It's been a long search. But no need to worry. I found my pen and I'm back to writing! Along the way I also seem to have found my voice. Not that I was lacking one before, but I suppose it's more of my continual growth. For my close friends, you know this all too well, as it is often difficult to get me to shut up.
It's August 1st. And I'm sure many of you are standing strong in opposition of ChickfilA appreciation day. Some of you are probably supporting them, and the rest of you are probably living in disinterest and are about to click that little red X in the upper right corner. But before you do that...have no fear. I'm not about to rant on and on about the Bible, Dan Cathy, ChickfilA, my civil rights, or anything of that matter. I simply want you all to take this moment to take a step back and think about the companies you patron. Seriously, take a big step back. Think about how every dollar you spend disappears down some rabbit hole.
Where do those holes lead?
I guarantee you that Alice isn't in Wonderland on a spending spree with your cash.
Every company that gets your money has a special interest. It's naive to think otherwise. It may surprise you, but Dan Cathy's views on gay marriage don't bother me. It wasn't even his donations to radicals that bothered me. Think about all the products that you own that were made by child labor in foreign countries. If you took a stand against every single one of them you would be broke (and most likely naked)!! The problem began, for me, when the company started lying to the public. We've all seen the pictures of the sign recalling the finger puppets. Most of us know the truth behind it too.
What I urge you to do is take a few dollars of that hard earned cash and put it down a rabbit hole that actually leads somewhere. And if the ChickfilA fiasco has inspired you, then I would love to see you donate to one of these very worthy causes:
Human Rights Campaign
Marylanders for Marriage Equality
StandUp Against Bullying
FCKH8
Wipeout Homophobia
Now let's stop fighting over the damn chicken and get back to cheering our Olympians to victory!
