This post was written in haste and started as a Facebook status, so please bear that in mind. Also, Lughnasadh blessings to all! :)
I believe in everyone's right to
marry the one they love in a union that is recognized by the government, if not
a church of some kind. I think Chik-fil-a has exercised their right to their
own opinion and that is fine. They still have good chicken and if I was going
to boycott them for their opinion, I might as well delete family from my
Facebook as well and just be done with it. Everyone's got their own opinion.
What irritates me is the feeling that someone is trying to
shove it in my face or make their opinion law. You want to show your support
for Chik-fil-a? Fine. You want to showcase how good of a Christian you are,
well, if eating a piece of chicken is all it takes to make you a good
Christian, then we're all in trouble.
Again, Christianity and morals are
not mutually exclusive. You can have one without the other and people need to
realize that. Calling yourself Christian does not automatically make you a good
person. I never hear the phrase “I’m a good Pagan.” Being Pagan does not
automatically make you a good person, even though most of us live by the rule
of three, whatever you send out will come back at you, threefold. And the
Wiccan Rede, and it harm none, do what thou will.
Although I
am not quite sure why, seeing the posts on the Chik-fil-a situation has pushed
buttons with me. It makes me want to stop hiding part of myself from the family
members who post those things. If you can be that way, then I can be this way out
in the open and I am just as entitled to do so as you are to present your
opinion. On this day, one of the eight sabbats that make our wheel of the year,
when Pagans celebrate the first harvest, I say to any reading this so as to
make no mistake, I follow my Goddess, not your God. I feel her love and her guidance
every day, and I am tired of denying it, pretending to feel something I don’t.
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