Our expectations of what we are going to see when we turn on
our local news, or open the local newspaper is certainly changing. In the past, we expected to see stories on
local crimes, local events or stories about politicians, local and nationwide. Now, the tops stories seem to have turned to
which companies and organizations are taking which side regarding the subject
of gays and same sex marriages. I can
remember when we did not hear of these things – much less have large
corporations “taking sides” on the issue of gay rights.
This has certainly changed though. One of the top news stories this week has
been about the stance taken on this subject by the CEO of Chick-Fil-A. The CEO’s statement reflected Chick-Fil-A’s
stance that they would not and do not support gay rights and same sex
marriages. They have taken a firm stance
on their Christianity.
Chick-Fil-A does not open on Sunday, thereby not requiring
any of its employees to have to work who might otherwise go to church to worship. Of course, they have taken quite a bit of
“heat” for their stance, as well as having received a lot of support as
well. So, now one of the focuses of the
news seems to be which companies support gay rights versus which ones do not.
It seems a sad state of affairs that this has become such an
issue. A local Christian radio station
in this area hosted callers who wanted to call in and tell listeners of local
businesses in their area who openly support Christianity in their places of
business.
This is a “contest” that I would never have thought we would
be having in this country. Why? The reason for this is simple. My Bible tells me that God created a man and
a woman to populate the earth. This is
clear and there is no room for misinterpretation, nor do I hear people who seem
to argue on this point. So, even without
going any further into the scriptures, this point seems to clearly address the
issue. I saw a comment posted on a blog
yesterday that makes a good point. “If
God had created Adam and Steve, instead of Adam and Eve, would we be having
this controversy?”
What do you think??
