RAVE This If You STAND with Chick-Fil-A ~

You are right, you do not have to answer any questions, just make unfounded accusations on SH. And you are clueless as to just what his donations are used for: Therefore, I see why you don't want to answer questions, you don't have reasonable answers! The only part of American that agrees with you is the intolerant part whose brains don't truly understand what he is doing, welcome to that society. If you can read, this may help your understanding somewhat, but then again that silly cowboy hat says a lot!

It comes as no surprise to me that the recent debate over Chick-fil-A’s monetary support of anti-LGBT groups has become a rallying cry for free speech on the rabid-right side of the issue.

It has become the calling card of the fringe/tea-party element to turn a legitimate issue of human rights violations into a freedom of speech or religion issue in order to coral the masses into regurgitating the chorus of support for Cathy and his religious views in spite of where the paper trail leads.

What the public needs to realize is that the money Cathy donates to these hate groups does not go to support a local church, feeding the hungry or educating the poor. (although his company does support some groups which do) It eventually ends up in the hands of groups which support death squads in Uganda that seek legal protection to seek out and arrest homosexuals with a possible death sentence for these individuals. (http://www.dailykos.com/stor...

Most of the gays I know, have no issue with a corporate executive stating their religious or personal views on an issue. It may not make prefect business sense, but they too have a right to freely express their personal opinion. Where the concern comes in is when a corporation funnels money to groups which unequivocally state they hate a specific segment of the population and then hide behind religious indignation to justify an action that is clearly not biblical family values.

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council has said this about the LGBT community, “They are intolerant. They are hateful. They are vile. They are spiteful...pawns of the enemy.” Perkins has a long history of attacking gays and supporting radical legislation and tactics to stop the progression of equal rights and human rights. If this is worthy of religious support then God help us.

The bottom line here is that the gay and lesbian community is a vital part of America. We are in your neighborhoods, a part of your communities and honest, hardworking citizens who ask for and deserve nothing less or more than to be treated with the same dignity and respect as other Americans.

If you support Chick-fil-A you are not supporting their religious or personal rights to expression as their spin meisters and puppets would have you to believe, but you are supporting a radical agenda that will stop at nothing short of the eradication and silencing of a group of fellow citizens.

Gays and lesbians have no qualms about people having personal opinions for or against our community. You are allowed to your personal opinion. However your personal views end when they promote death to fellow LGBT individuals because of their sexuality.

So eat more chicken if you like, stand in line for their customer appreciation day and post references to free speech and religious tolerance on-line. Just understand this truth. Your monetary support of a sandwich with a pickle on it goes to support groups which promote the death of gays in Africa as well as hate speech in America. Secondly when you stand up for Dan Cathy’s right to support these groups you are aiding and abetting these actions and using the Bible to hide the true intent of the wicked actions of these hate-groups.

There is much more to this story than chicken and personal freedom of expression. It involves death squads, persecution, manipulating the masses, using religious freedom to distort the truth and the wish to silence a whole community of individuals who wish you nothing but peace, love and understanding.

Eat more chicken......I don't think so.


The last few days have seen a cloud of controversy over Santa Barbara-bound Chick-fil-A. Although the fast food chain has been slated to move in at an upper State Street address since fall 2011, national media coverage of the company president’s antigay remarks last month (and resulting protests of the restaurants) transformed a routine franchise opening into front-page news. Currently the debate is over Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy, his freedom of speech. However, his ability to make comments in the news is not being questioned. In fact, before you purchase a chicken sandwich from this incoming franchise, it is important to know what your dollars support.

Company president Dan Cathy received a lot of press recently for his remarks on gay marriage. But his stance on the treatment of gays and lesbians goes much further than their freedom to marry. Chick-fil-A’s foundation, WinShape, has donated an estimated $5 million to antigay organizations and certified hate groups. In 2010 alone, Chick-fil-A donated nearly $2 million to antigay organizations including Exodus International, an agency that promotes damaging gay-conversion (to straight) efforts and has supported campaigns like Uganda’s legislative proposal to execute gay citizens.

David Selberg, executive director of Pacific Pride Foundation, affirms that “welcoming Chick-fil-A, or businesses like it, into our Santa Barbara community does not make our town safer or healthier. Chick-fil-A, led by president Dan Cathy, brings a track record of hate to our bright town and we at the LGBT center don’t take that lightly.”

The Santa Barbara Equality Project at Pacific Pride Foundation stands firmly opposed to businesses that promote and/or support hate groups. While Dan Cathy’s personal opinions are his to be had, it is also the right of his customers to know where their dollars are headed. Most franchises pay an average of 8 to 10 percent to their corporate umbrella. But not Chick-fil-A. With this company, 15 percent of a franchise restaurant’s sales and 50 percent of its pretax profit goes back to its corporate offices in Georgia. So before you spend $6.15 on a Cool Wrap Combo meal at the new State Street location, know that most of that money will leave Santa Barbara and go straight to corporate—and to Cathy’s extreme agenda.

Chick-fil-A comes to Santa Barbara amid a national uproar over corporate dollars supporting hate. At a recent City of Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review meeting, three individuals exercised their right to abstain from a vote on the local plans. They took a momentary pause in the midst of an unusually chaotic storm of public concern over the franchise. And as is stands, the reviews nevertheless moved forward and the chain will open as planned.

As Chick-fil-A makes its way to our town, the Santa Barbara Equality Project and our coalition partners encourage the public to combat president Dan Cathy’s hate practices with something he understands most: money. Simply put, don’t choose to eat at Chick-fil-A. Exercise your freedom of expression by encouraging your friends and neighbors to spend their dollars at a different restaurant. Show corporations like Chick-fil-A that our town does not support hate and let’s see that State Street location close quickly.