First I should tell you that I get most of my news from Facebook. It's embarrassing, but true. Don't tell my journalism professors from St. Mike's. Seriously.
So I've seen that there's this thing going on with Chick-Fil-A. Now truthfully, I can't see why I'd care when another food chain hits the news. Fast food makes me very very sad, frustrated, angry - for lots and lots of reasons.
And then I start to see bits and pieces on facebook (my reliable news source) about Chick-Fil-A. These are the facts I can gather:
1. The Muppets were the Chick-Fil-A toy (presumably they have a "happy meal" type toy ... don't even get me started)
2. For some reason it came out that the muppets are not anti-gay marriage
3. Chick-Fil-A pulls the muppet toy line from their store
4. Someone posts a picture of a framed notice presumably at Chick-Fil-A that states something along the lines of their being a recall of muppet toys due to poor construction. Suspicious.
5. Then I see a letter posted by the Boston Mayor explaining that while Chick-Fil-A was recently invited to set up shop in Boston - the invite has been rescinded as there is no place in Boston for discrimination - ESPECIALLY on the Freedom Trail.
I see the letter. I let out a "yes!".
Ark Boy asks what that was about.
In our house we don't talk about gay rights. It's just not an issue. Everybody has the same rights - we don't care who you're in a relationship with, what color your skin is, where you go to church (or don't), etc. As long as you're not hurting someone and you're doing your best to help the earth - who cares?
Ark Boy and Farm Girl know that some families have two mommies, and some have two daddies, and some have one daddy, and some have one mommy, and some have a daddy and a mommy. No big deal.
So I have to explain to Ark Boy that some people don't like it when two mommies are together or two daddies instead of a mommy and a daddy.
I have to explain what the muppets are.
I have to explain what fast food is ("like that place that calls itself a restaurant called McDonalds? The one that does bad things to the earth?").
And I have to explain that the muppets and the place called Chick-Fil-A don't agree about who gets to be part of a family.
"Well, I think that if boys want to marry boys they should. So whoever agrees with that - that's the one I agree with."
"That's the muppets."
"Well, I agree with them, then."
