The intolerance and hate of many pro-SSM activists began to backfire this week.
First, Adam Smith, a former CFO and treasurer for manufacturer Vante uploaded a video of himself verbally harassing a courteous Chick-fil-A employee:
His employer, Vante, let him go immediately after being made aware of his activities and issued the following statement:
The actions of Mr. Smith do not reflect our corporate values in any manner. Vante is an equal opportunity company with a diverse workforce, which holds diverse opinions. We respect the right of our employees and all Americans to hold and express their personal opinions, however, we also expect our company officers to behave in a manner commensurate with their position and in a respectful fashion that conveys these values of civility with others.
We hope that the general population does not hold Mr. Smith's actions against Vante and its employees.
This is position which echoes that of NOM's corporate fairness project. And the video above has already been viewed over 750,000 times, so word is getting out.
Second, proponents of redefining marriage attempted yesterday to launch a counter-protest against the wildly successful Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day with some activism of their own: a "kiss-in". Those efforts have already been marred, the Los Angeles Times reports, by "Tastes Like Hate" graffiti being scrawled on a Chick-fil-A location in Terrence, CA:
Third, this pattern of harassing Chick-fil-A's ability to do business was already set earlier in the week when a group of pro-SSM halted the grand opening of a Chick-fil-A location in Laguna Hills, CA:
View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com.
Examples of pro-SSM hate and intolerance like these are a reminder that we need to stay vigilant to demand that our rights to believe and support biblical marriage are not silenced by the other side.
Together, united, they can't drown out or silence our voice!
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This is the militant homosexual agenda. I hope they're proud of themselves. Where is the tolerance and respect?
I find it interestig that the Media have given the homosexual protest so much press before the event even happens and that there was little or no mention of the appreciation day until ti was obviously a tremendous amount of support for the Cathy's..however, that is what Americans have come to expect from this liberal media..so much for fairness and truth in reporting.
Satan will never win out over God...never.
He may think he is in the lead, but he's going down.
Christians, stand strong. Let God's love shine through like a beacon.
I've been told many times "10% of the population is gay"...well that means 90% of the population is not.
I'm with you grandma. Well said!!
Typical behaviour from the SSM Brigade.
They'll attack Christians verbally and physically because they think they can get away with it.
They'll demand they get "rights" they have no intention of wishing to use or fulfill.
They'll bully and intimidate corporations to adhere to their views & expect them to fire employees who object to the changes.
Arrogance has no boundaries with these people. I'd love to see them take on Halal chains in America; they'll be very sorry to try that.
I hope the Chick-fil-a employee in the video with that Adam creep gets a promotion or some other type of recognition for remaining so courteous and for being a fine example of Christian love. I happen to agree with all that she said, but I gotta tell you that being a retired Marine, I would have handled this hate filled Adam wimp a little differently. God bless her and the company she works for. Champions for what is good and right.
grandmaliberty:
You are spot on! I totally agree with you... The libral media is amazingly currupt, nd as part of the thought control police for the LGBT agenda.
Oh, so it's fine to generalize an entire cause by the actions of... three people. Well, this sure makes arguing easier, since now we can just point to a few people and declare that the entire group that supports their values is "militant" and "hateful".
Matthew Shephard, 21, was tortured to death in 1998 for being gay.
Charlie Rogers, 33, was tortured in her own home and only narrowly escaped being burnt to death. Her basement was vandalized with anti-gay slurs.
Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, and Mary Christine Chapa, 18, were shot in the head in 2012 at a Texas park. Olgin died.
Oddly enough, when I look for "murdered for being Christian", there are certainly similar stories... in other countries. Maybe there is a war going on about expression of religious belief. But it's not going on here. On the contrary, while opponents can certainly say that instead of marriage equality, we should be focusing on the basic human rights of LGBT individuals in Saudi Arabia (a valid point), it still remains that in -this- country, we are still being killed and tortured for what we are.
As a final note, some will probably point out that in the case of the couple shot in the head in a Texas park, no suspect has been named and the incident has not been declared a hate crime; ergo, it would be irresponsible of me to declare that the attack was necessarily perpetrated by a member of the Christian right. Isn't it also the case, then, that attributing blame to the vandalism could be considered premature?
"Someone" vandalized a Chick-fil-a in California. "Someone" also shot a teen couple in the head in Texas. I wonder which one is more important, leaving aside the political affiliations of the perpetrators.
So, if I understand you correctly, Andy, we must set aside the First Amendment in the case of a self-identified class which has suffered alleged victimization?
Chump, not a chance.
We have laws for the people who shoot, assault, or otherwise predate upon others.
We simply will not allow marriage to be destroyed on the basis of hysterical attempts to hornswoggle us into believing marriage somehow had anything whatever to do with these crimes.
Fail, Andy.
We've figured your scam out and we will see you in November.
Mr. Peters omits quite a bit of the rest of the story:
1. Mr. Smith is not only heterosexual, but the father of 4 kids (including 2 adopted special needs children).
2. Mr. Smith can't go home because his address was publicized and he and his family are getting death threats.
3. Gay bloggers and others on the left have been almost unanimously critical of what Mr. Smith did (BTW they have roundly condemned the vandalism as well).
4. Mr. Smith has already posted a video apology for what he did.
Personally, I think what he did was pretty stupid, and the girl working the window didn't deserve any of that. But the bottom line is that Mr. Smith was fired from his job for expressing a personal opinion about same-sex marriage on his own time. Isn't this what your side keeps complaining about when anything remotely similar happens to your own supporters?
All I can say is "its about time" someone finally got in trouble for bullying those that believe in true marriage. Yes, this is what has happened countless times to those who have dared to say they believe in traditional marriage. I live in CA and believe me, I saw the backlash and that is why I got involved with NOM. It was terrible!!
When will we also stop this discrimination against brother/sister marriages. They can adopt their children too!
Tipping point?
"But the bottom line is that Mr. Smith was fired from his job for expressing a personal opinion about same-sex marriage on his own time."
No--he was fired for PUBLICLY harassing a worker and invading her privacy. Or did he ask her permission to post a video of her?
The tragedy of this whole thing is that none of it should have happened. There is no need for same sex "marriage". Never has been. It's just what some homosexuals want ... today. And they don't care what happens in their pursuit of this current fad.
They need to take a lot of the blame for encouraging the liberals to go out and make fools of themselves. The whole water protest was idiotic from the get-go. If they were denied a water, they were supposed to quote Proverbs 25:21 - "If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink: " as if a proverb is a command and if they didn't get their water they would prove CFA to be hypocrites...? But then the next verse is: "For thou shalt heap hot coals upon his head, and the Lord will reward thee." Well, the protesters got hot coals heaped on their heads. Duh! I wonder if they've learned their lesson not to use the Bible against believers.
Bravo for the successful Chick-fil-A appreciation day! Their president, Mr. Cathy, had every right to express his beliefs regarding marriage--if you don't like it, DON'T EAT AT CHICK-FIL-A! Simple as that.
I don't believe that anyone should be bullied, much less lose their lives for their opinions or their lifestyles, so long as it it is not a threat to others. I support Biblical marriage, and no one is likely to change my belief.
Gay extremists have been bullying society for far too long and inventing a lot of fairy-tales about how they are always victimized. They twist everything to make themselves look like the victims. Hooray that at last the silent majority is rousing itself to tell the nutcases to shut the hell up! The truth is that endless hate and intolerance are being spread by gay fanatics who want to take over the whole world.
This Smith guy on the video did NOT just express a personal opinion, he insulted, harangued and abused an innocent woman in an appalling manner. I am glad he was sacked and I hope that Anthony Piccola will also be sacked for crawling and grovelling to the gay bullies.
This factor will decide the next Presidential election and true marriage WILL WIN.
By the way, there is no proof at all the the motives for the murder of the teen couple in Texas was connected with their sexual orientation. You are jumping to conclusions.
Statistically, homosexuals are far more likely to be beaten or murdered by other homosexuals than they are by heterosexuals.
I have personally witnessed the way that homosexuals inflict physical attacks, death threats, abuse and public stigmatization on anybody who dares to cast doubt on even the smallest part of their dogmas and agenda. It is vicious! They form lynch mobs and they deliberately get good people sacked from their jobs. They do a lot of harm and they have very nasty minds.
They bullied Donald Perry of Chick-fil-A to death! An RAF servicemen here was killed for refusing homosexual advances, labelled homophobe and beaten up then hanged.
Yes, I hope this Chick-fil-A affair is the tipping point, it is long overdue.
All they have to do is to prove Chick-Fil-A is anti-'gay'. Is someone anti-'gay', by definition, if he or she does not believe in 'he or she'? Or if we don't give one particular 'gay' or 'lesbian' what they want? If a child doesn't get what he/she wants, they put up a temper tantrum. As they get older they start saying you 'hate' them when they don't get what they want.
History of discrimination? Guess what: Christians have an even longer and worse history of discrimination - that's what led to the US Constitution's 1st Amendment, on religious liberty and freedom to EXERCISE one's religion. People are even exempt from going to war for religious profession - called a conscientious objector. Christians were thrown to the lions in Rome, Christian property was taken away (confiscated). All Christian leaders (including Jesus) were put to death, except the Apostle John, according to history or tradition. If anyone wants to talk about being discriminated, let's talk about how Christians have been persecuted and what led to the religious freedom of the USA, an incredible social and political experiment not found even when the Roman Constantino converted to Christianity - he made Christianity the government's preferred religion - which is not freedom of religion. Even atheists have freedom of religion, because they constitute a religion under the guise of secularism. Let's call things what they are, and go from there. Only then can there be progress and not regress.
Well he got what he deserved. Maybe he will think before he jeprodizes his families means of support doing something so stupid. Guess he never thought that might be his daughter having to put up with such nonsense.
As for loosing his job.....he wasn't just an employee. He was an officer of the company and they clearly made the right decision . He could have seriously hurt their business for something that was totally put of their control. Love everybody and learn to keep your mouth shut!
You're certainly making a lot of political hay about those three examples, Andy. The most commonly used one is the Matthew Shepard incident, even though it had occurred 14 years ago. That only goes to show how hard it is to find many examples of anti gay persecution in this country for you to exploit.
One incident that comes to mind occurred in 2006 when a gay man named William Smithson made sexual advances toward another man named Jason Shephard, which he rejected. Smithson later strangled Shephard to death for that. I wonder why the media never mad a big deal over that murder?
Not to mention the significant number of homosexual serial killers that have plagued this country's history from Jeffery Dahlmer to John Wayne Gacy. Yet, I never hear any of them used to hate on gays.
Face it, Andy. This is not about civil rights but rather special rights that are used to compromise and negate all of the REAL civil rights found in the US Constitution. This blog posts articles that confirms it almost every day.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/chick-fil-a-protester-posts-a-video-apology-to-rachel-and-explains-his-actions/
I appreciate his apology video. I think he's sincere. I'm horrified by his original video, but I'm sorry he had to lose his job. Everyone does dumb stuff sometimes.
Not sure I can respond to this in one post, but what the heck, I'll do what I can.
@Rick Delano
You pretty much missed my point. In short, no, you do not understand me correctly. In order: re-read my post, drop the derogatory remarks like "chump", "fail", and "scam", and then we can have a conversation.
@Son of Adam
I don't know if you just stopped reading my post or what, but the reason I cited Matthew Shepard was exactly why you say: he's the most commonly cited, therefore, the most instantly recognizable. Had you continued reading, you might have noticed that the other three victims were attacked -this year-. It doesn't "[go] to show how hard it is to find many examples". I'm writing a response, not my own article; therefore, brevity is a virture. If you insist that I list more, I'll oblige, though I assure you that you can find them on your own.
As to the serial killers: You only list two! I guess that speaks to how hard it is to find examples of homosexual serial killers.
This is about civil rights, and gay marriage will not negate constitutional rights. Consider: the ACLU, often viewed as an ally of the gay community, recently rebuffed a few pro-gay mayors, because they made the (ridiculous) assertion that because of a COO's personal beliefs, a company could be denied a building permit or permission to do business. Major pro-gay organizations also recognize that the mayors were wrong-headed. Cathy's remarks are protected free speech, and nobody (of any credibility) would seek to deny his right to say them. Which is not to say we would rather he not.
Just because interracial marriage is now legal, does not mean it is -illegal- to speak out against it. You -right- to espouse anti-gay views in church and on the streets is now and will be protected. The law won't punish you, but your fellow citizens might be wary of associating with you.
Just because you have the right to say something does not mean you -are- right to say it. But you and I both have the same right to free speech. It's only other rights that we don't share, namely, to marry the person that we love.
Not sure I can respond to this in one post, but what the heck, I'll do what I can.
@Rick Delano
You pretty much missed my point. In short, no, you do not understand me correctly. In order: re-read my post, drop the derogatory remarks like "chump", "fail", and "scam", and then we can have a conversation.
@Son of Adam
I don't know if you just stopped reading my post or what, but the reason I cited Matthew Shepard was exactly why you say: he's the most commonly cited, therefore, the most instantly recognizable. Had you continued reading, you might have noticed that the other three victims were attacked -this year-. It doesn't "[go] to show how hard it is to find many examples". I'm writing a response, not my own article; therefore, brevity is a virture. If you insist that I list more, I'll oblige, though I assure you that you can find them on your own.
As to the serial killers: You only list two! I guess that speaks to how hard it is to find examples of homosexual serial killers.
This is about civil rights, and gay marriage will not negate constitutional rights. Consider: the ACLU, often viewed as an ally of the gay community, recently rebuffed a few pro-gay mayors, because they made the (ridiculous) assertion that because of a COO's personal beliefs, a company could be denied a building permit or permission to do business. Major pro-gay organizations also recognize that the mayors were wrong-headed. Cathy's remarks are protected free speech, and nobody (of any credibility) would seek to deny his right to say them. Which is not to say we would rather he not.
Just because interracial marriage is now legal, does not mean it is -illegal- to speak out against it. You -right- to espouse anti-gay views in church and on the streets is now and will be protected. The law won't punish you, but your fellow citizens might be wary of associating with you.
Just because you have the right to say something does not mean you -are- right to say it. But you and I both have the same right to free speech. It's only other rights that we don't share, namely, to marry the person that we love.
@Son of Adam: my response to you is in moderation. I'll just wait for it to appear this time instead of resubmitting it in pieces.
Gays and their supporters are the bullies, not people that believe that marriage is between a man and a woman!
Wow, 2 of us showed hate for you. While hundreds of thousands of you showed your hateful intolerance of us. I'd say those are pretty good odds. Like you, I dont agree with the first two posts, but no one is perfect... Especially when people are contributing millions of dollars discriminating against them.
There are countries in the world in which homosexuals are stoned to death and you're crying "discrimination" when we don't redefine a children oriented institution like marriage to suit your sexual proclivities?
Grow up for crying out loud!
What happened to adam smith is an example of how the petulant intolerant attitudes you see all the time from SS"M" supporters backfire on them. Just how much will be made clear on election day this November.
My response is up the thread, Andy.
You chose not to respond to its substance, but I am always willing to be surprised.
Calireunthinker: stats on that rate of homsexual-on-homsexual crime? No, don't bother. You;ll need proper sociologically credible research, not World Net Daily of any of the so-called christian sites such as the UK C. Institute that continue to publish lies such as that you referred to.
Why is the vandal that was Indenified not arrested?
Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse according to report
BREAKING NEWS:
Associated PressAssociated Press
Posted: 08/05/2012 02:30:11 PM PDT
August 5, 2012 9:31 PM GMTUpdated: 08/05/2012 02:30:11 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Internal documents from the Boy Scouts of America reveal more than 125 cases in which men suspected of molestation allegedly continued to abuse Scouts, despite a blacklist meant to protect boys from sexual predators.
A Los Angeles Times review (http://lat.ms/OT9zx5) of more than 1,200 files from 1970 to 1991 found suspected abusers regularly remained in the organization after officials were first presented with sexual misconduct allegations.
Predators moved from troop to troop because of clerical errors, computer glitches or the Scouts' failure to check the blacklist, known as the "perversion files," the newspaper said.
In at least 50 cases, the Scouts expelled suspected abusers, only to discover they had re-entered the organization and were accused of molesting again.
In other cases, officials failed to document reports of abuse in the first place, letting offenders stay in the program until new allegations came to light, the Times reported.
One scoutmaster was expelled in 1970 for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in Indiana. After being convicted of the crime, he went on to join two troops in Illinois between 1971 and 1988. He later admitted to molesting more than 100 boys, was convicted of the sexual assault of a Scout in 1989 and was sentenced to 100 years in prison, according to his file and court records.
In 1991, a Scout leader convicted of abusing a boy in Minnesota returned to his
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old troop shortly after getting out of jail.
This video needs to be added:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8G4jI3VI8U&feature=player_embedded#!
Disgusting...
And this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcKJEHrvwDI
Those two links are so incredibly vile that, were it not for the absolutely heroic Christian virtue of the victims of these fascists, one would be unable to watch them.
Make no mistake, Mitt Romney has missed his moment here.
Again.
He is a pathetic candidate, a true empty suit, and yet we have no choice but to elect him.
The alternative is too awful to contemplate.
They were *really* 'tolerant' of the Mormons:
http://www.libertymusings.com/images/no-on-8-sm.jpg
http://www.stopthemormons.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/biggot-spray-paint.jpg
and other Christians:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrRxFoBSPng
We can't let Obama appoint Supreme Court justices, not with SSM going to SCOTUS.
Andy, simply typing "homosexual serial killers" in a google search will reveal far more such predators than two, I assure you.
And if you want to convince people that gays are a persecuted minority in this country, you will have to do more than cite an incident that occurred over a decade ago, because all the recent murders of gays I have been able to find have happened in middle eastern and African countries under Sharia law where homosexuality is illegal and is punishable by death - usually by stoning! And you're bemoaning the CEO of CFA for expressing his religious beliefs about the natural family? How petty can you get?
And who decides what is the right thing to say? You? Who does not even have the moral clarity to distinguish between racism and family values? I have heard of some lame attempts to discourage free speech before, but this really takes the cake!
The antics of these mayors only goes to show the fascist attitudes of SS"M" activists like yourself who forget that the first amendment applies to everyone and are so intolerant to diversity of views different to theirs, they demonize them by comparing them to racism. I do not want the US government to adopt the same hostile attitude against the values that support the natural family that you and others constantly display here on a daily basis.
And no, I do not have the right to marry the anyone I love. No one does. That includes people who are already married, relatives, and people who are just not interested.
@John B., you contradict yourself throughout your post.
If:
1) Gay bloggers criticized Smith
2) He apologized
3) You think what he did was stupid and misdirected
Then why do you say it's a case where a person was fired merely for "expressing a personal opinion about same-sex marriage on his own time"?
Do you think Smith should have apologized for expressing his opinion on his own time? Were gay bloggers right to criticize him for expressing his opinion? A lot of celebrities and politicians have done the same; should they be unanimously criticized? Do you think a person is "stupid" to express their opinion in favor of ssm on their own time? Should a person be fired for tweeting in support of "marriage equality," in the same way as Damian Goddard, because you see the situation as "similar" to Smith's?
Attacks on religious liberty should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law under hate crime laws. Perhaps we will see some hope and change under the upcoming Romney administration.
It is pathetic to see you NOM followers talk of tolerance when you're the ones devoting your entire lives to hurting people. Gay people are simply fighting back against you. And you're getting m,ore desperate because you're losing, big time.
@AD2,
Has any poster here asked you to change to appease them?
You are the one demanding this nation’s history and traditions be changed in order to lend a greater appearance of acceptability to your depravity. You instigated this fight and now you are crying foul because you are getting beat.
Losing.
Big time.
Hmmm.
Thirty million at Chick Fil A last Wednesday, and thirty three straight electoral defeats of pseudo-marriage.
Logic has never been among the strong suits of the pseudo-marriage advocate.
Gays choose to be murdered because they are gay?
That sounds awfully similar to rapists claims that their victims deserved to be raped because they chose to dress in sexy clothes. They were asking for it.
Disgusting. Hate in its purest form.
>>But the bottom line is that Mr. Smith was fired from his job for expressing a personal opinion about same-sex marriage on his own time. Isn't this what your side keeps complaining about when anything remotely similar happens to your own supporters?
I'm confident you're not referring to the Facebook posting incidents since there's obviously no comparison between those and someone going out of their way to harass someone while on the job by a drive-thru window. So, please cite examples where marriage defenders are harassing SSM proponents at their jobs.
Hank and Married, there is no hate if you accept Christ in your life and live accordingly. 32 states have shown what the people know about marriage. Did you see the turn out at Chic-Fil-A? Just the majority of people standing up for marriage and protecting real families.
This example, and the examples provided by commenters with their links, are far too common. When SSMers think they have the upperhand, this is what they do and say -- with gusto.
Some SSMers are more timid than others. Note the crowds of supportive standersby who did not intervene with objections. Why, for example, did none of those SSMers not help the homeless preacher rub out the chalked nonsense? Perhaps their timidity is prompted by the gusto of the mockers.
Ridicule is the weapon of first resort when SSMers think others are silently in agreement with their rants and absurdities.
Chairm,
On the other thread, you asked me whether I saw a video of the preacher being beaten. I haven't seen it.
For some reason, I can't post there.
Can you give me a link to the video?