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  1. Rancid Crabtree

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    Congratulations liberal bigots and Dem party! You finally did something to get the economy going! Your intolerance of christian values actually helped the economy.

    Owner of Chick-Fil-A Dan Cathy announced that Chick-Fil-A has officially set a daily world record for one day food sales. There are still four hours left on the west coast at the time of this post (and 7 hours left at the time of Warren’s Tweet.) Maybe the liberals should boycott other companies that have Christian values. That should really help out the economy in a way that no Dem policy ever could! Talk about liberal bigotry backfiring. LOL
     
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    Yes that describes the liberal dems perfectly. They will not tolerate anything they dont agree with and then they set about to attack and destroy it.
     
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    Should people be forced to "tolerate and accept" actions that their religion clearly defines as "wrong" or a "sin"? Countless millions believe that homosexuality is a sin because the Bible clearly classifies it as such. If what you are saying is right, then all preachers, ministers, pastors and priests in the Christian faith are bigots because they refuse to accept or condone what the Bible teaches is a sin and are living their "calling" to wage war on sin.

    I was raised in the church. At one point I was a sunday school teacher, a song director/leader, and a bus "captain" (some of the Baptists here might know what that is), all at the same time, but but to be honest I don't know what to believe any more. This world is so skewed, twisted, perverted and "bass-ackwards" that I wonder if there's any hope at all.
     
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    Fair enough. We're in agreeance here.

    However, I disagree with you there. Not only are sales up now, I feel that they will continue to be up for some time. However, only time will truly tell which one of us is correct in this matter.

    Again, I disagree. I don't believe it was the CEO's intention to draw this much attention, or any attention for that matter, to his stance on gay marriage. He was doing an interview for a Christian radio station, talking about Christian beliefs. He wasn't on Dateline or 20/20 spouting off about how CFA doesn't like gays.

    Additionally, if this entire thing was so much about intolerance of gays and religion, it would have been an issue long before this. CFA didn't just change its views on family and marriage last week. They've held them for over 60 years. The real scrutiny wasn't brought down until Rahmbo and the rest chimed in with their facist mandates.

    Not reading into them, just plain reading them.

    Key point being politicians getting involved. If they had kept their mouths shut, chances are we wouldn't be having this conversation right now.

    Correct.

    Also correct.

    I think our big disagreance is in the amount of people who are upset over the religous aspect versus the amount upset over the governmental aspect. You believe there's more religion involved, I believe there's more politics involved, which is solely based on what I witnessed last night.

    BTW - going to check trail cameras on Saturday morning if you're free.
     
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    I do believe the bible is full of bigotry, but I would never tell someone they shouldn't practice what it says. Thats their decision.
     
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    ...and this describes both liberals AND conservatives because, unfortunately, it describes humanity in general.
     
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    Agreed.
     
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    Butting in... please forgive me.

    But is there not difference between intolerance and hatred? For instance, what if you are in a restaurant eating your meal and someone sits at the table next to you clearly marked "No Smoking" and lights up? Should you have to tolerate that? Maybe... maybe not? What if the customer at the table starts using loud offensive language in front of your children? Should you tolerate that? At what point do you have the right to speak up? After all, this is America and our right to free speech is guaranteed by The Constitution.

    Okay, that being said; lLet's say hypothetically that a group of homosexuals come into a Chi-Fil-A, order a Chicken Sandwich, Waffle Fries and a Sweet Tea, they sit down and eat them in an orderly way, get great service and leave when they are finished with their meal. No problem, I assume. That's how Chic-Fil-A would treat them... I know it is... I have been to lot's of them, though I don't care for their food.

    Now... hypothetically, the same group of homosexuals come in and instead of just ordering a meal and eating like every one else, start demonstrating sexual acts in front of "your" children. Not someone elses' children... yours; how are you going to deal with it? Blow it off, get up and leave, try to talk to them politely and remind them that you have a child, complain to the management... what? Could you somehow express to them, in a calm, mannerly way that their behavior is out of bounds... if indeed, it is to you?

    Now it may be time for the sake of your children to practice a bit of intolerance, don't you think? Maybe it would take a different scenario for you, but hopefully you get my point. You would not be guilty of hating the people involved, nor would you be guilty of bigotry, would you? You would be doing nothing more than trying to protect your children from something you would prefer they not experience.

    You see we cross the line, when we lay the label on the person because we believe them to be _______. (fill in the blank) But at the same time, orderly societies have a responsibility to ensure that all citizens can enjoy a peaceful outing with their families without experiencing some things. Chic-Fil-A, violated no standards of behavior that I am aware of. They choose to operate by a different set of core values. They treat their employees and their customers extremely well and they make sure they are free to worship on Sunday without requiring any employee to do so. They are not bigoted in any way and seem to be doing just fine.
     
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    Sexual acts? Public sexual acts are illegal, so no, that would not be bigotry.

    Would I complain if I saw two dudes or two chicks making out in a restaurant? No more than I would if it was a dude and a chick.

    I have no intentions of shielding my kids for realizing gay people do exist, and they are in fact, people just us. It has come up and they have asked questions. At no point do I tell them its wrong. Same with the topic of god and religion. I tell them this is what some people believe. I do not tell them it is right or wrong.
     
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    Liberals are intolerant and dangerous activists that seek to destroy you with the full force and weight of the government.

    Liberals attacked the Boy Scouts For having values as old as the org.

    Liberals attacked nativity scenes in public.

    Liberals attack blacks that hold conservative values as if by the color of their skin that are mandated to be liberals.

    Liberal attack those that hold traditional Christian family values (re chick fil a event)

    If you hold dear the creation of life and don’t want innocent babies murdered, the Liberal mind set is to attack you with their intolerance.

    Conservatives are also are intolerant on some things but it seem that some want to believe that only conservative are intolerant. That is not the case.
     
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    So I cannot eat a tasty chic-fila nugget of RC in public to demonstrate my love for chic-fila free speech rights and show I am not a gay bigot?
     
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    A couple days ago you ask me to point out any errors you might some day make, hence this post!
     
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    Chances are if you're eating "man-nuggets" then you're not bigoted against gays. That's my guess anyway.:lol:
     
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    For the record I've been called gay many times including by my own wife.
     
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    Any one that dares to chase evil doers through out the night, in nothing but whitey tighties can not possibly be a gay bigot!
     
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    Do tell. That was spot on accurate.
     
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    In content yes, but the error was in context.

    "Conservatives are also are intolerant on some things but it seem that some want to believe that only conservative are intolerant. That is not the case. "
     
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    Ha ha me too, my best friend wife thinks him and I are gay;)
    Lets be honest, we are all a little gay.
     
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    But there's a limit somewhere right? C'mon... you're a dad with a little girl. (I have seen pics... she is a cutie!) There's got to be some things that are "absolutely" wrong to you... legal or not?
     
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