misunderstood waffle fries

i know there is a lot of drama associated with chick-fil-a right now,

but i wanted to share my heart on the issue.

my children and i, 

along with a huge crowd of people,

showed up at our local

chick-fil-a yesterday for lunch.

nobody was saying/yelling anything mean,

nobody was protesting,

nobody was showing any kind of violence,

nobody was breaking any laws.

i didn't go because i hate gays and lesbians,

i didn't go because i'm agaist same sex marriage,

i didn't go because i'm mad,

i didn't go because of retaliation of any kind.

i went to support our local chick-fil-a.

i went because i thought it would be fun for my children.

i went because chick-fil-a does so many great things for our community.

i went because i share the same family values as they do.

since when did supporting something

mean hating something else?

i was surprised at the volume of people

that felt the same as i did.

i saw a priest, a cop, and several mom's with all of their children.

everyone was very nice (smiling) and used the word "support"

to express their reason for showing up

on a very crowded summer day.

the owner/founder of chick-fil-a did nothing

wrong in my eyes and got attacked undeservingly.

he shared his christian beliefs on a christian program.

his message was not to provoke the world,

but a statement to other christian believers.

again...

support was the motive in many hearts yesterday.

support is pure.

support is not condemning.

support is loving.

i don't view myself as someone who judges others

and i certainly don't spend my time condemning anyone

and would never teach my children to do that either.

just wanted to share my heart :)