Chick-fil-A: It's No Longer Safe To Be A Christian In America

BULLETIN: Never has something so accurately encapsulated the culture war that is being waged right now against Christians and the teachings of the Bible as the furor surrounding the personal comments made by Dan Cathy, who happens to be the head of Chick-fil-A in support of traditional marriage.

For the record, here are the ACTUAL COMMENTS that have outraged the militant gay community and their willing accomplices in mainstream media and politics. When asked about his company's support for the traditional family he replied:

"Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position.

"We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.

"We operate as a family business ... our restaurants are typically led by families; some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that," Cathy emphasized.

"We intend to stay the course," he said. "We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles." (from an interview with Baptist Press)

Did you hear the anti-homosexual hatred in that statement? Neither did I. But apparently the pro-gay militants heard it - and they've issued a fatwa against Chick-fil-A. Look at some of the vitriol that is being spewed at Cathy and Chick-fil-A.

A Chicago politician, Alderman Joe Moreno, who represents Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, said he will use his aldermanic privilege to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in his ward.

"I don't believe a company that speaks out against gay rights in our country today...should have the opportunity to operate in the city of Boston." - Thomas Menino, Democrat Mayor of Boston

Commenting on alderman Moreno's plan to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in the city, Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel offered his support: "Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values," the mayor said in a statement when asked about Moreno's decision. "They disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents. This would be a bad investment, since it would be empty."

Then on Friday, on Fox News' Bill O'Reily show, Laura Ingraham interviewed Wayne Besen, executive director of Truth Wins Out, a gay rights group. I encourage you to watch the video of this interview because it's hard to believe what is being said.  Here's a link to the video

Here are some highlights:

"They have given millions of dollars to anti-gay organizations and I find it incredibly hypocritical that they would complain about not being able to open up a store. One of the groups they gave money to, the Family Research Council said it's the government's moral duty to legislate morality, and now they're complaining that morality's being legislated in the way they don't like."

REALITY CHECK: What these government officials are proposing to do is NOT legislating (writing laws), they are are threatening to illegally misuse their position of power to oppress a private company because they hate the fact that the company's leader believes the Bible is true.

Besen calls Cathy's statements in support of traditional marriage, "horrible", "bigoted", "nasty", "horrible" (again), "nasty" (again), and "controversial".

REALITY CHECK: Well, I'll give him the last one, but let's remember that what he's calling "horrible", "bigoted", and "nasty" is God's clear teaching in Scripture that homosexuality is an evil perversion.

Laura then asks a BRILLIANT QUESTION. She says, "Can you be a practicing traditional Christian in the United States today and speak your mind and not be branded a hater? Can you be - and not be ostracized?"

The answer to that question is, for the first time since this country's inception, in question. In case any of you were paying attention, this is STEP 5 of 6 in the homosexual militant's manifesto of how to defeat the taboos against itself and gain protected status as a minority. STEP 5 says: Make the Victimizers (people who don't believe homosexuality is acceptable) look bad.

Do you think they are succeeding?

What this means on more of a spiritual level is that "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths."  (2 Timothy 4:3-4 ESV)