In July The Onion featured an article satirizing the news pertaining to Chick-Fil-A CEO's investments in anti-gay agendas. I found this article to be pretty damn funny. As I mentioned in my response paper, I vividly remember when this happened (not just because it was only a few months ago), because it had a large impact on my community. In West Hollywood, a very gay friendly neighborhood, Chick-Fil-A was loved until this story broke and then was severely boycotted.
For my symbol I chose a simple cross to represent the Christian agenda represented in the article. Although I am a strong believer in respecting all religious and overall personal choices of people, I still find it hard to maintain such respect for any group that wishes to discriminate. I went to Catholic school for 7 years (which isn't exactly the same thing, but pretty damn close). Before I attended Catholic school, I was very much a Catholic girl. I was a strong believer because I did not overanalyze the stories or traditions but rather focused on messages preached by Christianity. But in school I was often faced with people, even teachers, who were so preoccupied in keeping the country the same that they lost their way. Of course, not all Christians or Catholics feel the same way, as no group as complicated as a religion can be bound completely and utterly all of the same ideas. Also I must admit in the rage of remembering school, I am getting a bit off topic. Really, I just do not understand the roles Christian agenda's often play in gay rights. It seems quite barbaric to try to set back discrimination when clearly the nation is ready to move forward. I believe the CEO's actions were plain silly. It has become a norm to accept all different types of people and let go of discrimination. Publicly discriminating against one group of people seems almost as sociably unacceptable and going to work with no clothes on. Thus, I truly appreciated the humor used in The Onion article.
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