There's SO much chatter on the interwebs about Chick-fil-A and their "stance" on gay marriage. Lots of pros and cons to debate, and I have indeed weighed in on both the Facebook and the Twitter. I mostly just commented that I finally feel like I can't eat there anymore, be it because of their ideas about marriage or their anti-choice ideology. These things, says Dan Cathy, stem from being a Christian. Well, my boycott stems from being a Christian, so I guess we have different ideas about what that means as well. Shocking.
The truly disheartening thing, however, has been the multitude of people ranting against Christianity (admittedly against the bigotry of exclusion based on biblical principles) and it has prompted me to add my voice to the mix. Here's my voice about it:
Not all Christians are against gay marriage. In fact, I'm SO in favor of gay marriage, Christian gay marriage even, that I have vowed not to get married again until it is legal AND my church recognizes it. Will I stick to that vow? Who knows? I'm a sucker for romance and I definitely want to get married, but my faith teaches me that justice is not served in this way. The Bible teaches us a lot of things, but above all it teaches love, and I cannot stand idly by while love is being persecuted. My form of protest may not affect anyone but me and the person I choose to spend my life with, but at least I can stand in solidarity with my brothers and sisters in Christ who are told time and again that "separate but equal" is going to have to suffice.
My point is not to rant here. My point is to show that there are Christians, many Christians, who hold to the biblical standards of love, acceptance, grace and mercy in the face of evil. I am so saddened because I'm a super liberal, maybe not as liberal as my sister (I told y'all to follow her on the Twitter, @thejulieeffect, she's hilarious), but definitely on the left, and I hate hate hate seeing all the liberal websites lambasting Christians for this. I wish there were some giant forum for me to scream that I'm a Christian and I love the gays, but it just doesn't seem to exist. For now I'll settle for my blog.
Maybe I'll go viral.
Maybe not viral, but maybe somebody will stop by and read some truth here, and that will be enough.
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