Lesson Learned: Don't Be Intimidated by
Intolerant Bullies
“The Chick-fil-A episode could become a cultural
tipping point. Would Dan Cathy, the CEO of Chick-fil-A, retract his comments
that he and his company support biblical marriage, a union of one man and one
woman? I knew he never would. Any company that is willing to give up millions
of dollars in sales every year by closing all its stores on Sundays was not
going to be intimidated by anyone.
The Bible says that “the love of money is the
root of all kinds of evil” (1 Tim. 6:10). It’s obvious that the Cathys don’t
love money, and if they don’t love money, then they don’t care about having
their reputations dragged through the mud by bullies. Their priorities are in
the right place. They trust God to supply their needs. If they lost everything
tomorrow, the Cathys wouldn’t regret the stand they took or bad mouth their
enemies. They would acknowledge the sovereignty of God and move on.
The Cathys never said a disparaging word to
anyone about their beliefs. They stood their ground with dignity and biblical
rectitude.
The most heartening thing I saw was support for
a moral principle from people all across the United States. If we can do it in
the defense of a company that laid it all on the line for what it believes,
then we can do the same on other issues. Hopefully the silent majority won’t be
silent anymore. There’s a lot to be done to turn our nation around.
The Cathys showed us how to stand on a
principle: Don’t remain silent and don’t chicken out. There’s work to be done.”
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