Driving by Root-A-Baker's bakery on Rt 32 (the "Connector" in Morehead-ese), I saw that they had a sign in their yard saying "THIS PIECE OF THE NATION/IS STILL UNDER GOD."
Root-A-Baker's is an excellent bakery and Mrs. RSI and I have patronized them for years.
They're nice people too.
However, as far as I'm concerned, the yard sign was an announcement that "WE'RE A RELIGIOUS RIGHT BUSINESS AND WE'RE MAKING OUR CONSERVATIVE AFFILIATION PART OF OUR ADVERTISING."
They're also saying that people who don't share their politics can't be "Under God."
Of course, the Root-A-Baker's ownership has every right to announce their political affiliations and promote their political views.
But I have rights to political expression as well, and I'm going to exercise my rights by refusing to buy cookies, cinnamon rolls, and birthday cakes from Root-A-Baker's as long as they're a right-wing business.
And I'll urge my friends and colleagues to do the same.
All that sweet stuff probably isn't good for us anyway.
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Root-A-Baker's is a very nice establishment with wonderful people. It is unfortunate, but ownership made their choice, and I have made mine as well.
Thanks for the comments. I'll avoid Root-A-Baker's in the future. I don't want to support their kind of extremism.
I avoid Arbys in Morehead for similar reasons...
What else is there to do in Morehead other than eating shitty food?
I'm a conservative, agnostic, small business owner. My customers are exclusively other small business owners. I know that most of my customers are conservatives so most all of us have no problem speaking our minds when talking to each other.
If, however my customers were the public, I personally would not advertise my religious or political leanings, whether they be liberal or conservative. As a business owner, your just asking for trouble. It's tough enough making it in the business world without handicapping yourself.
Interesting comment by the "conservative, agnostic, small business owner." I should specify that I'm not concerned with the "opinions" of the Root-A-Baker's people per se. I already knew they were conservatives because I've heard right-wing radio playing when I've been there.
That didn't bother me at all.
What bothers me about the yard signs is that they're using the business as a platform for attacking me and the people I care about as "godless secularists" and treating that as a bad thing. It's as if they're using my money to attack me and my friends. Once again, they have a perfect right to do so. But I also have a right to withdraw my patronage.
Sounds like your loss...
Isn't that kind of discriminatory on your part? Just because they are Christians you refuse to buy cookies from them? Petty.
Anonymous,
He is not boycotting them because they are Christians!
It is actually a great thing. They have the right to pollute society with their bigotry and he has the right to move his dollars on down the road!
Plus, I believe all this bigotry coming out of conservative Christians is a great thing, because it will eventually turn off enough people to shut down the modern church. And, yes, I believe that will be a great thing.
A different Anonymous
Was this part of the New Cities Initiative's recommendations... religious themed stores? First DeHart's Bible and Tire. Then a Christian copy store. And now a right-wing bakery.
I'll have to check with Sylvia Lovely on that.
Yeah, the DeHart's Bible and Tire cracks me up. Ahhh, it is great to have a free thinking mind!
The sign disgusts me only because I believe I know what generates this type of militant religiosity. Practicing right-wing rabid Christians only serve to push me further away from thinking religion is a force for societal good. Their sign tells me they believe they are under attack by the uninformed. The radio station they are tuned to is 95% politics, 5% religion. If there is a heaven, there's no way those folks on the radio station are getting there ahead of me.
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