In case you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, there is this huge controversy concerning Chick-Fil-A in which Dan Cathy, president of the company and son of the founder and CEO Truett Cathy, has stated that he was "guilty as charged" when it comes to the support of family and marriage in the biblical sense. This has LGBT people and their supporters up-in-arms over the huge issue.
I'll admit it: at first, I was kinda like, "So...what is the big deal? I'm in support of the traditional family (as I am in one), and that doesn't make me bigoted. Everyone is entitled to their opinion."
Then, I found this out that they had been giving money to pro-traditional family groups, and I was like, "Ok..."
Then, I found out one of those groups is a certified anti-gay hate group under the Southern Poverty Law Center, and I was like, "Oh, no!"
That's right: the Family Research Council (FRC) preaches that gays are pedophiles and that homosexuality should be made illegal and gays should be exported out of the U.S. They use false claims against homosexuals in order to keep them from claiming equal rights, much like what was done to African Americans after the Civil War through the Civil Rights era.
I used go to Chick-Fil-A very often; however, I will no longer be frequenting an establishment that supports an organization with such an ignorant and intolerant ideology.
