another serving of chicken...

tomorrow

august 1st...

is not 

about 

chicken.

tomorrow when the flocks 

stand in line and 

wait at drive-thru windows

to order sandwiches

and nuggets,

fries and drinks...

it's not about chicken

nor is it about 

the freedom 

for a 

c.e.o.

or his company to speak.

it's about 

judgement 

and condemnation 

and the denial of 

human rights.

it's not about 

the faithfulness of a 

chicken sandwich maker

but 

it is about 

the insistence of 

a particular brand 

of christian faith in america

to promote 

fear

injustice

and ultimately hate. 

as a human race...

we've been down this road before.

as a country...

we've been down this road before. 

and if you have forgotten 

then read up on your history.

but it takes time and effort to read history

and this is the problem...

so many people 

unwilling to remember,

unwilling to ponder and think

about their convictions, words and actions 

and how it all reflects the same bigotry

we've witnessed and experienced in the past. 

"but we have the BIBLE!"

it is said.

"but this issue about GAYS has nothing 

to do with civil rights!"

it is said.

and yet,

the same degradation, 

discrimination and hate

that cost the lives of others in the past

is costing lives now
all the while using the 
same arguments 
theology 
and excuses.  

this is not about chicken

this is about the persistent ignorance

and hatred that works to define 

other humans as 

less than human!

there is history

and ton's of modern scholarship 

to read

so as to understand 

why this issue is not about "chicken" 

and has everything to do with 

bigotry, and hate. 

but it seems history will 

repeat itself....

it seems the chicken is just too tasty

and will be bought and eaten

at the cost of the

dignity and lives

of other humans. 

"when i was hungry,

you fed me.  when i was thirsty

you gave me something to drink." 

many children of GOD

hunger and thirst...

this is not about chicken!