Today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, are you going?

by HarleyCharley Posted 2012/08/01 15:04:43

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	Yes, I'm going.	8 votes	31%
	No, I can't but I support them.	6 votes	23%
	No because I don't support them.	12 votes	46%

Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy begets Appreciation Day today, Kiss-in Friday

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Remember when ordering a chicken sandwich was not a political statement?

Welcome to the aughts.

The ongoing controversy over an interview with Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy has grown during the past two weeks and now involves an Appreciation Day, a counter-Appreciation Day and a 'Kiss-in.''

Comments by Cathy over same-sex marriage went viral, and several entertainers, musicians and politicians condemned Cathy for being 'hateful and bigoted.'

Cathy was quoted in the Baptist Press on July 16 as saying,

“I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,’” Cathy said in the interview. “I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about.”

Cathy went on, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."

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Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee came to Cathy's defense saying his comments had become a free speech issue. He encouraged people to support Cathy by participating in a "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."

He asked his radio listeners and TV show viewers to support the chain by going to the restaurant today and purchasing a meal. More than a half million people have signed up on Huckabee's Facebook event page, saying they will attend.

Those who oppose Cathy's remarks, have ask supporters to donate the cost of a meal, about $6.50, to gay and lesbian rights groups, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

GLAAD is supporting a "National Same-Sex Kiss Day," encouraging same-sex couples to show up at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide Friday and hold a kiss-in. They are also asking those participating to post photos of the kisses.

Church leaders in Chicago have gone on the attack against Mayor Rahm Emanuel after he said Cathy's remarks showed that "Chick-fil-A's values are not Chicago's values," according to a story on Fox News.

The Rev. Charles Lyons of the Armitage Baptist Church and Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago both questioned Emanuel's comments.

"Is the City Council going to set up a 'Council Committee on Un-Chicagoan Activities' and call those of us who are suspect to appear before it?," Cardinal George was quoted as saying.

"Do not disrespect us...We, too, are Chicago," the story quoted Lyons as saying from the pulpit Sunday.

According to an Associated Press story, some students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville want the campus Chick-fil-A restaurant closed.

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FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2012/08/01 15:32:44

No because I don't support them.

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LMAO!!! "Bigots On Parade"

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Naime 2013/04/10 03:46:08

No, I can't but I support them.

Well, it is already past the date, so...

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Proggy 2012/08/02 22:43:11

No, I can't but I support them.

I'm not going because Dan Cathy is a homophobic bigot, it's because their food simply sucks. I like Checker's spicy chicken sandwich way better....

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Bill to Proggy 2012/08/03 13:57:13

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Congratulations to Chick-Fil-A for setting an ALL TIME ONE DAY RECORD FOR SALES!!!

Please keep up the boycotts libs, you're making Dan Cathy a billionaire.

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Proggy to Bill 2012/08/03 20:32:30

Nope, a bunch of closed minded bigoted and overtly racists conservatives are making Dan Cathy a billionaire. If it has anything to do with hate, racism, and xenophobia of any kind conservative just can't wait to throw their many at it. Please eat Chick-fil-A all day and night long. My only hope is that their I.Q.s would expand as rapidly as their waistlines.

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Bill to Proggy 2012/08/03 20:49:26

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Racist or bigot... the liberal response to EVERYTHING.

Go crawl back in your cave, nobody's falling for that crap anymore.

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Proggy to Bill 2012/08/03 20:53:24

The one thing about racists and bigots, they hate being called out as one.

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Bill to Proggy 2012/08/03 21:19:13

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Enjoy your misery and self loathing.

Nobody else is interested.

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Proggy to Bill 2012/08/04 09:18:29

None of that here pal, I'm full of joy and....

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Adrint to Bill 2012/08/07 15:43:34

I see the protest as good in another way: Since the boycott, all the fundies have been buying more and eating more to show how much they support the government telling people who they can marry. (LOL "Conservative" my ass) but the more fastfood they eat, the sooner they all choke in their own necks. Keep eatin!

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Adrint to Bill 2012/08/07 15:45:10 (edited)

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Adam 2012/08/02 02:49:20

No because I don't support them.

Hope that one day boom will make up for consistent, widespread losses across the next couple of quarters.

Chick-fil-a should have done the proper thing and said that it would stay out of a controversial issue. Id buy a sandwitch from a place where the owner happens to believe something stupid, but not when it gets put up there as the companies belief.

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Jennifer Bourne 2012/08/02 02:30:35

No because I don't support them.

I personally don't support them because of some of the groups they donate too, but if others want to go there, it doesn't really bother me. It's their money, not mine.

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Bill to Jennife... 2012/08/02 02:33:56

It's funny that even gay drag queens are endorsing Chick-Fil-A

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heirsoftheking 2012/08/01 20:29:43

Yes, I'm going.

+2
I went. Wow! Was it crowded!

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Bob DiN 2012/08/01 20:09:39

Yes, I'm going.

+1
I love Chick Fil A. However there are none in New York State. Maybe I'll try mail order.

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Bill to Bob DiN 2012/08/02 00:27:55

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I showed up today but I couldn't get in. The line was over an hour long.

How's that boycott going?

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Bob DiN to Bill 2012/08/02 03:50:58

Some stores had over a 2 hour wait.Their sales must be an all time high. Mayors Rahm Emanuel and Mumbles Menino must be eating crow instead of chickin. Maybe Dan Cathy should send them free Chick Fil A coupons.

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The One 2012/08/01 18:17:26

Yes, I'm going.

+1
Anyone against traditional marriage are bigots and against free speech.

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Bill 2012/08/01 17:59:42 (edited)

Yes, I'm going.

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I'm driving 10 miles out of my way to celebrate the Constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech that liberals and gays spit on. This boycott has certainly backfired on the pathetic leftists.

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gvc 2012/08/01 17:14:19

Yes, I'm going.

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According to the news reports the lines are out the door and the drive thru extends for blocks at many locations!!!
Awesome turn out and show of support!

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MsTlynne 2012/08/01 17:03:15

No because I don't support them.

+3
Hell no!

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Bill to MsTlynne 2012/08/01 18:02:10

+1
Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!

Oh I forgot, you don't believe in the good Lord.

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MsTlynne to Bill 2012/08/01 18:09:41

+3
Go to Hell, bigot!

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Bill to MsTlynne 2012/08/01 19:01:23

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Wow, congratulations on pulling out out the race card in response to a post that never mentioned race, gender, sexual persuasion or anything else even remotely bigoted. You need to take a good long look in the mirror sweetie.

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MsTlynne to Bill 2012/08/01 19:47:52

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Bigot, as in telling me I don't believe in the Lord because I don't support your cause. I didn't mention any of those things. Challenged much?

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Bill to MsTlynne 2012/08/02 00:23:32

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You ought to learn the definition of bigot next time you open your ignorant mouth.

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Bob DiN to MsTlynne 2012/08/01 20:11:16

So you're one of those perverts aye.

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MsTlynne to Bob DiN 2012/08/01 20:25:07

+3

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Bob DiN to MsTlynne 2012/08/01 20:36:40

I'd rather kick it fool.

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MsTlynne to Bob DiN 2012/08/01 22:26:12 (edited)

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That's not the invitation, FOOL.

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Bill to MsTlynne 2012/08/02 00:24:57

Are you from the Reverend Wright church of hate?

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MsTlynne to Bill 2012/08/02 00:49:32

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Are you from the church of Satan?

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Bill to MsTlynne 2012/08/02 02:29:41

Obviously you're from some mental ward.

Why all the anger crazy lady?

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MsTlynne to Bill 2012/08/02 07:18:04

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I'm not angry, Beelzabub. Life is too great to spend it being angry.

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FeelHoo... to Bill 2012/08/02 02:22:10

+1
No such thing exists.

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FeelHoo... to Bob DiN 2012/08/02 02:21:50

+1
As long as you don't try...

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SickOfBigGov 2012/08/01 16:30:48

No, I can't but I support them.

+2
I would go, but we don't have one in our area.

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Schläue~© 2012/08/01 16:04:01 (edited)

No, I can't but I support them.

+1
Oh,.... and I see Jack Mehoff's partner has arrived.

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Bill to Schläue~© 2012/08/01 18:05:07

I always laugh when I think about the fact the Alfred Nobel (founder of the peace prize) was the inventor or dynamite and had patents on over 100 weapons of mass destruction.

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Lydecho Rain (Лидия) 2012/08/01 16:02:28

No because I don't support them.

First of all, I'm a vegetarian so I have no interest in eating chicken. Second of all, I support gay marriage. Third of all, I don't know where any of those places are.

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