Mitt Romney gets his Chick-Fil-A Moment
September 19th, 2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The poor main stream media once again proves how totally out of touch they are with public perceptions. It seems too me that just a few short months ago, Dan Cathy of Chick-Fil-A restaurants gave an interview to a Christian publication that asked him about the Chick-Fil-A Foundation’s support of traditional marriage. During the interview Cathy defended his position and spoke about his family’s faith.
The main stream media took Cathy’s comments and ran with the story that Cathy had come out against gay marriage. The fact that Cathy had not condemned “gays” or even directly asked about “gays” in the interview hardly mattered . The media template is set in stone regardless of the facts and Cathy was dubbed ; a racist, bigot , homophobes .
Left wings loons and media mouthpieces across the country condemned Chick-Fil-A for serving a “bigot on a bun” and uniformed Marxist Mayors looking to make cheap political points demanded Chick-Fil-A not come to their cities. Liberals on cue from coast to coast were screaming about intolerance and bigotry.
But something happened on the path to self righteousness, the pubic just didn’t buy it . Fox News commentator Mike Huckabee followed by others declared a Chick-Fil-A Day. The day came with lines of cars stretched around city blocks people lined up across the country to come out and support their local Chick-Fil-A.
Dispite the media complicity ,as it turned out a lot of people agreed with Dan Cathy. But even more people like my self turned out to support free speech, freedom of religion and free enterprise. Having never eaten or even heard of Chick-Fil-A until the controversy ,I could hardly wait to sink my teeth in to a sandwich that shook the very foundations of western civilization .
Much to my delight the left staged a counter protest called a “kiss in.” So I once again ponied up for that bigoted bird and waited anxiously for all the kissing to start . I am not ashamed to say that like many men I find the thought of two females kissing is pretty hot. Well the “kiss in” was kind of a bust, not drawing the crowds we were promised.
So now we have the Mitt Romney’s comments. Lets face people his comments reflect exactly what this election is all about . What will be the future direction of America? Do we really want bigger and bigger government offering guaranteed outcomes with 47% of the population with no skin in the game ? Or do we want less government , embrace what made this country the envy of the world and return to a land of individual opportunities protecting the right to succeed or fail?
Weather its entitlement,hardship ,,laziness or just plain bad luck I doubt there are many in the US who disagree with Romney’s statements . Polls bear out what he stated in plain simple fact that those addicted, stuck or victimized by government dependency will be most likely voting for President Obama ,Although most Americans are very charitable by nature most feel extremely uneasy about this self perpetuating government give away lifestyle of free flat screen TV’s and cell phones and don’t think it is a long term solution to anything .
Well, yeah, he is a bigot for denying gay Americans what the Supreme Court has affirmed to be “one of the basic civil rights of man, fundamental to our very existence and survival….” (Interestingly enough, this was during a case about interracial marriage. And all the arguments against it were exactly the same!).
And as far as I know, free speech, freedom of religion and free enterprise are not under attack. The mayor of Boston criticized Chick-Fil-A as a private citizen, but it’s not like they were denied a building permit or legally punished. Freedom of religion is not the same as “my religion gets to dictate what the laws of the country are”. If churches don’t want to marry gay couples, that’s fine. But to deny them tax benefits, healthcare rights, and equality is not fair or American at all. In fact if you read the first amendment of the Constitution, maybe social conservatives would realize that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”. As far as free enterprise, I support that as well…by choosing to eat at restaurants that support American values such as liberty and equality.
You want big government to determine who can marry, but you don’t want big government offering ‘guaranteed outcomes’. I don’ think that you can have it both ways. I would support a smaller government that stays out of our bedrooms and taxes equitably.