Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea:
1. After reports surfaced Tuesday that Chick-Fil-A planned to sponsor two conferences hosted by a rabidly anti-gay group in Pennsylvania, the company’s name was abruptly removed from a website promoting the events. Chick-Fil-A also said this on Twitter: “For those seeing reports of a CFA sponsorship w/ the Penn Family Inst, we are looking into the issue and will provide a response ASAP.” Of course, this isn’t the first time Chick-Fil-A has backed an anti-gay group, but the good news is the company still treats us slightly better than chickens.
2. Republicans will take over the U.S. House when it convenes at noon Eastern time today, and the Human Rights Campaign says anti-gay lawmakers will also now have a majority in the chamber. According to a report released by HRC this morning (screen grab above), anti-LGBT lawmakers now hold 225 seats, a gain of 53 from the last Congress. (Read more here.) On the bright side, the House will gain its fourth openly gay member — David Cicilline of Rhode Island.
3. Speaking of Rhode Island, the new governor there, Lincoln Chafee, is calling for marriage equality.
I agree that marriage must be between a man and a woman.
And, anyone who believes in this must not be penalized…..because it is the one and only “true marriage”.
Wow, thanks Linda A.! It appears you can determine the degrees of ‘love’ and decide which is worthy of marriage and which isn’t. I’m sure people like Brittany Spears must be very happy to know that only they are allowed a true marriage. I’d hate to think that her 36 hour marriage might not have been a ‘true marriage’.
Maybe it was a typo?… If the Pennsylvania Family Institute promotes marriage between a man and a woman and so does chic-Fil-A, why did CFA name disappear from he marketing things?
Anyway, way to go CFA!!
I totally agree with Linda ( above Poster). Those who believe in traditional marriage should not be penalized, …but we will be. It’s a sign of the times. We shouldn’t be surprised.
What “penalty” Jenny and Linda?? Everybody not agreeing with you? Is that some sort of “loss” you suffer? Again, I ask: WHAT PENALTY????