Talk to someone who's gay. They were right outside the restaurant picketing while you were standing in line at Chick-fil-A. You could have skipped the chicken sandwich and taken someone to lunch on neutral ground at Burger King. But don't just talk, listen and learn. Because when it comes down to it being gay is not a political agenda or a religious doctrine, it is a human experience. And once you find the courage to connect with another human being on that basic level, you will know that God loves them, because you will feel his love for them in your own heart.
Who knew that Chick-fil-A president and COO Dan Cathy had already begun to do exactly that with LGBT activist Shane Windmeyer? Windmeyer "comes out" with the story in Huffpost this week:
For nearly a decade now, my organization, Campus Pride, has been on the ground with student leaders protesting Chick-fil-A at campuses across the country. I had researched Chick-fil-A's nearly $5 million in funding, given since 2003, to anti-LGBT groups. And the whole nation was aware that Dan was "guilty as charged" in his support of a "biblical definition" of marriage. What more was there to know?
On Aug. 10, 2012, in the heat of the controversy, I got a surprise call from Dan Cathy. He had gotten my cell phone number from a mutual business contact serving campus groups. I took the call with great caution. He was going to tear me apart, right? Give me a piece of his mind? Turn his lawyers on me?
The first call lasted over an hour, and the private conversation led to more calls the next week and the week after. Dan Cathy knew how to text, and he would reach out to me as new questions came to his mind. This was not going to be a typical turn of events . . .
Read the whole story here and find out the surprisingly encouraging outcome.
5 comments:
Dialogue can be encouraging, but it should never be the only indicator of one's heart. The fruit that Chick-fil-A has been producing as a business entity is not exempt from further testing simply because of one encounter.
Give it time. We'll see what happens down the road.
Wow, that's encouraging! Thanks for posting Misty.
Sloooowly, people are beginning to examine what used to be kneejerk reactions to the LGBT folks.
I hope that this represents a real turn in the road for yet another corporation.
I would love to hear your explanation for how God loves those who yet remain under His wrath? All who refuse to repent and believe are not "loved" by God but are in fact His enemies. (John 3:17-18, 36). Furthermore, you seem to be prying into God's secret decrees when you say that God "loves" those who have not yet been converted. Only God knows who is elect and reprobate prior to their conversion--and even then apostasy is still a possibility. Eternal security is not a license to sin or an excuse for conversion to atheism or a false religion.
Personally, Mr. Ray, I would love to hear your explanation for why a God who does not love His enemies (as you claim) would allow them to continue to live. Or for that matter why Jesus, the very image of God in the flesh, says that human beings should love their enemies (Matthew 5:43-48, Luke 6:27-36).
The ball is in your court.
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