Every Saturday morning for the last 5 or 6 years I've sat in a Starbucks studying the Bible with my friends. It has been a place of quiet meditation for myself and many Christians out there, who want to have a nice study time while enjoying a good cup of coffee. Starbucks is also and active supporter of homosexual marriage. Why do I not boycott them? As a Christian, I disagree with them. As an American, I support their right to express their opinion. What we are seeing today is a hard-nosed effort to deny American Christians their right to express their beliefs publicly, based on the beliefs of the non-believing majority. We are called haters, bigots, ignorant, gay-bashers, and a slew of other names that I simply won't repeat. In Islamic countries, homosexuals are killed. In America, they are tolerated. Yet when it comes to returning that tolerance they've experienced from us, we are instead attacked. Barred from putting our businesses in major cities, barred from stating our beliefs in the public school system, and if they have it their way, we will be barred from stating our beliefs in our own churches.
Yet, we will not be silenced. And in the end, those who say they are Christians will have to decide to stand with us or stand against us and divide the body of Christ.
When persecution comes, who's side will you stand on? This is a weighty question that each person must ask themselves.
I urge you to support Chick-fil-A this Wednesday to show America that we are not the weak minority, and that we will not back down on our values.
Fight the good fight,
Mike
I agree completely.
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