So if you’re against marriage equality, what SHOULD I call you?

Does bigot work?

Read what Hemant Mehta has to say at Patheos about the whole Chick-fil-A conflab:

Is bigot too strong of a word? It doesn’t matter. The hurt feeling you have when you get called a mean name pales in comparison to the hurt the LGBT community feels when you strip their rights away.

(Plus, you know, I said the word “bigot” with a smile.)

No one should be tolerant of intolerance — and that’s a game Christians love to play (“Well, you’re just intolerant of our religious beliefs!”)… but no one’s taking away their rights. No one’s forcing gay marriage in their church. No one’s asking them to attend a gay wedding against their will. (Let’s face it; they weren’t invited in the first place.)

And thanks, Jac, for the link.

Guess I’ll bypass Chick-fil-A, then.

The chicken king, Dan Cathy, has a gay problem.

You have to wonder what would make Cathy – normally, an astute businessman — say such a thing.

And, FYI? Leave the Muppets out of it. Can someone buy Bryan Fischer a mouth-sized cork? Or a maybe a massive Deluxe?

UPDATE: Sherry sends this, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s angry letter to Chick-fil-A. Do click on this link. It’s well worth the read.

YET ANOTHER UPDATE: Chicago ain’t happy, either. And thanks for this, as well, Sherry.