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Ross McKnight has remained joyful in the face of economic backlash after denouncing LGBT 'pride' and promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Rosary.
BUSH, Louisiana (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic father of five who runs a small farm in Louisiana has lost some of his biggest customers after he defended traditional Catholic values and criticized “pride month” in a social media post.
On June 3, Ross McKnight, the owner of Backwater Foie Gras, wrote on Instagram: “The push to have every mainstream value and holiday represented in some way in our Louisiana ought to make no sense at all to any Louisianais or Louisianaise, unless recognized as a forward offensive by an ever-encroaching enemy that has sought for generations to destroy our unique culture which is so intimately tied to our Catholic identity.”
McKnight referred to “pride month” as an “attempted coup of the month of June” and suggested “some antidotes to a false pride.”
These antidotes included enthroning the Sacred Heart of Jesus in your home, wearing “the Sacred Heart as a badge wherever you go,” and praying “the Rosary for the conversion of souls.”
Shortly after the Instagram post, the McKnights lost some of their biggest customers, amounting to two-thirds of their restaurant business.
“Recently, we received two texts from two restaurant owners who have decided that they’ve had enough of our Catholicism based on our latest Instagram feed post and have canceled their large, recurring orders,” McKnight wrote in a subsequent Instagram post.
“While we’ve never required our customers to pass a litmus test before serving them, it seems our values, which come from lives lived as Louisiana Catholics, are considered unacceptable by some,” he continued.
McKnight did not express regret over his post, nor did he or his family despair over the financial losses they suffered. Instead, in true Catholic fashion, McKnight rejoiced amid their suffering.
“We count it a privilege to have lost much,” he wrote. “It is an honor to participate, through the suffering of our family, in the triumph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
“We have already seen Divine Providence working through all of this, and we have already seen that business we lost by rejecting pride beginning to be restored – in no small part by fellow Catholics who have reached out to support us and to share in the great victory that it is to suffer for and with Christ the King.”
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BUSH, Louisiana (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic father of five who runs a small farm in Louisiana has lost some of his biggest customers after he defended traditional Catholic values and criticized “pride month” in a social media post.
On June 3, Ross McKnight, the owner of Backwater Foie Gras, wrote on Instagram: “The push to have every mainstream value and holiday represented in some way in our Louisiana ought to make no sense at all to any Louisianais or Louisianaise, unless recognized as a forward offensive by an ever-encroaching enemy that has sought for generations to destroy our unique culture which is so intimately tied to our Catholic identity.”
McKnight referred to “pride month” as an “attempted coup of the month of June” and suggested “some antidotes to a false pride.”
These antidotes included enthroning the Sacred Heart of Jesus in your home, wearing “the Sacred Heart as a badge wherever you go,” and praying “the Rosary for the conversion of souls.”
Shortly after the Instagram post, the McKnights lost some of their biggest customers, amounting to two-thirds of their restaurant business.
“Recently, we received two texts from two restaurant owners who have decided that they’ve had enough of our Catholicism based on our latest Instagram feed post and have canceled their large, recurring orders,” McKnight wrote in a subsequent Instagram post.
“While we’ve never required our customers to pass a litmus test before serving them, it seems our values, which come from lives lived as Louisiana Catholics, are considered unacceptable by some,” he continued.
McKnight did not express regret over his post, nor did he or his family despair over the financial losses they suffered. Instead, in true Catholic fashion, McKnight rejoiced amid their suffering.
“We count it a privilege to have lost much,” he wrote. “It is an honor to participate, through the suffering of our family, in the triumph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
“We have already seen Divine Providence working through all of this, and we have already seen that business we lost by rejecting pride beginning to be restored – in no small part by fellow Catholics who have reached out to support us and to share in the great victory that it is to suffer for and with Christ the King.”
Continued below.
Catholic father of 5 loses two-thirds of farming business after criticizing 'Pride Month' on Instagram - LifeSite
Ross McKnight has remained joyful in the face of economic backlash after denouncing LGBT 'pride' and promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Rosary.
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