(Friday Church News Notes, April 18, 2014, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - In the last month Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy has twice apologized to the press for his stance on “gay rights.” This month he told USA Today that his public statements against homosexual “marriage” in 2012 and the financial support the company has contributed to fighting it was a mistake. He said, “All of us become more wise as time goes by. ... I’m going to leave it to politicians and others to discuss social issues” (“Chick-fil-A wings in new direction after gay flap,” USA Today, April 8, 2014). Last month Cathy told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Every leader goes through different phases of maturity, growth and development and it helps by (recognizing) the mistakes that you make.” Cathy is positioning the company to expand aggressively from its base in the South into parts of the country that are more liberal-minded, such as Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Instead of moral issues, Cathy indicated that the company will focus on nutrition, environmentalism, and other socially-acceptable concerns, such as antibiotic-free chicken and the removal of corn syrup and artificial ingredients from its products. The homosexual mafia has marked up another win against cowardly people who appear to love money more than Jesus Christ and His Word. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council told Mike Huckabee of Fox News, “I think we’re seeing those in the business community becoming cowards.” Where are the professing Christians in influential places who will “dare to be a Daniel” or who will take the stand that Esther took when she determined to plead with the pagan king for her people and, “If I perish, I perish” (Est. 4:16). In August 2012, shortly after Chick-fil-A Day in which tens of thousands of people showed their support for the company’s stance, Floyd Perkins entered the Family Research Council’s headquarters and started shooting. Angry at the company’s moral stance, his objective was to kill people and then stuff a Chick-fil-A sandwich in their mouths. He had 15 chicken sandwiches in a backpack, but by God’s grace he was stopped by a guard and is now serving 25 years in prison.
