The recent outcry regarding the personal opinion voiced by the CEO of Chik-Fil-A reflects just how far removed we have become from the nation formed by our founding fathers. I could understand the outrage if they had indicated they would not serve openly gay individuals, or hire openly gay individuals. But by merely stating that he believes that marriage is only between a man and a woman he is stating just that. He believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. This is in line with their Christian operating philosophy. To me this is equivalent to boycotting them because they are closed on Sundays. Personally I would love to see the old "Blue" laws reinstated. Businesses would either be closed entirely or open after 1 pm on Sunday.
To condemn an individual or a business because they do not believe the same as we do is about as far away from freedom of speech, religious freedom and probably many other freedoms as you can get. Personally I believe that love knows no color or other boundaries. You can't force people to love who or what you want them to.
Slowly but ever surely many of the very freedoms guaranteed us in the Constitution are being stripped away not by a majority but by very vocal minorities. In an effort to become more politically correct and not offend anyone, we offend everyone. I firmly believe in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as written by our founding fathers. They are as valid today as they were over 200 years ago. You have only to look around the globe to see genocide in countries where freedoms either never existed or were applicable to a few. Is this our future? Are we destined to go the way of the Romans, the early Greeks, the Persians and the other great civilizations that flourished and then disappeared?
I firmly believe in the saying "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". There are many instances in our own history and that of others that we can learn from.
The Chik-Fil-A controversy: Tempest in a teapot or Tip of the iceberg.
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