We’ve all heard the arguments, even more so this past week after the Chick-fil-A debacle and even on our National Marriage Equality Day Facebook event wall (Tuesday, August 7, mark it on your calendars!). It’s resulted in threads of thousand-count comments from both sides of the battlefield.
Admittedly, it’s easy to come up with retorts from the comfort of your computer, allowing yourself however long you need to give an articulated answer, but this YouTube user went to straight to the opposition sources, live, on Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, and politely asked those that stood in line for a greasy chicken sandwich why they didn’t support gay marriage.
Shedding light on how the other side thinks, the results may or may not surprise you. For me personally, watching it live just hit home how brainwashed our country is, as individuals spouted off biblical “facts” to support their beliefs, (sorry lady, but nowhere in the Bible does Jesus voice his stance on gay marriage), kids showed up because their parents told them to and others couldn’t respond when asked “So you believe that your religious beliefs should affect the government?”
I should note that she has publicly apologized for using the term “redneck.” “This video was not intended as hard-hitting journalism. It was just something funny for my friends,” she states. “I never expected so many people to see it. I think the video would have been more effective had I allowed them to speak for themselves.” Also, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way blasts a little too loud, so I recommend turning on the captions (just press the little cc button at the bottom right of the player).
Ironically, their answers give me hope because they are so absolutely outlandish that I can’t imagine our modern day government defending their stance for too long. But only time will tell.
Here’s the video. Tell us what you think in the comments below!
