CHRISTIANS FILET CHICK-FIL-A

Us Christians are a peculiar lot sometimes in ways that are not the least bit flattering.  For example, we rightly lament the continual downward slide of the culture wherein we live and even agree to boycott companies and businesses which cater to the cesspool of iniquity that has in many areas engulfed American culture. 

Yet, when the President of Chick fil-A, a major player in the fast-food industry, takes the correct public stand and aligns himself with Biblical guidelines regarding marriage (one man-one woman), many Christians scurry to find fault with those who stood in support of the company.

I realize that not every person standing in line or sitting in an overcrowded drive-thru at Chick-fil-A this past Wednesday on "Appreciation Day" was a born-again, bible-toting, fundamental Baptist.  I think that it is safe to assume that not even the majority of folks who patronized CFA were remotely Christian. 

However, I am nonetheless pleased, if not ecstatic, that the position taken by the president of Chick-fil-A, Mr. Cathy, was met with thunderous enthusiasm and overwhelming support from a normally apathetic general public.  Many Christians, however, were not so pleased and began their criticism of the event with the likes of, "Well, it's nice to support Biblical marriage and free speech, but how many of those people will be in church tonight?" 

My question is, would they have rathered the American public stood in agreement with sodomy and same-sex marriage?  I think not.  Would I love for every one of those individuals who supported CFA to be active members of Bible-believing churches? Of course!  But the fact that they are not does not preclude me from rejoicing in the news that it appears a majority of Americans still support Biblical marriage and the freedom to express a religious point of view.

Folks, I appreciate the fact that so many of us were willing to identify with Chick-fil-A and their president's view of marriage as defined by the Bible.  I appreciate that millions came out in support of one man's right to believe what he wishes and, yes, even state publicly what those beliefs are.  This is still America, is it not?

I am not, however, willing to stand with other Christian cynics who see nothing but the negative in everything they view.  Decry the culture, yes; boycott companies that promote wickedness, yes; and while we're standing against those harboring positions with which we disagree, let us stand with those whose values we esteem.  And that is My View From The Porch for Saturday, August 4, 2012.  God bless.