On Chick-fil-A and the Off with 'Er 'Head Syndrome

Well folks, we have reached the boiling point. The point at which two sides can continue arguing until the cows come home and no one will ever give an inch of their ground. The point at which all reason and hope for understanding go out the window (as some might say, defenestrated). The point at which there is simply so much noise that all I see is a bunch of people (facebook posts, mostly) go running around like chickens with their heads cut off (pun intended) trying to make more noise than the other side in an effort to drown them out.


I have definitely wondered why this was the mountain to stand on. I mean, why not the boy scouts, who publicly affirmed their decision not to allow homosexual leaders into their clubs only a month ago? I'm sure there is more that is out there. Why does one guy, when asked what he thought about marriage happen to bring out the animosity on both sides when he also happens to own a popular restaurant joint?

My best guess is that members of the LGBT community are simply fed up. With being the trash, the targets, the scapegoats. With being denied rights and respect that every other American enjoys. With being protested, shunned, blamed, excluded, "fixed", and otherwise seen as being the ultimate dysfunction.

Honestly, I do not believe that this has anything to do with our second amendment rights (though trust me, there definitely should not be anyone telling a restaurant where they can and can't open a business). No, this problem began LONG before all of this chicken nonsense.

There is a sort of wound on top of wound, a scar over scar that is happening here, and it is only serving to deepen the rift between us as people.

If I believe that God loves me, it is to believe that He loves me through my wounds. I am all too familiar with my faults. Why can we not afford the same grace toward ALL people? Why are some wounds acceptable but others are not? Why is a cold and stagnant marriage better (more holy and deemed legit by the church) than a same-sex marriage?