Antoine Dodson: Gays Have Gone From Being Bullied to Bullying

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Antoine Dodson:

‘The gay community — we have went from being bullied to becoming bullies’

 

Last week, so-called YouTube sensation Antoine Dodson made it public that, unlike most in the gay community, he supports Chick-fil-A in the wake of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s radio interview remarks condemning gay marriage.

But on Birmingham, Ala. radio station 100 WAPI’s “The Matt Murphy Show” on Friday, Dodson elaborated on why he was going against the gay community and standing with those in support of Chick-fil-A.

“A lot of people from the gay community was actually telling me not to eat at Chick-fil-A and then you know, I started having these flashback because I started believing like, the gay community — we have went from being bullied to becoming bullies,” he said. “And I don’t think that that is fair because I’m like, aren’t we like in America, like we have freedom of speech. We have the freedom to put our money wherever we want to. That’s what America stands on. So how can we just go after this group, you know — go after this company so viciously because they don’t believe they have the same rights as us. I don’t think it’s fair and I’d don’t think it’s American.”

Read more at the Daily Caller.

CREDO: Reflections on Chick-Fil-A Day

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Reflections on Chick-Fil-A Day 
          

On 08.03.12 | In Fred Zaspel | by admin.

Fred G. Zaspel–

Any which way you look at it, yesterday was quite an event. It was quite an event to see so many people willing happily to endure long lines for their food in order, by that, to support both traditional values and the freedom of speech. I’ve read the criticisms — from the left and the right — but I must say that I think the event does reflect something good. We all know that this or other such events will never strengthen the freedom of speech or convince a homosexual to be straight. And it would be nice if all these people were as willing to help the needy and speak a gospel word to their neighbor. Yes, yes, yes. Of course. There could always be something more and something better. But to see this level of support for “the other side” would have been troubling indeed. And somehow it is good to see that there remains in our society such overwhelming concern at least for some kind of morality! Point out the shortcomings all you like, but this is not a bad thing. I don’t mind confessing — we ate at Chick-Fil-A on August 1, 2012 also.

What has been troubling to me is the aftermath. The people who thronged to Chick-Fil-A were on the whole decent, peace-loving people. There were no reports of widespread looting or violence. They made their statement quietly. As much as some may try, it really is difficult to characterize these people as mean and hateful.

Yet this is precisely what has come. Just as Dan Cathy’s innocent remarks in support of traditional family were characterized as “hate-speech,” so yesterday’s chicken lovers have been villainized. Tweeters and bloggers were not shy to wish heart attacks and death, celebrated personalities pronounced similar harsh condemnations, and otherwise respectable news-casters described it as “national day of intolerance.” These peaceful people of traditional values, it turns out, are the real problem in this country!

So many thoughts come to mind. First, perhaps, is “Well, of course!” I am never surprised when the world behaves like the world. And I have to notice that those who seem so opposed to “hate-speech” actually do a lot of it. And I just shake my head in wonder at the intolerance of these supposedly tolerant people. And I do get a smirk out of the fact that while the mayors of large cities declared that Chick-Fil-A does not represent the values of that city, every other restaurant in the nation was envious of the patronage and support Chick-Fil-A was given in those cities!

But what troubles me more is what all this says about us as a society. Who would have thought, even a generation ago, that stated support of traditional values would generate such deep resentment and anger. And what does it say about us when respected personalities and celebrities can without shame call good evil and evil good? What does it say about us when our elected officials seek to enforce immoral codes on business? And when we consider that such bitter and brazen hatred of morality is on the rise in our society, we also must wonder how that bodes for Christians in coming years.


“Christophobia” may be a new word, but it is an old concept. Humanity’s natural antipathy for God will vent itself wherever and whenever it is allowed.

How we need the Savior. How we need the sovereign Spirit to open eyes, give repentance, and bring helpless and lost sinners to faith. How we need the gospel!

Peaceful demonstrations are not bad things. But only in the good news of Christ are sinners made right with God and morally transformed. Ultimately, it is only the gospel that makes any difference.

Fred Zaspel holds a Ph.D. in historical theology from the Free University of Amsterdam. He is currently a pastor at the Reformed Baptist Church of Franconia, PA. He is also the interim Senior Pastor at New Hyde Park Baptist Church on New York’s Long Island, and Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at Calvary Baptist Seminary in Lansdale, PA. He is also the author of The Continuing Relevance of Divine Law (1991); The Theology of Fulfillment (1994); Jews, Gentiles, & the Goal of Redemptive History (1996); New Covenant Theology with Tom Wells (New Covenant Media); The Theology of B.B. Warfield: A Systematic Summary (Crossway, 2010); Warfield on the Christian Life: Living in Light of the Gospel (Crossway, 2012). Fred is married to Kimberly and they have two grown children, Gina and Jim.

Chick-Fil-A Watch: Mayor Bloomberg, ACLU, & NAE Oppose "Evident Discrimination"

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Evangelical Group: Gov't Leaders' Threats Against Chick-fil-A 'Evident Discrimination'

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July 30, 2012|6:19 pm

The nation's largest evangelical organization, representing more than 45,000 churches, called foul on government leaders who displayed "evident discrimination" against Christian-owned Chick-fil-A by threatening to bar the business from expanding in their cities because of the owner's personal views on marriage.

"Individuals have the right to decide whether or not to 'eat mor chikin.' But no government leader should restrict a business or organization from expanding to their district based on the personal or political views of the owners," said National Association of Evangelicals President Leith Anderson in a statement Monday. "Such evident discrimination and attempts to marginalize those with religious values have no place in American democracy."

The NAE joins former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and evangelist Billy Graham in defending the restaurant chain and its president Dan Cathy, who in recent interviews stated his support for the traditional family unit.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel, and a Chicago alderman had all swiftly denounced Cathy's comments as discrimination against part of their city's population, and stated that they would not welcome Chick-fil-A to their cities.

But surprisingly, the American Civil Liberties Union, known to be liberal, defended Chick-fil-A against threats by the elected officials.

"The government can regulate discrimination in employment or against customers, but what the government cannot do is to punish someone for their words," Adam Schwartz, senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, told Fox News. "When an alderman refuses to allow a business to open because its owner has expressed a viewpoint the government disagrees with, the government is practicing viewpoint discrimination."

Similarly, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended Chick-fil-A's right to do business in his city and any other city in the U.S.

"I disagree with them really strongly on this one," Bloomberg said during an appearance on the John Gambling radio show. "You can't have a test for what the owners' personal views are before you decide to give a permit to do something in the city. You really don't want to ask political beliefs or religious beliefs before you issue a permit. That's just not government's job."
The NAE says it is committed to opposing government interference with the integrity of the family and "innovations such as same-sex 'marriage.'" It also affirms the principles of religious freedom and liberty of conscience.

"If Chick-fil-A is not welcome for embracing traditional marriage, then are Chicago Mayor Emanuel and others saying that evangelicals, Catholics and Mormons aren't welcome either?" Anderson asked.

Huckabee is calling on people to support Chick-fil-A this Wednesday, Aug. 1, by eating at one of its locations. So far, some 480,000 people have confirmed they are going.

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