Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day Draws Crowds
Large crowds reported at several Chick-fil-As around the country.
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After Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy voiced his support for the Biblical view of marriage, critics were quick to pounce on the company. Gay rights advocates called for a ban of the company and some politicians called Cathy's position discriminatory.
In response to the controversy, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee declared August 1 "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."
"Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick Fil-A on Wednesday, August 1," Huckabee wrote on the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day Facebook page.
The Mike Huckabee Facebook page is currently plastered with photos of Chick-fil-A crowds across the country.
(The closest Chick-fil-As to Montclair are at the Paramus Park Shopping Center and in New York City, but there are many throughout the country in cities visited by local residents on vacation this summer.)
The Chick-fil-A frenzy was also a hot topic on Twitter and Google. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, "Chick-fil-A" was a trending topic on Twitter and the most-searched-for term on Google.
While supporters of Chick-fil-A may have made a very visible statement on Wednesday, gay rights advocates are hoping to make a statement of their own later this week on National Same Sex Kiss Day.
"National Same Sex Kiss Day is this Friday, August 3rd at a Chick-fil-A near you!," according to a post on the National Same Sex Kiss Day Facebook page. "Head to your local Chick-fil-A and share a kiss with your sweetie. Let's show Chick-fil-A that EVERYONE deserves to be able to fall in love, start a family, and take their children to eat fried chicken after a soccer match. ;)"
Would you now eat at Chick-fil-A? What do you think about the controversy? Let us know in the comments below.
John Lee
8:59 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012
Everyone's white
Um 07043
9:07 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012
Dumbest comment ever. African Americans are the biggest supporters of traditional marriage in the country. By a wide margin.
profwilliams
10:05 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012
I certainly support marriage equality, and was thrilled to see Obama (finally) "evolved" to this line of thinking. Though I couldn't help but think that his support, which Um 07043 certainly hit on the head, runs counter to that in the Black community, only evolved once the re-election team was firm that Obama support would only get 94% of the Black vote vs. 95%.
(And looking at the other pix's there is a Black woman in the background, though I imagine for some, thinking this "boycott" is an all white, southern racist/homophobes fits a stereotype.)
Still, this is fine. Folks can have their opinion, folks can choose not to us a product/visit a store. While others can choose to go.
But do we really want to start playing the game of having every owner/producer first show their "proper" allegiances before we buy? Remember the Whole Foods CEO's comments about Obamacare? How'd that boycott go?
Edward Hotel
10:27 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012
Marriage is between and Man and a Woman, that is what the word means. The progressive left and LGBT people are trying to change the meaning of the word.
Call it what you want, it is not marriage anymore than 2+2 = 3
scarletxknight
12:19 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012
who CARES if everyone in the picture is white or african american? also, african americans being the biggest supporters of traditional marriage? i'd argue since statistically.....well, i dont feel like getting that serious but i would look more into that before thinking or assuming so.
this chick-fil-a issue isnt a race issue...this specific issue with this place....its a religious issue. people will go back and forth on what "marriage" is or isnt but at the end of the day....equal rights are equal rights and if rights, responsibilities and privileges arent equal, thats a problem. those things come with a "marriage" SO......