What happens when you want (WHY?) to be a little bit controversial...

Okay.  SO yeah... I'm joining the ever-growing Chick-fil-A debate.  I shouldn't.  Really.  I know I shouldn't.  But instead of asking myself WHY? again, I just said WHY NOT??? So, if you don't want my opinion, you should stop reading... now.  Yep, right now.  I'm a bit opinionated, I'm loyal to a particular party, I want to volunteer for that party when I'm old and gray, I don't understand why anyone wouldn't vote, I tear up when I see a man or woman in uniform, I've cried saying the Pledge of Allegiance, and I flat-out, 100%, do not apologize for loving this great (say what you will) nation's foundation.  So I warned you.

The Chick-fil-A issue is not about hate.  It has never, ever, ever been about hate.  For me, the pride and determination I felt while waiting in that drive-thru line was about something far greater than disagreeing with a lifestyle.  It was about FINALLY feeling like a company was NOT pushing me away.  Like they were saying, "Hey! Lindsay Habedank! There are millions of people going to Chick-fil-A today who are feeling exactly like you!" In a world where Christians are pushed away, where traditional families are fading from view, where the nation is losing sight of what it was founded upon, it was like a bit of water to dry, thirsty ground to see communities pulling together in support of Chick-fil-A.

I worked for four years in public schools.  The last two years, spent in Metro Nashville, I was the outsider, made fun of for my beliefs, invited by the school system to attend an event celebrating Darwin, and told that I was almost not hired because I was "too conservative."  Now, let's examine this end of the spectrum.  There are so many people rushing to the defense of a certain lifestyle because, bless their hearts, "Christians hate them."  You and I know this will never be true of someone who is honestly seeking Christ with their whole heart on a daily basis.  But what about the Christians? Nobody is saying, "Bless their hearts, the whole world thinks they're stupid." Nope.  They are joining right in with them and calling us crazy.  We are the minority.  We are discriminated against.  We are pushed to the side.  If the world could only see that segregation is happening all over again... only not with race.  This time it's religion.  Oh, WAIT! No!! It's NOT religion.  It's Christianity.

The Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was not about hate.  It was about love and support for a great company who is celebrating and maintaining their traditional values.  Let the other companies celebrate gay rights, if they so choose.  You won't see Christian mayors calling for the closure of those businesses.  Why? Because it'll be dismissed as... wait for it... crazy and hateful.  It's time that Christians realize that this is discrimination.  Make a bold move and stand up for what you believe is right.  "They" do.