DBA

DBA is the acronym for "doing business as."  Here in America, the independent business person is getting a lot of pressure to give up their personal convictions to maintain their business.  I've watched the situation with Chick-Fil-A and of course a number of Christian owned bakeries being attacked by the Gay Agenda.  I know in my own business, my politics and personal spiritual beliefs make and break several business deals.  I meet folks through fellowship and common interests, who become customers.  Patrons and friends have been gained when I've reach out to help with an alternative or natural product or suggestion.  By that same token, a clash of political or spiritual beliefs have resulted in loss of business as well.

Other than thinking both parties are just two heads of the same serpent, I don't have a lot of political clashes, as I am bipartisanly annoying.  There are those who believe I'm shirking my patriotic duty by not participating in elections, but I believe I have a stronger voice through media than by way of ballot . . . and that voice still isn't much.  Political leanings don't seem to have the influence on customers of the Big Corporations, like those of the independent businesses.  For instance, those who boycott family owned businesses over the gay agenda, aren't too upset to buy gasoline provided by the OPEC nations, which for the most part rule homosexuality to be punishable by death . . .  By the same token, those who are adamantly against abortion, are many times still purchasing pharmaceuticals from the same companies that manufacture abortifacient drugs or patronize pharmacies that carry and sell abortifacient drugs.

Independent business folk can lose customers over religious differences of the same G-d, yet products from China continue to be purchased.  China is a Communist country.  The Communist Party claims to be atheistic. China is markedly pro-abortion.  Many products come from India, a predominantly Hindu nation, and Pakistan is predominantly Islam, but we buy items from those nations without a second thought of the religious views of the factory worker or owner.

Why do Americans monetize our differences, personally, yet are willing to finance many things we don't agree with, when the offending entity is faceless?