Samuel Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, was always a
humble and loveable man. He was a Christian and ran his company like a
Christian would, with respect to his beliefs. Chick-fil-A started as a single
restaurant, and has grown into a chain. Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays and shows
a higher standard of customer service than most fast food establishments,
saying “My pleasure” when they serve you. Anyone would agree that Chick-fil-A
is a great environment.
Recently, Chick-fil-A has come under fire regarding some of the beliefs that
the company supports, mainly the support of traditional marriage. Cathy
supported organizations that promoted against gay marriage. When this news was
made public, supporters of same-sex marriage all across the globe protested
their delicious sandwiches. After all of this opposition, the company stopped
supporting the organizations against gay marriage, but Cathy still held his
beliefs.
Now that Cathy has died, people are ridiculing him for being bigoted and
intolerant. The people that are saying that are just looking for something to
be upset about. Cathy’s policies were a reflection of his beliefs, which is not
something that you can get mad about; that’s the “thought police” in action. Like
the banning of Christian clubs on college campuses, this is an infringement on
the right to freedom of religion. Cathy’s religious views did not affect his
company in any negative way, unless you had a craving for chicken on a Sunday.
Some companies have had more questionable pasts, like Nestle’s
unethical marketing for baby formula or Nike’s sweatshops (both topics of which
I am not an expert on), but that doesn’t really change my attitude towards
chocolate milk or shoes. Everyone has their own beliefs that you cannot change,
and that should not make it so that you don’t eat at a fantastic restaurant. A
restaurant should just be a restaurant, a brand a brand, or a shoe a shoe, not
a social statement of your beliefs.
“Luv
mor peeple. Eat mor chikin.”
Noah’s Chick-fil-A slogan idea
Noah’s Chick-fil-A slogan idea
Love your point about the shoes and chocolate, wonderfully made. And I agree why does a great chicken sandwitch have to become the target of the gay marriage agenda. Can't they accomplish their goal simply based on the intellectual truth of their position, because historically that is how most change has happens. It was true and people came to believe it was true because it was true. Or, maybe if your fighting for a cause that is not true you need to use terrorist means to promote it.
ReplyDeleteIt was enjoyable that you had the food, shoes and chocolate point that you threw in along with your focus on that Cathy is entitled to his own thinking.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your paper you have very unique writing style. A quick thought though. Home Depot donates to homosexual organizations, do you think it is wrong for Christians to buy from them? Because in essence by supporting Home Depot with your patronage you are also in a very small way supporting homosexuality. I would like to know your thoughts on this.
ReplyDeleteThere is absolutely nothing wrong with shopping at Home Depot, or any store, because of the company's support to any organization. Like I said, a store should just be a store.
DeleteSo then if they gave money to ISIS to kill innocent people would you still support them.
DeleteIf I had a giant restaurant chain, I would love to try to make as much of a social statement as I can. I don't understand how you say: Cathy’s policies were a reflection of his beliefs, which is not something that you can get mad about; that’s the “thought police” in action. | Then say: A restaurant should just be a restaurant, a brand a brand, or a shoe a shoe, not a social statement of your beliefs. | These ideas are kind of conflicting. Did two different people write this blog? XD jk. I seriously do love both of those ideas you wrote about, but I'm not sure which one is your true thought.
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