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   ? Usenet Legends  boba?dca?ole  ?    
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   > 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."   
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   >   
   > 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."   
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   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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