Does Anybody Want a Chicken Sandwich

It has been interesting to watch the uproar over, of all things, Chick Fil A in recent days. It is an interesting example of how a political firestorm can happen over the most inane things.

A couple of weeks ago the CEO of Chick Fil A gave some sort of interview where he stated his opposition to gay marriage stating that " God was against it and that if we as humans kept shaking our fist at God there would be retribution."

I think that on the surface this gentleman saying that is his right. Chick Fil A makes no secret of the fact that it considers itself a business that runs on Christian principles. They are based in the South and close on Sundays. With that information the fact that the owner speaks against gay marriage should not be that much of a surprise.

As far as I am concerned if liberal companies such as the makers of Oreos want to sell rainbow Oreos to be gay friendly, and then conservative organizations want to use that information to make decisions to not buy those products I am fine with that. After all the power of purchase is something we all hold.

With that information if people who support gay causes want to choose not to buy Chick Fil A products then that is ok too. Certainly everyone has the right to make these decisions, to shop or not to shop.

What is concerning to me is not the statement and the folks making the decision to support or not support. It is the overdone response. Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum urged people to eat at Chick Fil A to support their stand. Then we have gay people protesting by having kiss in's in the parking lot.

Doesn't it all seem a little much. Clearly those on the political right are trying to profit from the controversy. I support gay marriage because my position has evolved but I undertand that good people can have different opinions.

What I think needs to happen however is that folks on both sides of any issue, and particularly this one, need to know that they hold a match. I saw a tweet that Brandon McCarthy, a pitcher for the Oakland A's who says some pretty interesting things , in which he deplored the terrible hate speech coming from this controversy. Attached to the tweet was an article that showed the most offensive tweet about the issue that had been sent. Death, Fag and other awful things were omnipresent in these tweets.

What is wrong with people. I have read the Bible front to back and yes we see the Bible talk about men not laying with men, but it also talks about adultery, not charging interest and not eating bacon. How many of the people on both sides of this issue follow those rules. And my Bible tells me that a sin is a sin is a sin except for blasphemy.

The whole thing is ridiculous. How can we solve the problems in this country if our whole political debate gets hijacked about the politics of a greasy chicken sandwich.

It is when you think about it nothing short of shameful.