Eldersburg Chick-Fil-A Opening This Week!

This week is the beginning of the end for Arby's and Wendy's in Eldersburg.  There are going to be too many fast food joints in this town to survive the opening of Chick-Fil-A.  That is, of course, unless they do most of their business on Sundays.

The much anticipated opening of Chick-Fil-A will open near the intersection of Route 32 and Barthalow Road.  It looks very nice from the outside.  When I drove by on Saturday, the parking lot was crowded with cars of workers putting the finishing touches on the store.

If you're of the daring type, the first 100 people will get free Chick-Fil-A meals for a year.  I hear that 43 people have been camping out in front of the store since June.  Who in Eldersburg is going to be able to do this on a work night?  We all have jobs or go to school.  It'll definitely be some out-of-town folks camping out.

What do you think the impact of Chick-Fil-A will be?

Pap-Pap's in Eldersburg Burglarized

I heard from a reliable source that Pap-Pap's Pizza place in the Oklahoma Center was burglarized recently.  Someone broke into the store and destroyed the cash registers and took money.  The store was forced to operate with a calculator until the new cash registers could be delivered and installed.

Word on the street is that Pap-Pap's was actually burglarized twice - once by the O'Malley administration with its anti-small business stance, which includes raising taxes, and a second time by someone who hates Jesus.

As you may know, Pap-Pap's is a Christian company.  Should we be outraged that they believe in God, like the folks at Chick-Fil-A?

Chick-Fil-A: Separation of Church and Business?

Syrian Civil War?  Obama versus Romney?  The Olympics?  Nope.  Who knew that the biggest news of the summer would be that Chick-Fil-A hates gay people and wants to kidnap them and convert them to heterosexuals or allow them to die?  Sounds pretty ridiculous, right?  If you're on Facebook, this is exactly the kinds of things you've been reading.

We'll start with a fact.  Chick-Fil-A owner Dan Cathy was recently asked if he's against gay marriage.  He responded by saying that he supported traditional marriage.  BOOM!  Busted!!!  How dare the president of a privately owned company claim that he has a belief that violates one of the core beliefs of the liberal media and many Americans???

I saw one of those Your Cards on Facebook that read: Let's ask the Christian owner of a restaurant chain that isn't open on Sunday his view on gay marriage and act surprised and outraged when we don't like his answer.  I think this accurately sums it up.  I think this was a total set-up.  Seek and destroy the companies that have Christian beliefs for they violate the principles of others.

I then got to thinking.  We have a separation of Church and state, or at least we do in most of the country.  If you've ever been in the South you'll know that it's not necessarily the case.  In case you were wondering, the actually basis is from the Free Exercise Clause, which is the accompanying clause of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

But something bigger is at work here.  A vocal portion of society is pushing for a separation of Church and business.  No business shall have any opinions or beliefs that violate the beliefs of the vocal liberal state.  Am I off base here?  Or did I hit the nail on the head?  Anyone who is a practicing Christian is labeled a bigot for following the religious belief that only a man and a woman should get married.  I should clarify - I think all religions have some stance against gay marriage.  And don't you find it a bit ironic when the Christians are attacked and labeled as bigots?  Aren't the people that hate the Christians and call them bigots actually bigots themselves?

And you know it's out of hand when elected officials start chiming in taking sides on the issue.  Loose liberal Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel and Boston Mayor Thomas Manino said they would do what they could to prevent Chick Fil A from expanding to their cities.  So if you have an opinion that differs with Rahm Emanuel, you're not allowed to open a business in Chicago?  That's F-d up!  Even former Maryland Delegate Saqib Ali agrees with that (as seen on Facebook).

Any by the way, where's the ACLU in all this mess?  The ACLU is a strong supporter of the First Amendment.  For those of you that attended Baltimore City Public Schools, the First Amendment protects free speech.  The ACLU has supported hate speech for years.  They should be rushing to the defense of Chick-Fil-A.  Where are they?  Oh, wait.....they did side with Chick-Fil-A!!!  I bet this has the liberals' tie-dye t-shirts all up in a wad.

I'm not saying I'm against gay marriage, but I'm definitely against the attack against Christians and religion on general.  I will continue to support Chick-Fil-A.  Let's allow the elected officials to take care of the laws and leave people who believe something different alone.