn't gonna say anything. Anywhere. It's stupid. It's really, really stupid. It's a goddamn fast food chain and you're throwing a fit like we beat the pope, tied him to a tree, and let him bleed out. What I'm saying is, I haven't even heard evangelical Christians get this up in arms about their savior Jesus Christ, so the fact that they are so very excited about supporting Chik-fil-A is obnoxious for so many reasons I don't even want to bother, but if you're gonna be so very ignorant of your own ignorance. Well. At that point, you're just asking for it. I'm not normally a sadist, but if you're gonna be such a desperate masochist, I'll give you what you want.
1. You say that you are being attacked for your religion. What about all that attacking you did on Muslims for their religion?
1b. If you want to argue that in that case, it's different, because the Muslims are responsible for 9/11 etc, then why are you using the same argument to defend the workers at Chik-fil-A? "Oh, it's fine if you have a problem with the CEO but don't take it out on the innocent workers who did nothing" Really? Because I remember a certain innocent group of Muslims who got a lot of hate sent their way for things they didn't do. They just wanted to open a community center in New York but nooo. We have to punish them for things they had no relation to out of ignorant fear.
2. It isn't even about his personal stance. He is allowed to have a personal stance. He gave money to anti-gay groups. Money he earned from that franchise. Knowing full well that was what he was supporting. Why are we politicizing a fast-food company? Because he politicized it to begin with.
3. That whole thing about how we shouldn't be getting upset because of a sandwich? That's not what you were saying when Oreo released a rainbow-happy pride cookie.
4. I heard someone say the liberals were being hypocritical by not accepting religious diversity but trying to push orientation diversity. See every single point I've made so far about how very ironic that statement is to make.
5. Why are you saying this should be a stance that Mitt Romney should have an opinion on? He's the presidential candidate, not Ronald McDonald.
6. All of those fatty sandwiches that you're eating to try and support this hateful franchise... Are you just eating those or donating them to poor people? Because I'm really very sure Jesus didn't have a stance on gays. Or marriage, for that matter. But he did have a stance on helping widows and the poor, so why don't you go do that instead.
7. In fact, you actually standing out there in protest makes you look much, much worse. You're supporting a fast food organization because they said something very hateful about a large group of other people, by actively protesting. Protesting, in this sense, goes against every one of your core religious teachings. You fail so much right now.
7A. Judge not lest ye be judged, in case you were wondering what those core tenants are. Also, love thy neighbor, treat your body like a temple, and when you pray, do it quietly and privately otherwise you look like a hypocrite for beating your chest loudly (tearing your clothes but I'm paraphrasing obviously). Some men say an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I say turn the other cheek. I could really keep going, but if I as a queer witch have to preach to you about your own beliefs then you are really, really doing it wrong.
8. I honestly can't get over the fact that this is a freaking fast food chain. There's no good reason to go out and actively support a fast food chain. The food is so processed as to actually be detrimental to your health, the price is hiked up a ridiculous amount, the workers are paid the bare minimum, and in general, they are just awful awful places. Suppose he'd instead said something like, "creationism is real" and ppl laughed in their face and they lost business for a while... would you go out and protest then?
9. Gay marriage. Why does everyone on the earth have a stance on gay marriage. Of all the things, this is the hot-button topic of our day? There's a whole other can of worms I could crack open about how, yes, your god did have plenty to say about marriage, and very little of it was monogamous, but I'm not going to because honestly, I think both parties are at fault in this. It's just marriage, and it has a lot more subtle impacts than people think. But I'd rather know I can't be fired from my job because of my orientation than know I can marry the person I love.
Quit. Making. A big deal. Out of a little problem.
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