Scott Lloyd Goes to Chik-Fil-A

[_MrStakhanovite]

Same-sex couples might be winning in the appellate courts, but we can still prevail in the food courts!

lol

[_Darth J]

I think it important in today's marketplace that we support with our business those who share our values. Since its restructuring nearly two years ago, the Deseret News, as it has reached out to a national audience with both its print and on-line products, has made a concerted effort to appeal not just to Latter-day Saints but to "like-minded believers." Just as I hope such folks would reward that effort with their patronage, I would like to do the same for others who are outside my own faith group but who share my values and ideals.

http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/584 ... i-boycott/

Good thinking, Brother Lloyd. And Truett Cathy is a devout Southern Baptist, so of course he shares LDS values and ideals. In fact, let's see what Richard Land, head of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission at the Southern Baptist Convention, says about your values and ideals.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on- ... _blog.html

“Mormonism is not considered by evangelicals or conservative Catholics as being an orthodox — with a small “o” — view of the Christian faith,” he says. “There is one [phrase] from their scripture: ‘As man now is, God once was. As God now is man may become.’ The only orthodox Christian thing there is the punctuation,” he says.

But is it a cult? “I wouldn’t call it a cult but it claims to be Christian and isn’t. It’s theology is like a cult but socially and culturally it doesn’t act like a cult.” In that way, he says, it is more “mainstream. They don’t withdraw, they don’t live in communities, they’re not like Jehovah’s Witnesses or James Jones.”

Land likens Mormonism to a fourth Abrahamic faith. “Joseph Smith is like the prophet Mohammad and The Book of Mormon is like the Koran. It supersedes the Bible and Joseph Smith supersedes the apostles.” Although Land does say that the definition of a cult, from a Christian perspective, is “a movement that claims to be Christian and isn’t.”

Richard Land understands why Mormons get upset at being called a cult, but he says, “it’s just not Christianity. It’s another religion, like Islam. But [Mormons] think they are the true Christians.”

But hey, as long as Truett Cathy doesn't like the gheys playing house any more than the LDS Church does, does it really matter that his church thinks you're not a real Christian and you have a cult-like theology? Don't we need to focus on the things that really matter---like imposing our religious sexual taboos on positive law---instead of trivial points like whether Mormons are Christians?

[_Darth J]

Let me reiterate that as a fellow Latter-day Saint, I am glad to see Scott Lloyd support a business built on the teachings of the Southern Baptist Covention, which shares our ideals and values.

http://www.truthandgrace.com/Baptistonmormon.htm

Southern Baptist Convention warns Christians about teachings of Mormonism

Apapepress
February 15, 2007
By Allie Martin
Rob Bowman with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) says Christians need to be aware that the beliefs of the Mormon Church are inconsistent with biblical Christianity. As one Mormon candidate launches his White House bid, the Southern Baptist official is urging Christians to take advantage of materials his denomination offers that teach the truth about Mormonism.

As former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney officially announced his presidential candidacy this week, a cover story in USA Today looked at the beliefs of the Mormon Church, formally known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Rob Bowman, manager of the apologetics and interfaith evangelism department of the SBC’s North American Mission Board (NAMB), thinks Christians would be wise to take an even closer look at the Mormons, lest any be deceived about the nature and tenets of that religious group. He says although the Mormon Church wages an expensive public relations campaign, using terms familiar to appeal to evangelicals, the core teachings of the church do not line up with scripture and are inconsistent with evangelical Christianity.

For this reason, Bowman says the SBC has for decades offered, through its various entities, information resources focusing on the Mormon Church. Many of these resources detail the differences between Christian and Mormon beliefs — of which there are many, the NAMB official observes.

For example, Bowman notes, "In 15 short years, [Mormon Church founder] Joseph Smith went from being a thoroughgoing monotheist, a believer in one god, to a thoroughgoing polytheist, teaching the existence of many gods." Also, he points out, the Latter-day Saints teach that humans can achieve godhood by joining the church and taking part in specific deeds and ceremonies.

Such divergent beliefs are among the reasons, the NAMB official asserts, why Christians must know the Bible, so as not to be fooled by non-biblical Mormon teachings. As for the Mormon Church members themselves, he adds, "Our concern is that they don’t really know the God of the Bible. So we’re concerned for their salvation."

The concern of Bible-believing Christians is that Mormons do not know the real Jesus of scripture, Bowman explains. The SBC’s desire, he says, is not only to see evangelicals learn about the differences between Mormonism and Christianity but also to see Mormons come to know Jesus and have an authentic relationship with Him.

Remember, Bretheren and Sisters: the fight to deny equal protection of law to same-sex couples is far more important than minor differences of opinion as to whether Mormonism is a deviant imitation of real Christianity.

[_Blixa]

Mr. Cathy would be a great drag name....

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

Mr. Cathy would be a great drag name....

Great. The next time I am trying to enjoy my chicken sandwich, I will have visions of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" running through my head:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7t9vP9SVwc

[_lulu]

The company doesn't discriminate against gays in employment.

CFR

[_GR33N]

I've been eating at Chik-fil-a ever since they came to town... They make the best spicy chicken sandwich you can buy! Boycotting them for their stance on Gay marriage is just as stupid as boycotting Target for supporting the Gay agenda.

[_MsJack]

This whole thing has struck me as "much ado about nothing." There's nothing wrong with people deciding to patronize or boycott a business based on how that business is committing itself politically. Scott Lloyd is free to patronize Chik-Fil-A based on his agreement with their opposition to SSM. Other people are free to boycott them based on the same. His gushing about the quality of the food there is good for lulz, but that's about it.

I switched to a pescetarian diet a few months ago, so I don't think I'll be darkening the door of a Chik-Fil-A anytime soon, but it isn't because I'm boycotting them.

[_EAllusion]

I'm a sometimes pescetarian, but because I like fish and am not a fan of meat besides the occasional poultry most of the time. I like Bison, but that's not something I can buy every day. On the upside, my preferred diet is healthy. Today I made sweet couscous and a preserved lemon chicken tagine, but prior to that I don't think I ate any meat but fish for like a month.

[_sock puppet]

Mr. Cathy would be a great drag name....

So would Mr Pink--but Tarantino wouldn't agree.