Forgive my rambling post.
Chik-fil-A didn't open only in what I would call high-dollar neighborhoods in my town, at least. There is one in an indoor mall, one in a sort of outdoor mall near a Chili's, a Chedder's, a Golden Corral buffet, and across the street from a Best Buy, Petsmart, Christian book store, and others. Across another street is a trailer court and a Wal-mart. I think there may be one at the local college in the food court, too.
On other topics, this article really struck home to me:
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarne...hing-attacks-threats-against-chick-fil-a.html
I went to one in a mall and there were, by my guess, around 300 people in line across the large food court and down the hall, doubling back on itself. It was about an hour wait, and well worth it imo. Another location, I'm told, had cars backed up down a major city corridor onto a highway. I can only guess how many people didn't or couldn't go because of the lines. Local news said the location sold out of almost everything (which makes me wonder about their business today and how long it will take to resupply).
At the location I went to, people were upbeat and patient, and the workers, though harried, seemed to be keeping up their always positive attitudes.
Just my $.02:
In my opinion, although it's been around for a long time, the culture war on the topic of homosexuality has gotten so much more severe in the last generation or so because Christians have been largely focused on careers, raising kids, and paying off mortgages, while the pro gay movement is working full time every day on-task in Hollywood, especially television, and also in all forms of literature and news media day after day, to convince everyone that this lifestyle is normal and just as healthy as the traditional family unit ("a family is a family" and "who is it hurting?" are common sentiments). Many the top-rated shows prominently feature a gay couple as normal and healthy and no-big-deal. Reality tv, extremely popular now, nearly always has a token gay contestant. There has been years of making this lifestyle mainstream and Christians have done little about it but complain. While we Christians focus our lives on gaining material possessions and career advancement, and prioritize after-school soccer and Sunday School couples-night-out potluck dinners, we have become too insular and too weary to be very active in the culture war. This is not what I see in the Bible regarding the first century church, and we could learn a lot from them. *passes mic*
