Boycott of gas station ends after owner cuts ties to Bradlee Dean’s ministry

Like I always say, one does not have to support what one must accept!

yeah!

Great going for both Gabe Aderhold and Timothy Murphy! Victories like this come when people step up, challenge the crazy, which is what Gabe did! And they can come because people like Murphy can also recognize the crazy!

I particularly like how Murphy catches on that Dean’s hatefilled ministry is not a very ‘Jesus loving Christ’ kind of faith. ‘that Christian message he claims to support’ – heh, heh.

I understand vandals were out at Holy Childhood Parish the other day to spew obscenities in chalk like immature 12 year olds. Economic intimidation is another technique that works, especially when it is anonymous.

Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic: “As a minority, homosexuals have the right to be protected, but they don’t have the right to be admired.”

That’s for dang sure.

Well, this boycott was NOT anonymous, was it? The initiator was public about it, and facebook friends all had names.

I suppose no one has any inherent right to be admired, but it’s dang sure that Gabe is admired for taking a stand, and many of us admire Mr. Murphy for his decency.

No group of people are born with the inherent right to be admired. Its in the actions of each one of us.

What you mentioned about the vandalism is something that goes on in every minority groups that have been oppressed. If one would to stand up and say that about a group of people with color it would be racist. They are not doing the vandalism (and really Chalk? vandalism? one would fight to say taht might be freedom of speech even) Because they are gay, or a person of color now are they? Yes if one does something wrong they need to call out to them on it. Such in that case, the venue was wrong, grown people (I am assuming that they were grown, if they were kids doing it, there is a differently level of calling out on them should be going on) should approach the person(s) or groups that are the opposes such as the target of this boycott was.

The anti-gay bigots love to use the wording of normalizing. I wold say its the radical religious agenda that has been normalized. This boycott was fair and well done. With the outcome that was respectful to all people!

Ray,
I’d suggest that “Christians” follow that biblical concept of first removing the plank from their eye before critisizing the mote in someone else’s. Your religion does NOT trump someone else’s civil rights.

The Catholic church has a great deal of apologizing and repentence to do before they are welcome to become defensive against criticism.

@ Ray Marshall – Interestingly I can’t find a thing on any vandalism happening at the Holy Child church from any news agency anywhere. One would think this would be in the news here locally. Wondering if perhaps there were photos taken of said vandalism or police report of said vandalism that could be posted. Certainly I am against any kind of behavior that damages private or public property for that matter. I’m just curious as to why I can’t find a thing on this.

What a bunch of petty people. A private business has a right to allow any legal activity on their property (these fundraiser for example). And private individuales have a right to boycott the business, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s really just a bunch of self-important leftists tugging each other off.

@Robin,

he did follow up and say after the use of the word Vandalism, the word written in chalk.

That isn’t Vandalism, and he didn’t say who did it. The wording of his paragraph sounded like he assumed that it was a gay group.

I am NOT Gay and I am a strong supporter and advocate for equal and civil rights for all.

Someone that isn’t Gay could have certainly have written what ever he claims was written.

Vandalism in Chalk? Sounds like an inside job. “Real” vandals use paint.

re: vandalism. The acts of one or two or twenty are not the acts of all even if the one or two or twenty happen to belong to/support a minority.

re: boycotts and “self important leftists” what’s it called when a group of conservatives want to boycott Disney World because it supports its gay employees and customers? I’m guessing they’re not “self important leftists” why’s it o.k. for “christians” or conservatives to boycott liberal loving businesses but not for “leftists” to boycott?

@ T.Z.

Because the radical Religious Agenda has been told by God to do so.

TZ,
RE: “boycott of Disney” was pretty much a failure. Conservatives are as welcome as “leftists” to boycott who they wish. The AFA does it all the time. They do so many that most everyone ignores them. You can right now find a list of companies the AFA is boycotting due to their annual “War on Christmas”, which I’m sure they are going to re-start again soon.