Chicago Chick-fil-A Kiss-In protesters "chalk homeless street preacher

richard wang · #1 Aug 4, '12, 8:10 pm

Legal Insurrection
Posted by Anne Sorock. Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 7:03pm

http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/08...reet-preacher/

I attended Friday night’s “Kiss-in” protest outside the only Chick-fil-A location in Chicago. The small group of between twenty to thirty protesters gathered outside the restaurant around 7pm.

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While there, a group formed around an elderly African-American homeless man, who was reading his bible while seated along a fence rail off to the side of the protest. Some in the group confronted the man, who was reading the bible aloud, and engaged him in theological debates. A few others took the opportunity to mock the man, which I captured on video:

http://youtu.be/x8G4jI3VI8U

Nearing the end of the protest, someone from the group wrote on the sidewalk in front of the homeless man, “He’s Really Gay Deep Down,” with an arrow pointed to where he was seated.

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Corki · #2 Aug 4, '12, 8:16 pm

And that's what they call "tolerance" -- sick idiots.

**pnewton** · #3 Aug 4, '12, 8:20 pm

There was no engagement in theological debate. There were some bullies yelling at this poor man and chiding him, God and the Bible for hypocricy, thus engaging in true hypocricy.

DoGodsBidding · #4 Aug 4, '12, 9:24 pm

Score 1 for the man with the Bible and zero for those attempting to harass him.

DGB

**Holly3278** · #5 Aug 4, '12, 10:11 pm

They call us hateful. The ones who are truly hateful are themselves. They won't even tolerate opposing views! Instead they must berate and harass those who have opposing views.

SaintPatrick333 · #6 Aug 4, '12, 10:15 pm

Pray for those people. Counteract their hatred and ignorance with Love and Truth.

Bill Martin · #7 Aug 4, '12, 10:19 pm

Just more "tolerance" in action..

PJD1987 · #8 Aug 4, '12, 11:08 pm

This is what radical secularism/atheism breeds: hatred, revenge, animosity, misunderstanding, pettiness, cruelty, hypocrisy, bitterness, entitlement.

Crescentinus · #9 Aug 4, '12, 11:10 pm

What they want is not tolerance in the truest sense of the word. They want enablers and people to conform to their idiocy!

Score 1 for the pastor!

bouncebanana · #10 Aug 4, '12, 11:54 pm

"Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake"

"Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake."

Imagine that. People who hate Jesus so much are working diligently to ensure that His prophecy is fulfilled.

_Abyssinia · #11 Aug 5, '12, 1:12 am

Tears nearly came to my eyes, to see the humbleness of the man sitting their reading his Bible being surrounded by people attacking Christianity.

These are the tolerance police, just never when it comes to Christians.

CatholicFireman · #12 Aug 5, '12, 2:08 am

I'm sure Alderman Joe Moreno supports these idiots.

Credo ergo sum · #13 Aug 5, '12, 2:54 am

Let's give them a piece of their own tolerance.

**JRKH** · #14 Aug 5, '12, 4:37 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoGodsBidding

Score 1 for the man with the Bible and zero for those attempting to harass him.

DGB

Amen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holly3278

They call us hateful. The ones who are truly hateful are themselves. They won't even tolerate opposing views! Instead they must berate and harass those who have opposing views.

Unfortunately many on both sides of the discussion can be and are guilty of this kind of behavior.
One must wonder - what type of person does this kind of "protest" attract? Is it the intellectual, deep thinking, truly tolerant? I think not. It attracts the "agitator", the "talk first and think later" type and those who are truly and simply angry...They are seeking confrontation, not discussion - compliance to their view, not tolerance or compromise....and sad to say, Christianity has it's fair share of these types as well...

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaintPatrick333

Pray for those people. Counteract their hatred and ignorance with Love and Truth.

Again I say Amen....

Quote:

Originally Posted by PJD1987

This is what radical secularism/atheism breeds: hatred, revenge, animosity, misunderstanding, pettiness, cruelty, hypocrisy, bitterness, entitlement.

I must point out that there has been plenty of, "hatred, revenge, animosity, misunderstanding, pettiness, cruelty, hypocrisy, bitterness, entitlement" displayed among Christians over the centuries - and even recently...

Some years ago I was speaking with a man who served with my dad in the Army. He happily mentioned that they had "beat up" a fellow soldier because they believed he was gay.
The KKK was (and maybe still is) comprised of a large number of "Christians".
The Holocaust in WW II did not happen in a vacuum but was the result in no small part of a long standing animosity toward the Jews by the Christian community...
I'm sure other examples could be offered....

It's fine to point out the splinter in the eye of another...so long as we are aware of our own...and take responsibility for it...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Credo ergo sum

Let's give them a piece of their own tolerance.

Just precisely what they would love to see happen...
Instead let's give them a piece of God's tolerance...

Peace
James

Ysara · #15 Aug 5, '12, 8:09 am

Something about this scene reminded me on how Jesus was mocked and abused and He forgave his abusers ... God Bless that preacher I will include him in my prayers today... he is truely Christian... let the mob have their rant... In the end it was the preacher who stood out and over came their taunts...

Sir whoever you are