To Be American, Christian and Oppressed

[xchrom]

http://www.thenation.com/blog/169206/be-american-christian-and-oppressed


Customers gather by the hundreds outside the Gilbert, Arizona, Chick-fil-A restaurant, Wednesday, August 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt York)


I’d never have guessed Christians have it so hard in America until yesterday, when two incidents reminded us of how put upon our nation’s worshipful majority is.
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The first came when, at the behest of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, thousands upon thousands of people turned out for Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. After Chick-fil-A’s COO said recently that same-sex marriage brings “God’s judgment on our nation,” the fast-food chain with deep roots in the South has become a target of ire for Americans who support gay unions. Some people, myself included, have said they intend to boycott Chick-fil-A, while politicians in Chicago and Boston say they want to block Chick-fil-A from opening restaurants in their cities.

In response to the Chick-fil-A backlash, Huckabee teamed up with other right-wing pundits like Glenn Beck to make August 1 Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, a day for conservatives around the country to show their admiration for a company that heralds Christian ideals. The ad hoc holiday worked, and many Chick-fil-A locations saw standing-room-only crowds.

“It’s extremely encouraging to see this massive push back and support from prominent political figures,” wrote conservative blogger Michelle Malkin. “But before and after today, many small businesses and lesser-known companies will be battling government officials and progressive shakedown artists because of their religious beliefs and principles. They deserve your support and attention, too.”

[Skidmore]

1. Who knew that oppression would evolve from lions in the arena

to chicken in a parking lot?

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. It's been predictable for nearly 1700 years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Pagans_by_the_Christian_Roman_Empire

Once Christianity became the most favoured religion, the persecution of others only took a few years.

[flakey_foont]

2. in their world

being oppressed means that they don't get to make all the rules for
everyone else.

[xchrom]

3. +1

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. They listen to depressing sermons, listen to depressing shitkick music.

And swear up and down that they are positive!!! Don't even know they are obsessive-compulsive about Jeebus and depressed.

[patrice]

5. I think a great deal of this would be cleared up by transparency in campaign finance, so I can vote

for candidates who are not supported by blaspheming bigotry.

[patrice]

6. It would also help if Churches paid taxes, so that MY tax dollars do not support blasphming bigots.

[xchrom]

7. i think you're on a roll -- don't stop now. nt

[patrice]

10. Never give up on the truth! Hate IS killing us & quite a few "others" too!

and Thank! you! for always manifesting so much integrity, xchrom.

Rainbow!

[xchrom]

11. back at ya

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I can only image how horrible it must be. BTW, do you think I should tell

the Boy Scouts that I was a den mother and an atheist back in 1979-1982?