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Most businesses aren\u2019t so open about their religious orientation \u2013 they don\u2019t want to offend potential customers and cost themselves business. Chick-fil-a is different: they make it clear they\u2019re
Evangelical Christians. Again, that\u2019s OK. I admire people and organizations who are committed to their faith and their values. And with the exception of all stores being closed on Sundays and some stores who play Christian music they haven\u2019t been \u201cin your face\u201d about who and what they are. They\u2019ll happily sell chicken to anyone and everyone.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve long known they support \u201cfamily\u201d ministries that are intended for only one kind of family, but those kind of families have been helped. Just as legalizing same sex marriages doesn\u2019t impact opposite sex marriages one way or the other, if a counseling program helps people in opposite sex marriages that does no harm to gay couples or to single people.<\/p>\n

In a 2011 interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a>, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said \u201cWhile my family and I believe in the Biblical definition of marriage, we love and respect anyone who disagrees. We\u2019ve opted not to get involved in the political debate.\u201d As long as that was true I had no problem continuing to eat at Chick-fil-a. I don\u2019t support litmus tests (defined as holding the \u201cproper\u201d view on a single issue) in business any more than I support them in politics.<\/p>\n

Recently, though, it\u2019s come out that Chick-fil-a isn\u2019t as politically neutral as Dan Cathy implied. Chick-fil-A\u2019s charitable foundation gave almost $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2010<\/a>, including the Marriage & Family Foundation, the Family Research Council (classified as a hate group<\/a> by the Southern Poverty Law Center) and Exodus International, one of the leading promoters of \u201cex-gay therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a clear moral difference between \u201cnot helping\u201d and \u201charming.\u201d Giving money to groups that benefit straight couples but exclude gay couples is \u201cnot helping.\u201d Giving money to groups that spread lies about homosexuality, that actively work to prevent the legal recognition of same sex marriages, and that promote \u201cre-orientation\u201d instead of acceptance is \u201charming.\u201d<\/p>\n

If there was any doubt left as to Chick-fil-a\u2019s true colors it ended on Monday when the Baptist Press published this interview with Dan Cathy<\/a>. When asked about his support for \u201ctraditional\u201d marriage, Cathy responded \u201cWell, guilty as charged.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in an appearance on a Christian radio program<\/a>, Cathy said \u201cI think we are inviting God\u2019s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say \u2018we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage\u2019 and I pray God\u2019s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.\u201d<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t do it any more. Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-a have crossed the line from \u201cnot helping\u201d to \u201charming.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t imagine Chick-fil-a will notice the loss of my business. That\u2019s not important. What\u2019s important is that I won\u2019t be supporting groups that actively work to cause harm in the world.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always enjoyed Chick-fil-a\u2019s food. I imagine I\u2019ll miss it\u2026 but somehow I don\u2019t think it would taste very good any more.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"