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Gay Chickens
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 08/05/2012 14:21:04

Apparently while I was busy watching the Olympics there was some large bruhaha over a fast food chain that makes crappy, yet addictive, fake chicken and waffle fries. Really? Has it come to this?

Seems the president of said crappy chain, Chick-fil-A, Dan Cathy told a North Carolina Baptist website that he supported the "biblical definition of the family unit." When the story was picked up in mid-July by the Baptist Press, it quickly became the religious publisher's most-read article of 2012.

Supporters argue that he has free speech, that this is a privately owned company,blah, blah, blah.... we've heard it all before. It's always the same with these narrow minded people, "don't take away [insert American hero here] right to FREE SPEECH, our troops fought for [his/her] right to say whatever they want. USAUSAUSA!!" Unless of course they are the Dixie Chicks, but, yes, I understand. Mr. Cathy can say what he wants.

My problem is not with what he says, but what he does. Is that okay Mr. Right Wing guy? He can stand tall and proud of his "traditional marriage" stance as long as he wants. What concerns me, and many others, are what he does with the millions of millions of dollars that CFA puts into Mr. Cathy's pocket. He is a billionaire.

Cathy has previously donated money to groups like Family Research Council and Marriage and Family Foundation, both groups work to strengthen and promote criminalization of same-sex relations. I would not be out of line saying that these groups would probably welcome the death penalty for the sin of homosexuality. They are that extreme.

But you know all of this. I'm not telling you anything new here.

Since Mr. Cathy is a devout Christian, I wanted to know what Jesus said about gay marriage and chicken. Seems not much. Depending on which version of the Bible you read. I, like most of you, have the KJV up on my shelf. But newer translations seem to have Jesus talking about all kinds of things! Including homosexuality (he's against it as if your surprised) and abortion (ditto) and even cell phone technology.

With each new version of the Bible, Jesus seems to be getting a bit braver in his stance for these sinful things. As well, the Bible keeps getting, er, how should I put this, easier to understand, for us Americans. That's odd, since we should be getter smarter as more of us have access to higher education. But yes, it seems with each new version the reading grade level goes down. The American Standard Version, written in 1901 was written at a 12th grade level, but by the time we get to The English Standard Version written in 2001 we've dumbed it down to at a 6th grade level.

Silly me, I didn't even know we were writing new Bibles. Maybe I should try my hand at it? I could write a best seller in no time!

Okay, I was kidding about Jesus condemning Cell Phones, but in someone's version, somewhere, I'll bet Jesus hated the iPhone and all it's apps. Who can blame him.

I believe that Jesus would have eaten at Chick-Fil-A on Huckabee's "appreciation day" if he were alive today. I also believe he'd be out there the next day supporting all the gay love. That's kinda the guy he is.
 

12 comments (Latest Comment: 08/06/2012 12:49:36 by BobR)
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