Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day

While I normally can't be bothered by people who use their blogs/FB/Twitter/etc. to push a personal or political agenda, I can't help but to find myself completely invested in the "Chick-Fil-A" debate.  If you don't know what's going on, let me give you the RD version.
Mr. Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-Fil-A, publicly stated that he supports the "traditional" view of marriage as it is described in the Bible (just the "one man and one woman" part, not the "multiple wives are okay; if your brother dies, you must marry his wife; try to make as many babies as humanly possible" parts).
This, obviously, caused a public outcry from our GLBT citizens who are appalled at the "blatant homophobia" that Mr. Cathy is hiding behind "his" Christianity.  The mayor of Boston even got involved and sent Mr. Cathy a letter stating that Chick-Fil-A wasn't welcome in Boston where the community stands behind all of its members, regardless of their race, religion, ability, creed, or (most importantly) sexual orientation. And now a bunch of people are boycotting Chick-Fil-A. Forever.
Finally, because apparently a bunch of people that Mr. Cathy abhors hurt his feelings, a large group of Christians (mostly fundamentalists) got behind Mr. Cathy's stance and said that those who refuse to support Chick-Fil-A are attacking the rights of Christians, especially their right to Freedom of Speech. A major player in this is Mr. Mike Huckabee (Former Governer of Arkansas, 2008 presidential candidate, Republican, you get the picture), who issued a statement via Facebook on July 22nd that he was "incensed" by the attacks on Mr. Cathy and Chick-Fil-A because Mr. Cathy was simply exercising his 1st Amendment right.
Thus, Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day (today) was born.

Mr. Huckabee, you are right! We shouldn't trounce on Mr. Cathy's Freedom of Speech.
Just because he's a homophobic bigot doesn't mean he's any less human than the rest of us, right?

I'm from Arkansas, I'm a Christian, and (up until last week) I was a strong supporter of Mike Huckabee and his hopes for our future. Now I'm only two of those things.
Mr. Huckabee, had you just stated that you weren't a fan of people abusing Mr. Cathy's right to Free Speech (that I definitely agree with!) then we'd be cool.  But that's not what you said.

"The attacks on Christians are disturbing, especially by "wanna be tyrants, like the mayors of Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D. C. who have vowed to either keep Chick Fil-A out of their communities or have openly said this business is not welcome because they (the mayors) don't agree with the personal views of the Chick Fil- A CEO. Not only is such a position by the mayors illegal and unconstitutional, but it's disturbing to think that anyone elected to public office would publicly exhibit their bigotry toward Christians, their hypocrisy in singling out only Christians, but not others including Muslims who have even stronger beliefs about same sex marriage, and their contempt of the law regarding censorship and free speech."

I'm confused.  How are we "attacking" Christians?  Most of the people I know (save 3 or 4) that have decided to boycott Chick-Fil-A are Christians.  So, Mr. Cathy and Mr. Huckabee, you're going to stand on your pedastal and claim that everyone who disagrees with how you interpret the Bible aren't Christians? Or maybe they are, but they just aren't good enough to be in your club? I'm appalled that someone can take the stance of "you're either with us or against us" when it comes to affording beliefs, rights, and love to a group of people who have supported you.  You've turned your back, rather than opening your arms.  And I'm not sure, but somehow I don't think that's what Jesus would do.

You don't like gay people.  It's cool.  I don't like cat people.  I think cats are weird, emotionless beings.  Who likes cats more than dogs? Seriously??
Do you hate black people too?  I'm fairly certain there's something in the Bible about that.
Oh! And women! Those are second class citizens too based on your "religion."  Man, I'd hate to see how you'd treat a homosexual black female.

I've chosen to NOT eat chicken.  To me, it's more important to support my friends, family, coworkers, and fellow Americans who happen to be homosexual because that's how God made them, rather than support a company, and a CEO, who thinks its better to pick and choose who to love and support, and who to condemn. 
I'm not boycotting Chick-Fil-A today.  I'm choosing to eat Zaxby's forever.

I won't judge you if you eat Chick-Fil-A.  It's your right.  And their chicken isn't half-bad. But "half-bad" chicken isn't worth compromising my own beliefs.

And Mr. Huckabee, in the paragraph I quoted above, you opened a quote but didn't close it.  Just sayin'.

Megan OUT.