You know, I try to do good, but often find that I am hurting someone else in the process.  For instance, Alan and I decided years ago that we would only shop at places that treat their employees fairly (decent wages and health benefits), activley do their part to care for the community/environment, and so on.  Therefore, we included Chik-fil-A in our list of places we’d happily go to.  You may be wondering why such an establishment would make our list–well, they offer scholarships to their employees, give money to several charities, and even run a program for kids in foster families.  But an email from an organization I’m involved with–Farm Sanctuary–helped me see who I was hurting everytime I ate at Chik-fil-A: chickens.  See, Chik-fil-A promotes eating chicken to save cows.  But really, they are making fun of the plight of cattle while simultaniously ignoring the plight of the chickens they raise and slaughter.

Tomorrow, anyone who dresses up as a cow and goes to Chik-fil-A will get free food.  But maybe we should consider the darker reality of this promotion–industrial farm animals are in a bad situation to say the least.  Perhaps not showing up at all will send a stronger message to Chik-fil-A and save cows and chickens at the same time.  -A

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