How does this happen? Chick-fil-A branded as anti-gay?

[rah]

It is hilarious watching Ben trot out all the old arguments that southern racists used to defend their discrimination against blacks.
He doesn't quite get it.

[giblets]

We were talking about conservatism, not fascism, you wouldn't understand.

Yeah. "Conservative" doesn't necessarily mean "character out of a Dickens novel".

[Asher]

1. Christ, anti-Chick-fil-A people are dumb.

2. Uhhh, brown people can be discriminatory, too.

3. Interestingly enough, journalists aren't supposed to end news stories with extremely suggestive lines that betray their political views.

It's from the Toronto Star, which is largely a left-wing rag.

[Asher]

It is hilarious watching Ben trot out all the old arguments that southern racists used to defend their discrimination against blacks.
He doesn't quite get it.

I bet he'd defend this, too.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/mississippi-church-apologizes-for-refusing-to-let-black-couple-marry/article4465421/

Mississippi church apologizes for refusing to let black couple marry

A predominantly white Mississippi church has apologized for its refusal to allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary, though the couple said Monday they knew nothing of the apology until a reporter called.

The First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs posted the apology on its website Sunday, saying it was seeking “forgiveness and reconciliation” with Charles Wilson and Te'Andrea Henderson Wilson, their families and friends and God.

“This wrong decision resulted in hurt and sadness for everyone. Both the pastor and those involved in the wedding location being changed have expressed their regrets and sorrow for their actions,” reads part of the six-paragraph statement.

However, Charles Wilson said no one from the church had contacted him or his wife.

“I can't believe they think they've apologized,” Mr. Wilson said. He said only one or two people from the church have contacted him in recent weeks, and they did so personally and not as representatives of the church.

“You put a thing in the media and say you've apologized?” Mr. Wilson asked. “That is an insult.”

Church officials did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking further comment Monday.

The Wilsons had planned a marriage ceremony at the church July 21, but some members objected to Rev. Stan Weatherford after the couple's rehearsal. The Wilsons have said that Father Weatherford, the pastor, told them he could be fired if the wedding was held in his church.

The couple's wedding was held in a predominantly black church, where Father Weatherford officiated.

Some church members have said that most of the hundreds of congregants didn't learn what had happened until well after the Wilsons' wedding.

Crystal Springs, a town of about 5,000 people about 20 miles south of Jackson, is more than 60 percent black. The Wilsons live in Jackson but started attending church there because Father Weatherford has been a personal friend of Te'Andrea Wilson's family. Some members of her family have continued to attend church at First Baptist, though the Wilsons have not.

Town officials held a racial unity rally July 30, with Weatherford, Mayor Sally Garland and others praying for racial reconciliation. The Wilsons attended, but Father Weatherford and the Wilsons did not speak. Father Weatherford told reporters there he was trying to avoid conflict by moving the wedding and denied that his job had been threatened.

Southern Baptist leaders had called for the church to reconsider, noting that the Baptist Faith and Message, a statement of what Southern Baptists believe, says that “Christians should oppose racism.” State and national leaders of the denomination, though, noted that each church is autonomous, and said the church had to work out its own response.

After being slow to reach out across racial lines, Southern Baptists have made increasing efforts in that direction in the past two decades. Nationwide, about 19 per cent of 45,000 Southern Baptist churches are majority-minority, including 3,500 that are majority black.

Earlier this year, the convention elected its first black president, Rev. Fred Luter Jr. of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans. At the same meeting, delegates voted to give churches the option of calling themselves Great Commission Baptist churches, for those who wish to break free of the Southern Baptist name to seek more followers.

[Docfeelgood]

IMHO
When I see most gay people they come off as attention seeking whores.

[Asher]

I assume you are also a Christian?

[giblets]

At least they don't steal your truck

[Docfeelgood]

no

[Docfeelgood]

you're funny

[Docfeelgood]

Are you going to hate me now because this is my opinion?
(I'm not picking on you Asher, I like you.)
If people want to be gay that's ok with me. I have a problem with the attitudes of most gay people when it comes to making a compromise. Most of all I see from gay people is ( my or no way ). No room for compromise.

[Wezil]

No I hate* you because you can't get the your/you're right.



* I don't really hate you but **** on a stick dude, its not that hard to understand.

[Lorizael]

IMHO
When I see most gay people they come off as attention seeking whores.

Yes, my attention is also drawn to attention-seeking people.

[Docfeelgood]

Sorry Wezil, I do try. There fixed it for you.

[Asher]

Are you going to hate me now because this is my opinion?
(I'm not picking on you Asher, I like you.)
If people want to be gay that's ok with me. I have a problem with the attitudes of most gay people when it comes to making a compromise. Most of all I see from gay people is ( my or no way ). No room for compromise.

What kind of compromise are you talking about?

You can't compromise on equality. You're equal or you're not.

[Docfeelgood]

What kind of compromise are you talking about?

You can't compromise on equality. You're equal or you're not.

I must not be informed. I thought gay people did have equality.

Besides, I thought all this was because of the guys opinion only. People should be allowed to form there on opinion.