I’ll be honest with you guys: I haven’t been playing as close attention to this whole Chick-Fil-A controversy as I normally would because it’s distressing the hell out of me. On the one hand, I’m in proponent of gay rights, just like any good ole Southern liberal boy should. On the other hand, I love me some delicious chicken, just like any good ole Southern liberal boy should. Being caught in the middle of this whole thing — smack in between my support for gay people having equal rights and my love for tasty Chick-Fil-A chicken — has been a TERRIBLE turn of events.
But with each passing day it’s becoming easier for me to come to terms with the fact that I’ll probably never be able to eat at Chick-Fil-A again without hating myself a little bit for it, especially when an insufferable twat like probable disgusting sex deviant Rick Santorum publicly aligns himself with the “EAT MOR COK” company.
“Hey there’s someone else hating on gay people. I should go align myself with them!”
Now there’s a brave public servant taking a bold stand alongside a homophobic corporation! I bet Rick Santorum would’ve frequented soda fountains in the South that banned blacks during the Civil Rights era if he could have, because he’s just that kind of guy. Also, isn’t it hysterical when a free market conservative tries to aid a corporation being hurt by the forces of the very free market he professes to love? IRONY!
And if all that weren’t enough, the Muppets are now involved. I’ll just let the Taiwanese animation people explain…
And if THAT weren’t enough, Chick-Fil-A has been, as Vince details, creating fake Facebook profiles so fake teenagers can defend them from all the critical comments on their Facebook page.
One final thought: now that Rick Santorum has entered the fray, isn’t about time Dan Savage named some disgusting gay sex act the “Chick-Fil-A”? Also, if I were a gay dude in a relationship I’d think hard about planning a guerrilla gay wedding at a Chick-Fil-A restaurant. BTW, I’m actually licensed to perform marriage ceremonies if any gay couples out there want me to marry them in a Chick-Fil-A restaurant. Just sayin’.
Team Gays. Team Muppets. 4-EVA!
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Eh, who cares. You know Santorum is scum already, it’s no surprise.
When the chickens start suicide bombing the Chick-Fil-A, that’ll be the real story.
I’m so tired of the, “Chick-fil-A fan do whatever it wants with its money” argument. Yeah, they can.
But I can also do whatever the hell I want with my money, and that includes not giving it to Chick-fil-A, no matter how much I want a sandwich.
As a liberal GRITS, I feel your pain (although, living in NY has made it extremely easy to boycott Chickfila). My thoughts? Whatever. Gay Marriage will eventually be legal in all states, and I wholeheartedly believe that. Chicken Sandwiches, while oh-so delicious, are never going to change that. It’s not like I have to denounce my support of the LGBT community to order a #1 with extra Chickfila Sauce (in fact, if I do step foot in one again, I might wear a PRIDE shirt and hot pants).
Finally, somebody who isn’t crying like a little baby about this Chick-fil-A thing. Guess what, Internet, a chicken sandwich peddler isn’t going to derail the gay civil rights movement. Chick-fil-A isn’t shoving bags of money into the evil “stop gay marriage fund”, they’re a company concerned with making money, just like every other company on the planet. Go eat your chicken nuggets on the way to the pride parade. So Chick-fil-A doesn’t outwardly support gay marriage… whatever. I could give two shits how a fast food chain “feels” about social issues. When their CEO starts gay bashing I’ll be concerned.
Chick-fil-A isn’t shoving bags of money into the evil “stop gay marriage fund”
Actually, they are. In 2010 alone, they donations about $2,000,000 in donations to groups whose sole purpose was stopping gay marriage.
People aren’t boycotting Chick-fil-A because the company president has some personal objections to gay marriage. I couldn’t give less of a shit about that. But I’m pretty sure the millions they’re spending fighting against gay marriage is coming from the money customers spend there.
*donated, not donations
Guuuuuuh, not this gif again!
Why do you love to torture us so with this gif?
A Chick-Fil-A is when you take a raw chicken, two lesbians with synched cycles (this is very important) and…lets just say that if it only ended in salmonella and an Aristocrats joke it would be less disgusting.
” On the other hand, I love me some delicious chicken, just like any good ole Southern liberal boy should. Being caught in the middle of this whole thing — smack in between my support for gay people having equal rights and my love for tasty Chick-Fil-A chicken — has been a TERRIBLE turn of events.”
Chik-fil-a is now and always has been bland garbage. If you want fast food fried chicken, just eat at Popeyes.
Just another former presidential candidate clinging to the last bit of relevancy he has and making an asshat of himself on the internet, because that’s the cool thing for politicians to do now…right?
I think the liberal left-wing media should just leave Mr. Cathy alone. It is just unseemly to pick on the mentally handicapped.
Here’s a summary of different Biblical forms of Marriage:
1. Polygamous Marriage
Probably the most common form of marriage in the bible, it is where a man has more than one wife.
2. Levirate Marriage
When a woman was widowed without a son, it became the responsibility of the brother-in-law or a close male relative to take her in and impregnate her. If the resulting child was a son, he would be considered the heir of her late husband. See Ruth, and the story of Onan (Gen. 38:6-10).
3. A man, a woman and her property — a female slave
The famous “handmaiden” sketch, as preformed by Abraham (Gen. 16:1-6) and Jacob (Gen. 30:4-5).
4. A man, one or more wives, and some concubines
The definition of a concubine varies from culture to culture, but they tended to be live-in mistresses. Concubines were tied to their “husband,” but had a lower status than a wife. Their children were not usually heirs, so they were safe outlets for sex without risking the line of succession. To see how badly a concubine could be treated, see the famous story of the Levite and his concubine (Judges 19:1-30).
5. A male soldier and a female prisoner of war
Women could be taken as booty from a successful campaign and forced to become wives or concubines. Deuteronomy 21:11-14 describes the process.
6. A male rapist and his victim
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 describes how an unmarried woman who had been raped must marry her attacker.
7. A male and female slave
A female slave could be married to a male slave without consent, presumably to produce more slaves.
and of course …
8. Monogamous, heterosexual marriage
What you might think of as the standard form of marriage, provided you think of arranged marriages as the standard. Also remember that inter-faith or cross-ethnic marriage were forbidden for large chunks of biblical history.
The important thing to realize here is that none of these models are described as better than any other. All appear to have been accepted.
So there you go. The next time someone says that we need to stick with biblical marriage in this country, you can ask them which of the eight kinds they would prefer, and why.