Victoria Cobb, President of The Family Foundation
The Family Foundation in Virginia is planning a big protest for later this year to demonstrate their unhappiness with the number of gay marriage bans being overturned by federal courts. Acknowledging that the Supreme Court is likely to hear at least one of the state cases now winding their way through our court system, the group is getting their members ready to be at fever pitch come this August.
They acknowledge their fight will be hard with public opinion so obviously moving toward acceptance of same-sex marriage: "Only the church stands in support of God's design for marriage."
Their recent announcement:
"Jesus has issued a trumpet call and declared a holy fast to gather his people together for a time of consecration, to purify our way of thinking and cleanse our way of living. Our state and nation are mired in confusion and post-modern thinking and nowhere is this more evident than in the current debate raging about what constitutes marriage. The Supreme Court begins their session on October 6th. We fully expect them to take a marriage case sometime in the next year. Join us for 40 Days of Prayer, Fasting and Repentance for Marriage from August 27 through October 5, 2014."
what eye thynk: While I disagree with their stand on same-sex marriage, I can't fault them for standing up for what they believe. It is their right, and if they want to pray and starve themselves for 40 days, that's fine with me. But, it turns out there is a catch to the "Fasting" part of the protest.
In a second announcement, they added this interesting twist: "Giving up physical food isn't necessary."
In other words, Virginia's Family Foundation is drumming up support for a fast where you never actually have to miss a meal. Maybe that's where the "Repentance" part comes in. You know, first you have the "Prayer"...then you go to McDonald's for the "Fasting" part...and finally you Repent that you super-sized it.
As James Parker of Addicting Info said, "It's official: Family Foundation found the laziest form of protesting possible--protest by imagination."
can't add a thing to this. After all, ow do you make a point, any point, with what has been given
ReplyDelete"did you want fries with that?"
unknown McDonald's worker circa 1960