I find the Chick-Fil-A controversy interesting. If you’ve
been living in a cabin in the woods for the past couple of weeks, the CEO Dan
Cathey made a statement during an interview identifying his support for
traditional marriage. Sensing a political opportunity, many sharks began
circling to derive maximum benefit from a manufactured controversy. Mike
Huckabee sponsored Chick-Fil-A appreciation day, when people who support: a.
the right of a business owner to speak his mind or b. traditional marriage
could come out to the restaurant and purchase a chicken sandwich. Some members
of the gay community have decided to stage a kiss-in at Chick-Fil-A restaurants
this Friday, where they go to the local restaurant and make out in public.
What I find interesting is that some members of the
homosexual community just don’t get it. When they do something in public which intentionally offends other people to
make their point, they lose influence among people who otherwise wouldn’t care
what they do privately. There’s a lesson for Christians here as well. If our
message of Christ offends someone, we don’t change the message. If our behavior intentionally offends other people, we obscure the message and
dishonor our God.
Maybe one way to counteract the offensive ‘kiss-in’ is to
ignore it and buy another chicken sammich. Maybe even buy one to pass along to
a protester. Who knows what opportunities might come up.
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