tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post3015745785414225351..comments2024-01-26T03:40:17.625-05:00Comments on The Fourth Frog Blog: Way out of my comfort zoneAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12547679169487196540noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-5099562326284298032012-08-10T00:00:55.021-04:002012-08-10T00:00:55.021-04:00i do understand your feelings. it is not my job t...i do understand your feelings. it is not my job to judge what other people choose to do or don't do with their lives. it is my job to stick to my morals and beliefs. but i refuse to join the big hoopla surrounding this topic and many others. <br /><br />i always applaud someones right to express their opinion, even if it doesn't agree with my own lol i can debate and talk for hours about topics like this. i can argue either side too - when i graduated from high school i wanted to go to law school. i think i would have liked the debate part - but i don't think i could defend someone that did something terrible!kimybeeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897833610240170552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-1288315769695454952012-08-02T12:00:20.871-04:002012-08-02T12:00:20.871-04:00Thank you for this post, Amy. This is exactly how ...Thank you for this post, Amy. This is exactly how I feel, too. I just don't know how I feel on the subject. Torn, for sure. I'm glad I am not the only one. <br /><br />I don't eat meat, and we don't have Chick-Fil-A here, but this issue is more than just chicken for many people. I wish I knew where the line was drawn, but I don't. And I don't think I have to know. God only asks me to love people the way He loves them. Everything else is in His hands, and it's okay of I haven't got it all figured out. <br /><br />-ShaunaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-40029065743909179862012-08-02T10:20:39.020-04:002012-08-02T10:20:39.020-04:00LOVE this post. I think it's one of your best...LOVE this post. I think it's one of your best. It might have been hard to write, but it wasn't hard to read. I myself am not actually boycotting Chick Fil-A. But I'm not supporting them either. Will I NEVER eat there again? Not likely, because let's face it, their chicken ROCKS! But I'm not going to eat there today or tomorrow. <br />Anyway, again, great post.<br />MichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-69094488079394693852012-08-02T09:15:24.185-04:002012-08-02T09:15:24.185-04:00Thank you, Amy for expressing your thoughts so kin...Thank you, Amy for expressing your thoughts so kindly. <br />I did not go to Chik-Fil-A yesterday, because I too, don't have the patience to wait in line for over an hour. But I have many friends who did and I was glad that they took time out of their lives to support Dan Cathy's right to not only share his beliefs without being harassed for them but also his right to invest his money into those beliefs.<br />I believe in traditional marriage. I am well aware of the divorce statistics--heck, I am one--but that doesn't negate the value of marriage.<br />I would never support a person or a company that intentionally bullies the LGBT community--but I also claim the privilege of worshipping God how I want to, and supporting the causes I believe in, and afford everyone else the same right.<br />It is troubling that there is so much debate about this in the news, when we have much larger problems infesting our societies. I wonder what would happen if we put as much time and focus upon the poor and needy in our midst? <br />We could do so much more if we worked together on what's really important.<br />Thanks, Amy!Momzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01078211684662158122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-85904343108621818762012-08-02T08:44:54.478-04:002012-08-02T08:44:54.478-04:00Nice job in expressing your feelings. All those o...Nice job in expressing your feelings. All those of us who went to CFA wanted was for Dan Cathy to be able to express his, as well.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-31849945387110846712012-08-02T08:09:58.093-04:002012-08-02T08:09:58.093-04:00Christ was hated by the world for his radical view...Christ was hated by the world for his radical views on grace. I'm not a theologian or a Biblical scholar but when he said, "The world will hate you because it hated me" I'm pretty sure it wasn't his invitation for us to go out and intentionally make the world hate us. I wanted to cover my head and cry yesterday, as if physically ducking down would help me not get hit my the debris of what felt like insanity going on all around me. :/"The Queen of Free"https://www.blogger.com/profile/13372529593099788217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-14536028316867317372012-08-02T06:51:20.028-04:002012-08-02T06:51:20.028-04:00I have been so out of this issue because it hit th...I have been so out of this issue because it hit the fan during our fair, and I just haven't had the time or energy to tune in to it totally until now. My gut feeling is that this issue is NOT for us to decide. I kind of lead my life, to an extent, with the idea that if it is not harming me and my family, then it is not my place to judge. I, like you, also believe that most gay people are living a life they had no choice in if they are living their true life. I would hate to live in a world that required me to me someone other than my true self and forgo true love. I just think, this issue is bigger than me, and I will let Him have the last say when that time comes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003384586082557583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-85531991333871426172012-08-02T06:49:47.635-04:002012-08-02T06:49:47.635-04:00This is a beautiful and honest post. I respect yo...This is a beautiful and honest post. I respect you for writing it and I don't disagree with anything you say. Thank you.Eternal Lizdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12436844959718198383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-10130085804837327482012-08-02T00:19:05.196-04:002012-08-02T00:19:05.196-04:00You certainly do get different answers on the issu...You certainly do get different answers on the issue depending on which lens you look through, don't you? Which is the lens we should look through in our society? A religious one that results in unequal treatment for some people? Or a secular one that denies a beautiful theology of family and the dignity of human sexuality? I'm going to let God worry about it, not me. I do know that heterosexuals have done more to destroy the sanctity of marriage and a dignified human sexual expression that a pair of committed gay people ever could.Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-47822539572372058392012-08-02T00:19:04.770-04:002012-08-02T00:19:04.770-04:00You certainly do get different answers on the issu...You certainly do get different answers on the issue depending on which lens you look through, don't you? Which is the lens we should look through in our society? A religious one that results in unequal treatment for some people? Or a secular one that denies a beautiful theology of family and the dignity of human sexuality? I'm going to let God worry about it, not me. I do know that heterosexuals have done more to destroy the sanctity of marriage and a dignified human sexual expression that a pair of committed gay people ever could.Krisnoreply@blogger.com