"Chicken Cha-Ching"
Cashing in on Anti-Gay Marriage Under the Cover of Christianity
by Julie F......
Before diving in I'd like to note:
I am 100% on board with freedom of speech, clearly. I appreciate those who speak their minds, however I do not appreciate those opinions being thrown into the category of "Christian beliefs"
Chick Fil A Appreciation Day-
A ridiculous shameful circus spreading across the country like wildfire today. People surrounding the fast food chains like cattle to a food trough.
And over what? The support of one CEO's opinion that gay marriage is "wrong". This could even seem as a ploy by an ignorant CEO using his own opinion to lure the weak-minded Americans into purchasing chicken. I personally do not eat chicken, but if I did, I would not be participating in this charade. I strongly believe everybody is entitled to his/her own opinion, however I do not believe in cashing in on the intolerance of so called "Christians" and the flat out gay haters. The GLBT community do not love to hurt or contradict other's morals and values, they simply love to love. They are not out to hurt or harm, unlike this corporation now seems to be. I find this entire "appreciation day" to be offensive, rude, intolerant and anti-American.
By showing your support for this "cause" you are contributing among the millions of dollars that will be donated to anti-gay support groups accross the country. Let me point out that here in America, in our own backyard, there are hungry, starving people and animals. There are children who don't know where their next meal is coming from, yet Chick Fil A will be donating part of its profits from today to anti-gay associations. That is absolutely disgusting and flat out disturbed.
This "Christian" corporation should be doing something POSITIVE, not nourishing the negativity they have already participated in.
Chairman quotes-
"It's really hard to find people or leaders that stand for something good and stay firm."
I'm to believe he is saying gay marriage is not good, hence love between homosexuals is not good? Love is love. It is a good thing!!!! All you need is love.. GOD IS LOVE! Read the Bible for crying out loud. I guess they only see what they want to see when they read the Holy Book.
And let me tell them something.. I stand for something GOOD- I stand for human rights! And that is damn good. Do you want to stand for something good?? Then stand up for the GLBT teenagers in this world who suffer in silence, who are afraid, and bullied to the point of suicide!! Stand up for the people who's families disown them, shame them, and abandon them because of their sexual preference. It is just flat out wrong.
The chairman thinks it is "good" to discriminate? Jesus would disagree with that bolox, and Jesus is as good as it gets.
People in a power position like this who can influence others, which has clearly been done in this situation, should be using said power and influence towards positive outcomes, for the benefit of mankind. Instead, they sit back in their plush offices rolling around in their leather chairs and money, proud of their shameful actions prompting people to believe it's okay to call somebody the F word because it is freedom of speech. Lets plaster the label "free speech" on it because that makes it"okay".
There is REAL evil in this world, and it is NOT homosexuality! This world is full of horrendous violence- rape, murder, abuse towards humans and animals, and the list goes on and on. Among the evil there is also sadness and dispair. Homelessness and hunger plague our society and this corporation dares to claim they are "doing the right thing". NO. The right thing would be taking a stand against the true wrong in this world. The right thing would be helping your fellow man, not hurting them or despising them because of a sexual preference, which is frankly nobody else's damn business!
Chick Fil A has shined a spotlight on an issue that shouldn't even be an issue. There are real issues today, where is the spotlight on those issues? Why are partial profits going to anti-gay associations instead of food banks? For shame Chick Fil A, for shame!!
Quote from a Chick Fil A spokesperson-
"Being against gay marriage is not being anti-gay."
Really? That is like saying "believing in slavery is not racist."
Give me a break spokesperson! Your "being against gay marriage" has created a whole line of discrimination. People are seeing it as okay to be verbally anti-gay in a hurtful and abusive manner. They have given the green light to verbally assault homosexuals, to use the word "faggot" and to shun fellow Americans under the category of "free speech".
Quote-
"A company should be true to its values but also has to consider the consequences before engaging in controversy."
Well its a bit too late for that! Considering the consequences? Please, this entire thing is starting to seem more and more like a ploy to raise money for anti-gay support groups. Chick Fil A must be damn fools to believe that this would not create controversy. That would be a DUH.
Did you know that millions and millions of chick fil a dollars have been donated into the fight against gay marriage? Among the many benefiting from these contributions are the Family Research Council and Exodus International, according to Equality Matters, an initiative associated with the progressive Watchdog group, Media Matters. The Family Research Council is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, while Exodus International is a Christian Ministry that has long endorsed ex-gay therapy, a controversial practice of "curing" gay people that mainstream mental health organizations have disavowed.
The restaurant millions of people have supported today supports all of this. And for what? They will never get what they want. This is all a waste of time, energy and money. Anti-gay rights will die, and in the future GLBT community members will live their lives as normal citizens of the world, just as women and African Americans do today. This will end, just as slavery did, just as African Americans and women's discrimination did.
Did you know that employees of the Chick Fil A franchise are NOT allowed to speak to the press? In doing so, they risk termination. Hmmmm, freedom of speech issue? They dare stifle others while claiming this is a freedom of speech issue. I think not Chick Fil A, get it together!
One gay employee who works at Chick Fil A headquarters recounts a customer who came in and said he supported Dan Cathy and then continued to say something homophobic- "I'm so glad you don't support the queers, I can eat in peace!"
Another employee recalls an encounter with a customer who said
"I support your company, because your company hates the gays."
One more employee subjected to harmful statements, due to the bombshell dropped by Chick Fil A, was told-
"If I see one more faggot at a Chick Fil A protesting, I'm going to be sick!"
ALL of these and more sickening remarks are the effects caused by the Chick Fil A corporation.
Quote-
"The goal is simple: Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick-Fil-A on Wednesday, August 1."
How dare they! "Christian Principles"?! These people give Christianity a BAD name! Jesus loves EVERYBODY, as hard a pill that may be for some to swallow, it is true. He would never turn somebody away over sexual preference. Jesus's friends were the sinners, the 'low lives' the ones who in today's society would be judged, ridiculed, stoned and shamed! How dare this company bring Christianity into all of this and imply it's the Christian thing to do!
The real Christian thing to do is to accept people. If only Jesus were here in person, he would go to them and say "No, this is wrong. You are to treat one another as you would want to be treated."
Amen to that!
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Only Time Will Tell If Wishing Wells Can Bring Us Anything
My first blog post! It is a Friday night, and like all of the other cool people, I'm sitting in front of my computer.. To be honest I feel like a total nerd right now, but I am a self proclaimed dork so I'm okay with that ;)
Jamming out to Gin Blossoms, I love them. Current song- "29".. listen to it, and listen to ALL the rest, then thank me later. I cannot get enough, and never have. One of those bands forever awesome. So, this particular Friday night, and they do vary.. First blogging experience, playlist.com, editting photos like a photo-editting fool, and partaking in delicious white wine mixed with blush.. I enjoy the wine.
So why do I find myself to be "self-important enough" to actually write a public blog online? At the risk of sounding like a narcasist(which I SWEAR I am not on any level ), after hearing the opinions of many others over the years I have fiiiinally come to the conclusion that I agree. Minus what I've heard in physically descriptive adjectives, and the very seldom negatives.. I AM quite weird, awesome, interesting, outspoken, genuine, bold, talented, spontanious, crazy, beautiful, hilarious, smart, impulsive, wonderful, victorious, full of integrity, brilliant, vibrant, marvelous, mysterious and of course indescribable(indescribable,though told by many, it was greatly gushed upon me by a lovestruck Frenchman,. Moene. Stocked full of romantic intentions and ever so flattering whispers, perhaps it may have been love at first sight for him, he could not find the words). And, if one has the ability to light up a room by simply walking into it, I say blog it up.
But also, and much more importantly, I believe in keeping a record of one's life and experiences. I find myself thinking I should have been doing this all along! Oh the things I could tell! Geeeeeez! And honestly, in this moment for some straaange reason I remembered that I accidentally dated a gay guy.. whoopsy. (And my memorey is questionable, fuzzy and slightly hazy in some instances.. but whos isn't. And the reasons behind that, I blame a near tradgic "accident", enough said on that for now). A couple of completely random knowings.. I've been in love..(how many times is for me to easlily remember).. I've been pulled up on stage at a sold out hip-hop concert(sweet).. I've done the "everyone comes to Hollywood for a dream. What's your dream?" thing and, I find myself to be extreemly SHY! (Others do not think so, so much, but for me, I feel it. I am very shy and I find it extremely akward to boast and brag! I find it stange and slightly uncomfortable-just a side note, and with that being said, I continue my blog. Ironic? geeez.) I am a veerry strong believer in not revealing too much too soon!!!! These very few common knowledge things are okay, and I find GREAT importance in them, as I do in everything in my life.. in the here and now, in the past, and the future. One second from now is currently my future! What a trip.
I believe nothing is certain. One may plan their life, and hope for the greatest.. anticipate being blissfully happy, only to find you were wrong. The things you thought you were supposed to want are not the things you truly want. I have learned that lesson, among thousands of others. I'm thinking of another person as I reflect upon that thought, but I do believe it applies to everyone, including myself. I personally, have never been too fond of "planning" and picturing a future full of "perfection". Of course I enjoyed the thought of "happily ever after 'white picked fence' suburgatory cookie cutting 'some cheesy ass 'love' song playing in the background as we create our first child" senerio, as a lovestruck teenager..But now, I see differently, and happily so. I realized at a very young age that things change, constantly. That is one thing humans can forever rely upon, change. In the blink of an eye, in a second in time, as fast as skipping a track on your car stereo, things can change.
And with that being said it becomes everso clear to me why I must blog. My ever changing life, my exsistance, my purpose and being, every thought and intention, every moment I feel anything is important. I sometimes ask myself the question "if I didn't do that, would this be different?" I have never found the answer, and I never will. Who can know if destiny is pre-destined, or if can we actually change it? Is that allowed? I want to believe that it is allowed, because I hate being controlled, even by forces greater than the imaginable. It is a strong belief of mine that everything in this world happens for a reason. As hard as that is to grasp and be okay with, it just is what it is. Accept it or not, I must believe it and I know it is true. I've made decisions that affect my life greatly, some good, some great, but also some bad, and some real bad. But I know that they were all right. The path I choose is the one paved for me, no matter how times I get lost or turned around, no matter how many backroads and detours I take, I know it is right.
One thing aboot me is my ability to go on.. and on.. and on. I'm my own little energizer bunny. But you know, when I am 75 and looking back on this(assuming my life and the human existance on Earth is still my reality), I want to know and read EVERYTHING I've shared and thought.. here.. with myself, because although I find my life important enough to document for my own knowledge and purposes, I do not have expectations that anyone else would care.. although I hope they will ;) And, another thing, 75 is my "crossing over" age. Oohh, to explain.. I don't want to get old!! I have a fear. And, I hate that I have that fear!! I want to be okay with growing that old, but I cannot, not with the world as it is today.. as it slowly destructs and pushes itself to its inevetable end.(when I say "it" I mean the inhabitants of the world and the choices "we" make, and the choice the Universe will make for us, and itself).. perhaps doom, but perhaps not. And actually, I love that no one knows!
One more thing to be noticed.. when I 'say' about or out, I spell it aboot or oot. It is an inside joke with some close loved ones.. and with myself.It makes me laugh. Its Canadian!! LOL.
I find that this may be a completely RANDOM blogging post and maybe it is all over the place... And, I like that! Randomness is a good thing. The entire point I make to myself, at 27 years old, is that right now I am super excited aboot my life. I have no clue what the future may bring to me, nor do I desire to know at this time. But be it good or bad, I do not fear it and I will embrace it and be grateful to experience it. One thing I believe that is timing is everything, and only time will tell the story of The Marvelous Life that I live.
Peace.Love.J.
Jamming out to Gin Blossoms, I love them. Current song- "29".. listen to it, and listen to ALL the rest, then thank me later. I cannot get enough, and never have. One of those bands forever awesome. So, this particular Friday night, and they do vary.. First blogging experience, playlist.com, editting photos like a photo-editting fool, and partaking in delicious white wine mixed with blush.. I enjoy the wine.
So why do I find myself to be "self-important enough" to actually write a public blog online? At the risk of sounding like a narcasist(which I SWEAR I am not on any level ), after hearing the opinions of many others over the years I have fiiiinally come to the conclusion that I agree. Minus what I've heard in physically descriptive adjectives, and the very seldom negatives.. I AM quite weird, awesome, interesting, outspoken, genuine, bold, talented, spontanious, crazy, beautiful, hilarious, smart, impulsive, wonderful, victorious, full of integrity, brilliant, vibrant, marvelous, mysterious and of course indescribable(indescribable,though told by many, it was greatly gushed upon me by a lovestruck Frenchman,. Moene. Stocked full of romantic intentions and ever so flattering whispers, perhaps it may have been love at first sight for him, he could not find the words). And, if one has the ability to light up a room by simply walking into it, I say blog it up.
But also, and much more importantly, I believe in keeping a record of one's life and experiences. I find myself thinking I should have been doing this all along! Oh the things I could tell! Geeeeeez! And honestly, in this moment for some straaange reason I remembered that I accidentally dated a gay guy.. whoopsy. (And my memorey is questionable, fuzzy and slightly hazy in some instances.. but whos isn't. And the reasons behind that, I blame a near tradgic "accident", enough said on that for now). A couple of completely random knowings.. I've been in love..(how many times is for me to easlily remember).. I've been pulled up on stage at a sold out hip-hop concert(sweet).. I've done the "everyone comes to Hollywood for a dream. What's your dream?" thing and, I find myself to be extreemly SHY! (Others do not think so, so much, but for me, I feel it. I am very shy and I find it extremely akward to boast and brag! I find it stange and slightly uncomfortable-just a side note, and with that being said, I continue my blog. Ironic? geeez.) I am a veerry strong believer in not revealing too much too soon!!!! These very few common knowledge things are okay, and I find GREAT importance in them, as I do in everything in my life.. in the here and now, in the past, and the future. One second from now is currently my future! What a trip.
I believe nothing is certain. One may plan their life, and hope for the greatest.. anticipate being blissfully happy, only to find you were wrong. The things you thought you were supposed to want are not the things you truly want. I have learned that lesson, among thousands of others. I'm thinking of another person as I reflect upon that thought, but I do believe it applies to everyone, including myself. I personally, have never been too fond of "planning" and picturing a future full of "perfection". Of course I enjoyed the thought of "happily ever after 'white picked fence' suburgatory cookie cutting 'some cheesy ass 'love' song playing in the background as we create our first child" senerio, as a lovestruck teenager..But now, I see differently, and happily so. I realized at a very young age that things change, constantly. That is one thing humans can forever rely upon, change. In the blink of an eye, in a second in time, as fast as skipping a track on your car stereo, things can change.
And with that being said it becomes everso clear to me why I must blog. My ever changing life, my exsistance, my purpose and being, every thought and intention, every moment I feel anything is important. I sometimes ask myself the question "if I didn't do that, would this be different?" I have never found the answer, and I never will. Who can know if destiny is pre-destined, or if can we actually change it? Is that allowed? I want to believe that it is allowed, because I hate being controlled, even by forces greater than the imaginable. It is a strong belief of mine that everything in this world happens for a reason. As hard as that is to grasp and be okay with, it just is what it is. Accept it or not, I must believe it and I know it is true. I've made decisions that affect my life greatly, some good, some great, but also some bad, and some real bad. But I know that they were all right. The path I choose is the one paved for me, no matter how times I get lost or turned around, no matter how many backroads and detours I take, I know it is right.
One thing aboot me is my ability to go on.. and on.. and on. I'm my own little energizer bunny. But you know, when I am 75 and looking back on this(assuming my life and the human existance on Earth is still my reality), I want to know and read EVERYTHING I've shared and thought.. here.. with myself, because although I find my life important enough to document for my own knowledge and purposes, I do not have expectations that anyone else would care.. although I hope they will ;) And, another thing, 75 is my "crossing over" age. Oohh, to explain.. I don't want to get old!! I have a fear. And, I hate that I have that fear!! I want to be okay with growing that old, but I cannot, not with the world as it is today.. as it slowly destructs and pushes itself to its inevetable end.(when I say "it" I mean the inhabitants of the world and the choices "we" make, and the choice the Universe will make for us, and itself).. perhaps doom, but perhaps not. And actually, I love that no one knows!
One more thing to be noticed.. when I 'say' about or out, I spell it aboot or oot. It is an inside joke with some close loved ones.. and with myself.It makes me laugh. Its Canadian!! LOL.
I find that this may be a completely RANDOM blogging post and maybe it is all over the place... And, I like that! Randomness is a good thing. The entire point I make to myself, at 27 years old, is that right now I am super excited aboot my life. I have no clue what the future may bring to me, nor do I desire to know at this time. But be it good or bad, I do not fear it and I will embrace it and be grateful to experience it. One thing I believe that is timing is everything, and only time will tell the story of The Marvelous Life that I live.
Peace.Love.J.
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