Aug 2, 2012
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By Keith Collier
Southwestern Seminary
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary demonstrated its support of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy and the biblical definition of marriage by purchasing chicken sandwiches for students, faculty and staff, Aug. 1. The seminary set up a tent outside the restaurant located on the corner of Altamesa and McCart in Fort Worth and handed out 250 sandwiches at lunchtime.
“We feel it’s important to stand with Mr. Cathy and his first amendment right and his freedom of religion to express whatever views he believes,” said Thomas White, vice president of student services and communications at Southwestern. “We also believe it’s fine for protestors to come. We welcome them, treat them with kindness and love them even though we disagree with them.”
Photo courtesy of Southwestern Seminary, taken by Alyssa Karr
In light of harsh criticism and calls for boycotts of the company after Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy recently claimed to stand for the biblical definition of marriage between one man and one woman, former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee launched “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.”
Huckabee was honored as a distinguished alumnus by Southwestern Seminary in June.
“We’re also out here today to show our support for the biblical definition of marriage,” White said. “We want to make sure we put our money where our mouth is. We’re not out here with protest signs, but we’re out here with our pocketbooks. We’re not just supporting Chick-fil-A today, but also on Sept. 6 at our all-campus picnic, when we’ll purchase 3,500 Chick-fil-A sandwiches to give out to students, faculty, and their families.”
Southwestern ethics professor Evan Lenow noted that the seminary’s purchasing of sandwiches shows “tangible support” of the company and its president’s beliefs. He also clarified what Christians mean by the phrases “traditional marriage” and the “biblical definition of marriage.”
“For the most part, when people say ‘traditional marriage,’ they mean a biblical understanding of marriage—marriage between one man and one woman for life,” Lenow said.
“What it points back to is Genesis 2:24. That is how God created us from the beginning, and that is His intent for marriage. It’s not a tradition like your Thanksgiving dinner with family. It’s something that goes farther back all the way to God’s created order.”
Lenow encouraged Christians not only to support Chick-fil-A for one day but to make it a regular habit to support and encourage businesses that stand on biblical values with your words and money.
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I'm not surprised I just hope same-sex kiss day has a bigger impact.
I'm not surprised I just hope same-sex kiss day has a bigger impact.
The stupidity of the Left and it's condemnation and attacks on Cathey's free speech is bringing in good business for Chick-fil-A.
Mr. Starnes,
Did you hear what your Fox News colleague, Shepard Smith said about "Chick-fil-Appreciation Day" during his news show? He called it "National Day of Intolerance"
Someone may want to inform Mr. Cathy that the bible commands that any man that shaves or cuts the hair around his temples be put to death….
When you really look at the way that the Christian Fascist Right has inflated this issue to a "National" event, it kinda makes you sorry to see the embarrassing desperation of the Christians in this country to have their baseless beliefs validated by ANY MEANS POSSIBLE. I mean…a chicken sandwich? A bakery cake? REALLY?
Flocking to eat at a high-fat, high-sodium, high-cholesterol fast food restaurant like a bunch of hypnotized, trained sheep, you have to wonder what a "God" would think, looking down at this sad group of gray-haired, aging old bigots and halfwits who have taken to the streets to, essentially, demonize people whom God himself made the way they are?
I thank God that he made me an atheist!