Nothing could surprise Shane Windmeyer more than getting his first phone call from Dan Cathy. Windmeyer has staged Chick-fil-A protests numerous times, revolving around the gay marriage issue. Cathy is the son of Chick-fil-A’s founder. The whole family has a reputation as devout Christians. Can two men agree to be friends, despite opposing beliefs?
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“Can two walk together, except they be agreed…?”
Ask Jesus. He was accused of being a glutton and a winebibber – even invited himself to Zaccheus’ home.
This was a good thing, if it was real. There is no reason for hate but understanding, a happy medium is good. I commend the both of them for reaching a “live and let live” understanding. I believe, although it may mean nothing, but I have this medium to put out my opinion that most things are a misunderstanding or even more sinister a given gap portrayed by those in power to keep us as people separate and forever fighting and never wanting t understand one another. If we could just realize and accept no one person has all f the answers and no one person knows it all, we would come to accept others instead of becoming excited and attacking another just because we disagree on a few issues. I think most things are just misunderstood or the ones we look to for guidance just want to control and the only way to do that is to separate us as people. I realize there are issues that can never be discussed, and maybe it’s better not to, these are the things that separate us, and how do we deal with these things….Last…That is how, start with what we can deal with and discuss and when it comes to the touchy subjects, then after dealing with the easier subjects we will understand the opposing arguments more and have a greater respect for the others opinion and then maybe we can resolve the bigger issues better and together. First we have to make the step to agree to disagree, like it was once done. Well what ever, I guess
“Am I all I Can Be in Spite of my Obsessions?” A few thoughts to share:
You are wonderfully and beautifully made – free will, sex drives and all. Have you won by developing your greatest personal gifts and talents?
“No test has been sent you that does not come to all men. Besides, God keeps his promise. He will not let you be tested beyond your strength. Along with the test he will give you a way out so that you may be able to endure it.”
Obsessions drive us into relationships that deny our uniqueness. Every urge needn’t be satisfied. We differ in makeup, intelligence; experience and motivation. Political Correctness has closed the minds of millions. Technology has prospered us, but will never relieve us from moral responsibility.
Would a good shove make you develop your own special endowment? Are you being pushed by your “friends” into places and activities that you can’t control? Are you destroying the work of others? Are you producing beauty, or is it all drama? Does “government” solve anything? Is your professor nuts, but you need the grade?
Infinite diversity of personal gifts and talents prospers our society. Racial, ethnic and moral diversity are limited definitions – the stuff of totalitarians. Limitless opportunities to apply God-given gifts and talents made the United States successful in a world where most nations prevent class mobility and discourage diversity of gifts and talents.
“A man of conscience is one who never acquires tolerance, well-being, success, public standing, and approval on the part of prevailing opinion, at the expense of truth.” Pope Benedict XVI.
Getting to basics is always important, and when not distorted by unnatural values is often rather simple. The Creator developed humans as male and female. The intimate interaction between males and females can lead to coitus. Coitus requires the male sex organ and the female sex organ to be brought into a cooperative interaction. Male homosexuals do not engage in this interaction, as a female sex organ is not involved. Rather, sodomy or fellatio between males typically occurs. Sodomy requires the substitution of the anal orifice or mouth of a male, for the female sex organ, which is not coitus. Adult males who engage in this practice with children are known as paedophiles. One such paedophile was discovered to have abused youth for twenty years at Penn State. An investigation of paedophiles reported in “The Franklin Cover-Up Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska” revealed an international organization. Numerous investigators have been murdered or had strange accidents, and the collusion of officials from Nebraska up to the White House has been uncovered. Also uncovered was that paedophiles seek to malign boys by the age of eight. My experience indicates that parents do not wish their sons to become abused by this debauchery of mankind, which is still punishable by law, and in no way is described by the word, gay. The withdrawal of the current pope is reported to be related with the uncovering of such widespread debauchery among the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church. Of course, Chick-fil-A leadership is free to associate with such abnormal debauchery.
I don’t hate gays but I am against what they stand for. So why do they have to hate me, they don’t even try to understand what I stand for.
Mr Cathy didn’t say he opposed gay marriage in the interview that caused the ruckus with the gay community. Faith & family were important & no one had divorced in his family. The gay community got all up in arms thinking he was condemning them. Mostly they don’t understand Christians ~ we are called to love God & love our neighbor. I understand with the Westboro Church out there, you could think we hate people but we don’t, that would make us not Christians. One can’t love God nor reflect Jesus if one doesn’t love his neighbor whom he can see. I am having a hard time loving democrats though, lol. just kidding.
Mr Cathy just showed how true men of faith behave. There is no reason to be intolerant of others no matter what choices they make or even who they choose to love. I too am a woman of deep faith, in my family we have a gay cousin and nephew (although sadly he died) I love them both from the deepest part of my heart. They are not their sex lives, they are human beings with very human feelings. AND, God loves them too!