McDonald's Homosexual Agenda

I quit eating at McDonalds along time ago. The high standards of service, cleanness, etc., went way down and I gave them up. Too many times I was treated like I was doing McDonalds a favor by even placing an order. So, the homosexual thing doesn't really bother me. They are a secular organization catering to a group of people, in our society, who are generally well educated and better off financially. Any secular organization would be foolish not to at least acknowledge the gay community. Would I want to eat with a bunch of gay men? Probably not. It's like Disney World. I still go there. I haven't boycotted Disney. I just make sure that I don't take my family during the week when all the gays show up.

 

Well I am of the view that most of the businesses we interact with use our money for unChristian (or antichristian) things. As Paul says, if we are going to avoid the world we would have to leave the world (1Cor 5:9-10). Unless a business really does something that puts me off, I'm not likely to join any sort of boycott. While the McDonalds commercial is a sad example of life in a sinful world it is not going to affect my habits. Avoiding McDonalds is not going to stop them from running the commercial. Also, the commercial is being run in France which may or may not have any financial connection to franchises in the United States (I pled ignorance on this point).

I see this as a matter of conscious. If a person cannot purchase products from McDonalds with a clear conscious, then so be it. However for myself, and I imagine most Christians, it just does not rise to the level where I would join a boycott. Maybe it is because I just don't expect any better. I'm not one who thinks we should try to get lost people to act like saved people. Instead we should get lost people to become saved people. That is the answer, the Gospel. Boycotts generally change nothing (mainly in a situation like this).

I don't think so. I need their product, so I purchase it. Just like the people in Paul's day. They needed the meat, so they purchased it. Where it came from, or who they purchased it from, was a secondary issue. If, however, someone was convicted then Paul's instructions were clear (stay clear of the meat).

Personally, I don't understand why so many Christians are surprised when lost people (and secular companies) do things like this. My view is this is the very thing we should expect from them. After all, they are of the world (and we are not).

 

This won't make any difference for me. I don't really like McDonald's so I rarely go there.

With regards to Chik-fil-a, I am glad for their workers' sakes that Sundays are off days, but that really doesn't make me eat there either.

I eat at Chik-fil-a because they have the best fast food, IMO.

 

Remember that there are Christians who work at McDonald's who have nothing to do with this policy. They are just living from pay check to pay check!

 

Please don't throw all homosexuals into the "gang" you see in the parades and public demonstrations. I am not supporting homosexuality by a long stretch, but I do have some sympathy for true homosexuals.

For example, we have a local medical doctor who happens to be lesbian. She is an excellent doctor and I wouldn't hesitate to go to her. In fact, I am good friend to both her and her mate. She was born and raise on the mission field to Baptist missionary parents. How did she become lesbian? She has a good knowledge of scripture and the gospel and professes faith in Jesus Christ. At what point are you going to deny her? I can't and I won't. She knows what I think about homosexuality and I still talk with her about it.....a lot tougher too with her medical background, I can tell you.

Secondly, it is wrong that all societies advancing homosexuality have been destroyed. Consider the Greek society which continues to this day with a homosexual bent. Even to-day, men take on boys as a sexual partner alongside their marriage...and it is done openly!

Then, what about the church members who listen to a sermon about the evils of gambling and you meet them after church at a local store buying lottery tickets!! I guess they were hollow amens in church.

We need to preach more on following Jesus and living for Him; the positive aspects of the Word. We gain more with a firm handshake than a fist.

Cheers,

Jim

 

I don't believe that statement is historically true, but if you can provide evidence...

According to Scripture, homosexuality was only one of several factors that brought about the ruin of Sodom (Ez. 16:47-50). As for the others, I was not aware that homosexuality alone brought them down. I was under the impression that the reasons for their fall was a bit more complicated. Can you provide evidence to support your claims?

The commercial in the OP is not running in the United States, it is running in France. I have not seen anyone in this thread promoting "accepting homosexuals on their terms". Could you provide examples of this? As for God's wrath, America is already the target of His Holy wrath (Rom 1:18-32). Yes homosexuality is part of it, but only one part of it. The solution is not boycotts and political activism. Nor is the solution getting lost people to act like saved people (goats in sheep's clothing). The solution is the preaching of the Gospel. In other words, Christ and Christ alone is the solution to America's (and France's) problems.

This is to be expected (2Tim 3:1-5, etc). Again, the answer is the Gospel not politics.

 

Good point.

Because of a commercial being run in France, of all places, we are suppose to stop going to McDonalds in America. Yet we don't even know if the American franchises are directly connected to the French franchises running the ad in question. Keep in mind that some 85% of McDonalds franchises are independently owned and operated (source). Too many people jump on these bandwagons without considering all of the facts.

 

Who said this?

 

Prolly me.. I have decided not to go.. this was the last straw. Besides bad service by teens that can't count.. they have horrible food just thrown together... and snot nosed brat managers... Besides.. their fries are sub-par.

But anyone else can do what they want.

 

He said "we" implying someone said no one should go. I missed that post and was just wondering who was all inclusive.

 

Martin,
Thank you for your kind and thorough answer. I agree that much of what goes on in the secular world, in particular corporations, runs contrary to God's instruction. On this point, we are very much in agreement. Still, I wonder if there is a different standard when consuming a product helps to fund something that we are against.

Let me start by stating that I am not overly concerned about the French commercial. I am certainly not surprised that such a commercial would run anywhere in Europe. My question is more in regard to what was reported two years ago (which led directly to the AFA calling for a boycott)...that McDonalds had begun to donate a portion of its profits to the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (of which they are a leading member) as well as to other politically-involved Gay/Lesbian and Trans-gender organizations. The AFA was particularly concerned about pledges from McDonalds to financially support GLT groups that were legally challenging marriage bans. Having stated that distinction, let me see if I can clarify what I am saying.
You compare it to Paul's comment on purchasing meat and the connection to paganism and I think that this is a very useful section of the Scriptures in regard to many of these situations. The Christians, if they wanted to purchase meat, had only one option: to buy it from butchers who had purchased the carcasses of slaughtered animals. The meat that you were buying was likely from an animal that had been sacrificed to a pagan god. In this case, Paul was stating that eating the meat did not equate to honoring the sacrifice...thus honoring whatever god it was sacrificed to. Still, I wonder if the current case varies from it in one important detail.

In the example of McDonalds, they are giving part of their proceeds to fund homosexual groups. Does this change anything in your eyes?

I will try to give an extreme example in order to make my point. Would Paul have continued to argue as he did if a proceed of the butchers money had gone to purchase slaves to be used as temple prostitutes? Would he have continued to argue for liberty or would he have stated that, knowing a portion of your purchase will go to fund such activities, prohibits a Christian from being a customer? I know it is a fine line, but there does seem to be a difference in the example Paul gave and the example that we are talking about.

I thank you for your respectful dialogue and I look forward to reading your thoughts on this question. Thank you brother.

 

I really like the 1/4 pounders w/ cheese/,

 

I don't eat at McDonalds not because of who they serve but because of what they serve! ICK.

I do eat at chick fil a about once a month and it's not about them being closed on Sunday. They have really good food.

 

I wish I could quit McDonalds tommorrow. I can't tho because I quit them a few years ago. But still miss the McRib.:laugh:

 

Well, you know the French are a bunch of poufs anyway.