First,
I would like to apologize for not posting a blog last week. A
perfect storm of computer problems (a virus killed our netbook hard
drive grrr... :( ) along with me and my kids being out of town made
it impossible. I will try not to make it a regular thing. Now onto
the blog!
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I
guess parenthood makes us idiots because as a parent, there is no way
not to be a hypocrite. It just goes with the territory. Fathers
tell their kids not to smoke as they light up. Tell your kids to eat
their vegetables but you cannot stand raw tomatoes (I am guilty of
that one, but I do love them in salsa). You want your kids to grow
up healthy but you are tired, it has been a long day, and right there
is Chick-Fil-A. It is an easy fix cause the kids like the food, they
do have great customer
service and a very nice kids play area. The food is not so healthy,
but there are healthier options that I do see other kids eat, but I
am not going to be a hypocrite here and will say that they would
rather have the fries.
I have been avoiding
Chick-Fil-A recently. Their CEO said they were “guilty
as charged” about their stance on marriage saying it is only
between a man and a woman. They feel that same-sex
marriage that those who "have the audacity to define what
marriage is about" were "inviting God's judgment on our
nation."
I
believe that if two (and only two) adult (18+) people love each other
and want to commit their lives to each other then they should be able
to get married. It is about equal rights. Now if a company wants to
give a portion of their profits to whatever organization, as long as
it is legal, that is also their right.
I
did not take my kids to Chick-Fil-A on Wednesday August 1st
(Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day) and we did not go on Friday August 3rd
(Same-Sex Kiss Day) either. First, I do not try to go to crowded
situations with my children. They would get incredibly cranky
waiting in a two hour line for some chicken. Also, since I do not
agree with their stance on marriage, why would I subject myself to
that kind of situation? Second, we did not go on Friday not because I
was worried about my kids seeing two people of the same gender kiss.
They would just see two people kissing. I was worried there would be
someone who would not agree with those actions and may do a violent
act. I would not want my kids anywhere near that. Luckily, nothing
like that happened on Friday, but you never know.
There are many
biblical definitions of marriage. There are biblical definitions and
rules about a lot of things. I think the best example is the ten
commandments. Since the ten commandments only talks about
marriage in not coveting thy neighbors wife (a true threat to
marriage) I would like to discuss number 6: Thou shalt not kill. We
seem to do a lot of killing now a days. The world is a violent
place, and even the government sanctions killing from prisoners on
death row to wars. If we call ourselves a Christian nation, and
Christ commanded us to follow the ten commandments, is our government
right to kill?
So,
we don't take “thou shalt not kill” very seriously, for whatever
reason. We could say we are preventing killing by killing but that
is a legal argument that I do not think God would buy. There were
also rules in the bible about slavery.
Should
we make slavery legal again since it is sanctioned
in the bible? If you do not think slavery still happens in this
world or even in the United States, you are incredibly
naive. I am sure Walmart would love it if we brought slavery
back. The workforce, not so much.
Is
God's judgment being invited on our world by slavery and killing more
than by “wrong love?” I would say yes. Many of the
anti-homosexual passages in the bible (especially in the new
testament) were discouraging pedophilia and you would have to be a
sicko not to agree with that. But when it is two adults, to me, love
is love.
There
are many that say we need to boycott this restaurant while others who
agree with their views are buycotting them (buying their food,
especially on August 1st). I am doing neither. Our
Rep. Raul Grijalva said to boycott Arizona about SB1070, but that
only really hurts the small business owner here, many who are
Hispanic. Large businesses will just lay people off. The CEO's will
not get hurt.
One
thing that has really bothered me about this whole thing is some
people's reaction to bigotry or hatred with just more hatred. A CFO
in Tucson recently got fired because he posted a rant he taped
while getting a complimentary cup of water from a Chick-Fil-A
drive-thru. He was a bully and stupidly posted this on youtube.
Then he gets fired. Way to go, you showed them! Not really. Why
meet hate with hate? It just makes things worse. I bet Adam Smith
will attest to that now because he
has since apologized for his rant. If you don't agree with them
just don't go their establishment.
Any
which way I will be a hypocrite, I don't agree with their stance on
marriage, but we will still probably go to Chick-Fil-A sometime. I
will try to go on days where they give us a free kids meal if we buy
an adult meal. That will cut into their profits and show 'em! Yeah,
not so much. Since the kids are going back to school, we would
naturally not be eating there not as much but I am not going to say
never. No matter what you do as a parent, you will probably be a
hypocrite. I would rather have my kids occasionally happy then have
to try to explain to them why we cannot go. They will understand,
but probably not for ten years. Hopefully by then, they will not
understand what the big deal was about the definition of marriage.
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