Chick-fil-a

Tax reports have now exposed Chick-fil-A for funding the anti-Christian Southern Poverty Law Center; an organization linked in federal court to domestic terrorism after their smear campaign of Christian organizations resulted in a shooting in which the gunman planned to smear Chick-fil-A sandwiches in the faces of his victims.

Chick-fil-A made a conscious choice to draw attention to this very public divorce from two Bible-believing charities. And then, in a calculated move, announced its support was going to an organization that, on its website, openly and proudly supports everything about the LGBT community.

What was compelling about the Chick-fil-A story was that it reminded people that efforts to punish Christians in particular would not succeed if people of all stripes rejected that craven effort. It didn’t require you to agree with the position of an executive about traditional marriage, it didn’t require you to be a Christian, and it wasn’t even about your politics. People appreciated the opportunity to publicly reject the all-too-familiar strategy of the left to destroy anything that does not conform to their narratives or agendas. The organiation caved and it won't be the same. Now just another chicken place, it may be staying closed on Sundays, but for many, Chick-fil-A will be considered closed seven days a week.

When the cultural left can't achieve what it wants through public mobilization, it simply uses the power of government to blackmail those it dislikes. Our First Amendment culture is endangered when local governments are given the capacity to block businesses from operating, not on the basis of business discrimination but on the viewpoint of the company's founders alone. That's precisely what's happening here. Politics has invaded everything from education to sports, from movies to fashion. Should politics now determine where we buy a chicken sandwich? A country that punishes restaurants because its founders don't openly celebrate same-sex marriage is a country destined to bifurcate. And that's pretty fowl.

A brand is more than food and service, it is also what customers perceive about the corporate ethos. Chick-fil-A, with the announcement that it will no longer donate to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, has effectively destroyed the perception that it still adheres to founder S. Truett Cathy’s Christ-centered corporate values.

What’s happened to Chick-fil-A and the NRA prove, there remains no protection except the ballot box to curtail the ability of Democrats to shut down arbitrarily whole classes of businesses they deem to be “politically incorrect.”

Americans agree that tolerance and inclusion are necessary in our diverse and pluralistic society. The government sends a dangerous message when it threatens businesses owned by religious people because they (or the organizations to which they donate) may not hold the opinions that the government prefers. Neither Texans nor Chick-fil-a should stand for such intolerance and bigotry by the government. Anyone who stands for tolerance and equality should actively oppose the discriminatory action manifested by San Antonio City Council officials.

The left has only one god: power. That is what defines it. To the extent that Chick-fil-A inspires people to adopt its values, it is a threat to radical secularists. Moreover, survey data have repeatedly shown that a very large portion of the "nones," those who answer "none" when asked about their religious affiliation, are on the left. They see Christian activists as a threat. Jews are too secular to begin with, and Muslims are too small to matter. So they focus on Christians.

When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed there was no political bias at Facebook Senator Cruz rattled off a laundry list of examples: A “Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day” page that was banned in 2012, around the time that homosexuals were organizing a boycott of the fast-food chain after its chief operating officer made comments against same-sex marriage. Diamond and Silk, the outspoken Trump fangirls who were told by Facebook that their “content and brand” were “unsafe to the community” were just two examples on the list.

To the thousands (perhaps millions) of Chick-fil-A employees and Christian seekers he touched through his business, his motivational books and speeches, and his Christian ministry he will ever be remember as “Mr. Cathy” a man who showed those who were prepared to listen that there was a power higher than the almighty dollar and next quarter’s earnings statement.

Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, a Southern icon for the company he created and for the religious principles that kept the chain’s stores closed on Sundays, has died at 93.

Socastee High School will no longer welcome Chick-fil-A food or sponsorship of their special education department thanks to Michelle Obama's school nutritional guidelines. Obama doesn't have a degree or even a certificate in nutrition. 

Chick-Fil-A stores in the south put their Christian values on display by providing free food and shelter to stranded travelers. Why didn't they capitalize on being the only locally available food source? Because the company is based on taking care of people before profit. Take that, liberals.