Aug. 1: Chick-fil-A day. HAH. It looks like Uncle Dave isn't the only family member of mine who wants discriminatory free speech to be tolerated. Today is the day CFA fans are supposed to "come out" and support the Christian, anti-gay marriage business. And these supporters are citing the first amendment, saying that we all have the right to proclaim intolerance. If David Badash is correct, not only did CFA's CEO say that he doesn't support gay marriage, he also has donated millions of dollars to anti-gay groups and is bringing God into the argument. We will be judged for the sinful behavior of the gays!
Now, let me just say that boycotting CFA is not a big sacrifice for me. I don't like the food. All this hullabaloo is just an extra thumbs up to back up my distaste of the place. BUT just because it's not a big sacrifice for me, or for others doesn't make it a non-big deal. It is a pretty big deal that people feel so strongly about "freedom of speech" that they will go out of their way to stand in line for a mediocre chicken sandwich. Is it really worth the time and effort to stand in hour long lines to prove a point that discrimination is a right? I guess so.
Some would say that being American means freedom, including freedom of hate. And if you want to go down in history as that kind of American, then you are free to do that (get it? you're "free"?). But let me just say that this has kinda-sorta happened before, and is happening to other minority groups as we speak! Immigrants, African Americans, Native Americans, women... the list goes on.
Being American should mean that you can practice your religion and have your beliefs, as long as you don't set us all back by promoting inequality.
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