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.

Rahm Emanuel - Naked Rage

This is pretty funny. I recommend you listen to it. It's about 2 minutes long. It's Democratic Congressman Eric Massa commenting about White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's verbal attack in the shower at the gym. Funny stuff!!

Listen here.

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Swine Flu Prediction

Not since the 1969 when a drunk Ted Kennedy drove off of bridge that killed Mary Jo Kopechne has there been as much hoopla in our country as the H1N1 virus, better known as the swine flu. However, unlike Ted Kennedy who did not report this incident until the next morning, the H1N1 gets more reporting than anything else in this country - even more than Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon's multiple ethics violations and investigations.

Many absent-minded Americans wonder when the pandemic will arrive and destroy all mankind as we know it. While there is a lot that we don't know about the swine flu, there is much that we do know.

We know that this is not the first swine flu outbreak in this county. In fact, there have been several in the recent past. There was the mass hysteria in 1976, a less hysterical one in 1988 that killed one person, and another in 1998 that injured several pigs. In 1976, F. David Matthews, the Director of Health, Education, and Welfare (now called the Department of Health and Human Services), infamously predicted that the 1976 strain would kill one million Americans. He was off by 999,999. Only one person died.

We also know that the overwhelming majority of people that are contracting the swine flu exhibit mild flu-like symptoms that require them to watch The Price is Right for a couple of days before returning to work or classes.

We also know that more people are killed by seasonal flu every day than the total number of deaths associated with this year's H1N1 strain. However, the seasonal flu is like the Baltimore Orioles - no one gives a crap.

However, as Obama's White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel so arrogantly stated on CBS' Face the Nation, "Never allow a crisis to go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things." Emanuel's communist tendencies are indicative of the Obama administration's thinking and have pushed our government to spend billions of dollars for a vaccine to help stop the spread of this virus.

So here is my prediction:

First - if the government does nothing, a few thousand people will get the virus and maybe a few dozen Americans will die - the overwhelming majority of those with existing illnesses and compromised immune systems. We will have saved billions of dollars.

Second - the government spends billions of dollars educating people about the benefits of washing their hands and getting a hurried untested flu shot to the market, a few thousand people will get the virus and a few dozen will die, and thousands of others will suffer the unintended long-term effects of an untested vaccine. However, by using this method, the government can say, "Look, our coordinated efforts helped prevent this from being a far worse pandemic that it could have been. We've made a strategic investment in the health of our working class families and that investment has paid off."

In the eyes of any politician, the second option is always better than the first.