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So Mcdonald's is going to release gay theme fries. Coming soon! Your fries will come in a cool rainbow colored box in order of gay pride month!
First of all, if I was an investor in McDonalds, I would be pissed. Mcdonalds could be looking at some boycotts over their rainbow fries. Why do these companies feel the need to have a position on social issues? You make fast food. No one wants to go to Mcdonalds to hear or see a message about gay pride. They just want the food that they are used to. Such a move serves no benefit business wise as people like Christians may choose to no longer do business there. It just shows there is a liberal agenda at play here even at the cost of making money.
I don't want to go to Mcdonalds and see some barrier that says, "check out our gay fries in fun rainbow colors because being gay is fun and cool!" Of course, they will say they are only showing support for the gay community, but I see it as marking a specific message especially to kids.
Most Christians including myself don't care how someone wants to live their life as long as they are not causing harm to others. But these marketing ploy is just another growing instance of the LGBT community forcing a pro-gay message onto the public. Just give me fries.
As you know, this is about some getting on board with forcing an agenda of "acceptance" not tolerance, that is where I have an issue with it. I think it causes more harm than good to the LGBT community.
Now, I have not heard of them having other promotions to support say "Martin Luther King" Day, President's Day, etc., but perhaps they do. Only if they are celebrating these other "days" or "months" do I find it acceptable. Actually, as a mother of an adult child with Down syndrome, I don't recall McDonald's doing anything during that month. They had my son work cleaning tables and seats for free though when he was going to a day center, oh, wait for an hour's work, they gave him a medium soda, yeah, that was a short-lived position. Well, there are more people in the LGBT community than in there are people with Down syndrome, I guess that would make a difference to them.
Doesn't In and Out have Bible verses on their packaging? They're all the rage in California, you know the land of pro-gay liberals.
Yes they do, and nobody cares. In fact, In-n-out has a cult-like following (they're delicious). They're pro-Christian without being anti-anything. It's fine.
To Chick-fil-a it's not a big financial deal. I just happen to be disgusted by fascist tactics of forcing your will on other people.
Boycotts, public protest...no problem. Actively forcing businesses out.....problem.
Imagine a devout muslim with a middle eastern grocery in town having his business license pulled and run out of business because he organized a campaign against same sex marriage?
I just cannot support that level of oppression over differing views.
Yeah, but are we talking about theoretically or in reality? Were any Chick-fil-a locations closed by the government? I mean, I know there was the fascist alderman in Chicago he did a Kerry Flip-flop shortly thereafter so there's still plans to build it. The more straight forward fascism is more directed at the individual but to me it's basically the same thing. If you're using the power of the government to control speech you don't like, that's fascism. Up to a point anyway. If you used the government to deny a permit to a business front for the KKK or Al-Shabaab I wouldn't have a problem with that.
Whether it's the LGBT community, or BLM, or being a woman, etc., the sad part about this country is anyone other than a stereotypical white American male struggles for acceptance and equality. I can't blame these groups of people for continuing to put out awareness in any way they can. It's because human beings suck that such things like "McDonald's Gay Fries" occurring.
First of all, how would it go over if there was a flag indicating straight sexual preference? Yes the homosexuals and their supporters & sympathizers would take that as a "hateful" symbol.
Second of all, straights don't need a flag symbolizing their sexual preferences because........ they are perfectly comfortable with their preference without having to get "approval/support" from everyone else. FACT!
One of my best friends in my adult life was gay. One day I asked him jokingly "hey where's your gay bumper sticker". He responded "I don't need a sticker indicating what my sexual preference is because I am perfectly happy with what I prefer, don't need anyone else's approval and it's no one else's business what my preference is". Hmmmm. We continued on with this discussion which I felt was pretty interesting. He further explained that to use such a flag/symbol to indicate the preference means the person using such is doing so because they themselves haven't fully excepted who they are and what their sexual preference is, and basically need to get the support of others all around them to basically tell them "it's ok to be gay, it's ok to do this and it's ok to that, etc. etc."
So that's what I think about the symbol and I'm sick and tired of having to "coach" people into getting them themselves to accept their gay preference.
i personally stopped going there on sundays. The wait was horrible
lol!
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