chick fil a appreciation day!

[DarrinS]

But... but... kiss-in!! Eeeeeewwwwwww, icky!!!

Yes. Would be icky if straight or gay. But I hate gratuitous PDA.

[leemajors]

Ploto with the goods

[ChumpDumper]

Crookshanks, I have to ask -- why do you want big government to regulate your religious practice of marriage?

[Spurminator]

normal people

their perverted lifestyle

"But I don't hate them."

[CuckingFunt]

I've made my position clear. Business owners have first amendment rights and gays should be allowed to marry.

Okay. Great. We agree on those two points.

That doesn't mean your attempt to bring the Civil War into the conversation magically makes sense now.

[Clipper Nation]

I didn't say they couldn't show up - I just hope the normal people outnumber them so they can't take over the restaurant.

Son, I haven't seen the crowds, but if they're anything like what I'm picturing, they're far closer to People of Walmart than they are to "normal"...

But the gays want to stage an "in your face" show of their perverted lifestyle - that's the difference.

But I thought your magical sky fairy says "don't judge people"? Not to mention, how is THIS not an "in your face" show of people's bigoted, ignorant lifestyles?

[Drachen]

Some people went to show their support for biblical values and traditional marriage; others went to show their support for freedom of speech - either way, it was a HUGE show of support and, judging by many of the comments in this thread and comments on other articles, it's pissing off the liberals in a big way -so I'd say it was a big success! And I hope big crowds show up on Friday also so that there's no room for the gays to stage their "kiss-in."

Really? I didn't see any signs that urged chick-fil-a to donate money to initiatives meant to make 2nd marriages illegal.... biblical values? CFA serves pork sausage, did any patron condemn them for that?

[leemajors]

I didn't say they couldn't show up - I just hope the normal people outnumber them so they can't take over the restaurant. See - the crowds today were peaceful and kind and patient. One woman even bought $100 worth of gift cards so her kids could hand them out to the people waiting in line. But the gays want to stage an "in your face" show of their perverted lifestyle - that's the difference.

Kids, I don't hate the gays. I just don't think they should have the same rights as people! Praise Jesus!

[DarrinS]

I agree with that, but its a lot easier to be patient when you're not the one who's rights are being denied.

True. They should join the ranks of us miserable married people immediately.

[MannyIsGod]

New rule... before you want to call yourself a Libertarian, actually try reading the Cons ution first.... it seems a lot of cats here just call themselves that because it's a big fancy word, but then do the same exact picking and choosing of when to invoke the Cons ution that the neocons do, and they usually get it twisted.... Ron bless

The best is when Wild Cobra tries to say he's a libertarian. I love it.

[CuckingFunt]

I didn't say they couldn't show up - I just hope the normal people outnumber them so they can't take over the restaurant. See - the crowds today were peaceful and kind and patient. One woman even bought $100 worth of gift cards so her kids could hand them out to the people waiting in line. But the gays want to stage an "in your face" show of their perverted lifestyle - that's the difference.

I dunno. All the campaigning, protests, and legislative activity intended to deny 1,100+ rights to a segment of the population seems pretty "in your face" to me.

[DarrinS]

Okay. Great. We agree on those two points.

That doesn't mean your attempt to bring the Civil War into the conversation magically makes sense now.

I just disagree that gays have had it as bad as blacks.

[Crookshanks]

Crookshanks, I have to ask -- why do you want big government to regulate your religious practice of marriage?

It would be fine with me if government stayed out of it and let the church handle marriage. After all, it was God who ordained marriage, not government. And God ordained that marriage is between a man and a woman. So if government wants to afford gay couples certain benefits such as the right to make medical decisions or tax benefits, I have no problem with that. Marriage should be a religious ins ution.

[Clipper Nation]

True. They should join the ranks of us miserable married people immediately.

THIS is the lamest, laziest phobe excuse in the books.... I'm pretty sure the unhappiness involved in being judged by asshole fundies, treated like a second-class citizen, and denied equal rights every single day because of an iden y LGBT people were born into FAR outweighs the unhappiness of the average marriage....

[Drachen]

I dunno. All the campaigning, protests, and legislative activity intended to deny 1,100+ rights to a segment of the population seems pretty "in your face" to me.

...and perverted. All us normal people need to take the narrative away from those freaks.

[Clipper Nation]

It would be fine with me if government stayed out of it and let the church handle marriage.

It's obviously not fine with the church, as they spend big bucks in every state and rile up the hick-ass bigots to keep blocking the inevitable legalization of gay marriage whenever it comes up at the polls.....

[DarrinS]

New rule... before you want to call yourself a Libertarian, actually try reading the Cons ution first.... it seems a lot of cats here just call themselves that because it's a big fancy word, but then do the same exact picking and choosing of when to invoke the Cons ution that the neocons do, and they usually get it twisted.... Ron bless

Yikes. I'd call myself a true libertarian, but I'd vote for Obama ten times (assuming no ID would be required) over Ron Paul.

[CuckingFunt]

I just disagree that gays have had it as bad as blacks.

It's not a race.

[Drachen]

THIS is the lamest, laziest phobe excuse in the books.... I'm pretty sure the unhappiness involved in being judged by asshole fundies, treated like a second-class citizen, and denied equal rights every single day because of an iden y LGBT people were born into FAR outweighs the unhappiness of the average marriage....

he has already said at least twice in this thread that gays should be able to marry. He was trying to be clever here, but I do believe that he thinks that they should be able to marry.

[leemajors]

It would be fine with me if government stayed out of it and let the church handle marriage. After all, it was God who ordained marriage, not government. And God ordained that marriage is between a man and a woman. So if government wants to afford gay couples certain benefits such as the right to make medical decisions or tax benefits, I have no problem with that. Marriage should be a religious ins ution.

Kids, I don't hate the gays. But damn if I have to treat them as I would like to be treated. Let's ignore the fact that two sexual partners exchanging legal vows affects my marriage in no way

[DarrinS]

THIS is the lamest, laziest phobe excuse in the books.... I'm pretty sure the unhappiness involved in being judged by asshole fundies, treated like a second-class citizen, and denied equal rights every single day because of an iden y LGBT people were born into FAR outweighs the unhappiness of the average marriage....

Sarcasm. Geez

[Clipper Nation]

I just disagree that gays have had it as bad as blacks.

They didn't have to go through slavery, but the that LGBT people had to go through in the 1950's and 1960's leading up to the Stonewall riots was pretty much as bad as Jim Crow, tbh.... sexuals lost their jobs, were kicked out of school, were seen as criminals and Communists at the height of the Red Scare, were closely tracked by the government, and faced violence, jail time, and even ins utionalization for an iden y they didn't choose....

[ChumpDumper]

It would be fine with me if government stayed out of it and let the church handle marriage. After all, it was God who ordained marriage, not government. And God ordained that marriage is between a man and a woman. So if government wants to afford gay couples certain benefits such as the right to make medical decisions or tax benefits, I have no problem with that. Marriage should be a religious ins ution.

So as long as government does regulate it, you believe it should regulate it in a religious matter?

Which religion?

I'm trying to get a handle on what you mean,

[clambake]

skanks is proof there is no god

[leemajors]

So as long as government does regulate it, you believe it should regulate it in a religious matter?

Which religion?

I'm trying to get a handle on what you mean,

Chump, she may have to get permission from god and/or hubby to answer.