Opposng Emmanuel, Menino, AND Savoie--Is It Consistent?

One of the oddest things to come out of the ongoing controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A is that conservatives have ended up on the same side of the battle as their arch-nemesis, the ACLU.  Most of us seem to agree that attempts to ban Chick-fil-A from certain cities, due to the viewpoints of its owner, is an egregious violation of civil liberties.

But that's where consensus stops.  There is a very different battle being waged on the same front--a battle in which our nation is seemingly irreconcilably split down the middle.  It is in this battle that the Christian response of rallying around Chick-fil-A gives me malaise.  For many Christians, this whole debacle has little to do with civil liberties and much more to do with opposing gay marriage.  This is where I fall out of line with so many of my fellow Christians.  They seem less concerned with supporting Dan Cathy's right to say what he said and more concerned with sticking it to the gay community.

I may be off in my analysis, but it's at least consistent with another controversy going on right here in my hometown of Lafayette, LA.  The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has recently begun to offer an LGBT studies minor through the liberal arts college.  Congressman Jeff Landry, along with local conservative groups and religious leaders, have sought, unsuccessfully thus far, to oppose the move and have the minor dropped. It seems to me that in both cases, Christians are simply wanting their way, and any talk of concern for civil liberties must be a trojan horse.  If constitutional freedom is really what's at stake, then it seems like you would want to allow students to study a subculture that has been becoming an increasingly important part of every aspect of our society.  Only a concern for traditional marriage, over and above a concern for civil liberties, could cause one to oppose both Chick-fil-A bannings  and UL's LGBT studies minor.