Austin Ruse writes at The Catholic Thing about what Chick-fil-A did for both sides of the marriage debate.
Their side:
"It’s like they saw us for the very first time.
They have heard about us. They certainly talk about us enough. They psychoanalyze us. They mock us. But they never really see us.
They know we may turn elections, even elections about marriage and even in liberal states. This is a puzzle to them because they certainly don’t know any of us on the Upper West Side of Manhattan or the Hollywood Hills.Perhaps they thought we were an embarrassment from the past, cringe-inducing folks from back home, odd ducks living down dusty roads, dangerous creatures living in malarial fever-swamps.
But they saw us last week lined up by the millions waiting sometimes hours to buy chicken sandwiches. We celebrated the day in our joyful, quiet, and respectful way – and it profoundly freaked them out. Rachel Held Evans is a left-wing Christian blogger..."
Our side:
"...And so this whole episode was important. We came out in droves. We came out by the millions and we voted with a buck and a cluck. Normal people. Not hate-filled bigots. It was a quadruple victory. First, we won. Second, they lost. Third, they know they lost. And fourth, they really saw us for the first time.
Perhaps as important as them seeing us for the first time is that we also saw ourselves. Face it: this issue can be lonely, lonely in the workplace, in popular culture, lonely among friends, lonely even among family.
Our opponents like it that way. They want us alone, isolated and defeated. They harp on the inevitability argument and it is quite effective. But last week the tables were turned. Last week we weren’t so alone were we? We were huge and didn’t it feel amazing? Didn’t you shyly smile at others in line, like we knew a secret? Well, it’s not a secret anymore.
Whoever thought that “Eat Mor Chikin” would become a secret password and a rallying cry for Western Civilization?"
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"But they saw us last week lined up by the millions waiting sometimes hours to buy chicken sandwiches. We celebrated the day in our joyful, quiet, and respectful way – and it profoundly freaked them out."
"Last week we weren’t so alone were we? We were huge and didn’t it feel amazing? Didn’t you shyly smile at others in line, like we knew a secret? Well, it’s not a secret anymore."
And for every person standing in line each of us knew there were at least three more who wanted to go, but just could not quite make it. Starbucks saw it, JC Penney, Hallmark, Levis, Apple, Microsoft, and their respective shareholders saw it as well. Now it is to us to finish the job; never stop fighting until the fight is won.
“You called down the thunder; well here I am…”
Here's to togetherness, in dignity and in truth.
I'm sure CFA doesn't want this kind of publicity. Keep going NOM, you're destroying a brand.
>>...CFA doesn't want this kind of publicity...you're destroying a brand.
They're only being publicly appreciated for their own stated values and, as a result, are setting new world records for sales. Now *that's* something to take PRIDE in!
@Mike,
If CFA was vegan I would be there three days a week; five if they did smoothies.
@Seaborne Roddenberry,
Seems to me the only ones going on record not wanting attention for their position on this topic are those companies that announced their support of marriage corruption.
Promoting sexual depravity is not the winning strategy they thought it would be.
Randy E King wrote,
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> And for every person standing in line each of us knew there were at least three more who wanted to go, but just could not quite make it.
Probably most of their regular customers saw the lines and went somewhere else.
Odd that NOM is standing with Chick-fil-A. Dan Cathy is an evangelical christian. NOM, started by Maggie Gallagher, is a Catholic christian organization. Evangelicals hate Catholics and preach they are misguided and going to hell.
I guess the old saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend applies here.
NOM and Chick-fil-A... united in hate. So un-Christ-like it makes one want to cry.
Poor Tracey wants to cry; so we're supposed to suspend logic and reason to make her feel better, even though her feelings are based on a misperception. This is classic liberalism, appealing to emotion and victimhood.
NOM and Chick-Fil-A are not hateful organizations; they just happen to disagree with you about what marriage is. Now go get a tissue.
@Overcame
Classic Liberalism is modern Conservatism.
Modern Liberalism is Progressivism/Secularism