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   dlbendigo   Wrote in message:   
   > ? Usenet Legends  boba?dca?ole  ?    
   >  Wrote in message:   
   >> A pro-family organization that works to equip churches to transform   
   >> the culture is defending a privately held, family-owned chicken   
   >> restaurant that is under fire for providing lunches for a recent   
   >> marriage seminar.   
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   >> In addition to closing on Sundays to allow worship and family time for   
   >> its employees, Chick-fil-A and many of its franchise owners across the   
   >> U.S. have pledged to contribute to everything from marriage seminars   
   >> to retreats and counseling for the employees of its 1,200 locations.   
   >> The perk has gone largely unnoticed until recently.   
   >>   
   >> Tony Perkins"A local Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A decided to donate some   
   >> box-lunches to a seminar called 'The Art of Marriage: Getting to the   
   >> Heart of God's Design,'" reports Family Research Council (FRC)   
   >> president Tony Perkins. "Since then, the fast-food chain has come   
   >> under attack from liberals, who say these sandwiches are somehow a   
   >> political statement against homosexuality."   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> But Perkins points out that seminar sponsor Michael Geer sees nothing   
   >> wrong with the donations and has issued a statement encouraging people   
   >> to "applaud institutions that want to strengthen marriage."   
   >>   
   >   
   > The Church was made for people, not people for the Church.  The very   
   > first gay marriage was conducted years ago, under a properly issued   
   > license, and by a Methodist minister.  Gay marriages aren't for   
   >  everybody,   
   > and I don't approveof being gay or lesbian just to be trendy.  I   
   >  am 42 years   
   > married myself.  But people who look with their eyes without a Bible   
   > blocking their vision, can see that some same-sex couples are as   
   >  married   
   > as I am.  Be what you want to be, don't tolerate hypocrisy, but don't   
   > destroy the happiness of others by applying inflexible Biblical texts.   
   > In St Paul's day, and back in 500 B.C., homosexual liaisons were   
   > common, often with a great disparity in ages.  I am not supporting   
   > homosexuality.  I am supporting a freedom to choose an enriching   
   > relationship.   
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   Marriage is to be taken seriously.  Marriage is for grownups, as   
   Dorothy Carnegie said.  It is not for thrill-seekers, nor for   
    unthinking   
   religious parrots.  "Never let your sense of morality get in the way   
   of doing what's right."  Your approach is similar to those who oppose   
   bl;ood transfusions.   
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