Chick Fil-A Appreciate Day

[Jon88]

Don't forget the eat there for lunch or stop and get something on the way home.

(should be Appreciation Day)

 

[peplaw06]

 

[Midswat]

I don't get it.

Edit:

Nevermind. Just googled it.

I could care less if a company opposes gay marriage. Just as I could care less about politicians faking outrage over it.

STFU WGAS

 

[Everlastingxxx]

I knew the company was overly religious. Dumb for them to come out and speak out against gays. It’s fucking 2012. Why i believe Christians are fucking idiots.

 

[NoDak]

I knew the company was overly religious. Dumb for them to come out and speak out against gays. It’s fucking 2012. Why i believe Christians are fucking idiots.

Might want to check a bit deeper into that. The guy wasn't speaking out against gays. He only said they believed in the biblical sense of marriage when asked about his beliefs. Didn't put down gays in any way. Only parts of the interview was used to make it look more sensational. And even if he did, you'd be the same intolerant fucking idiot for believing all Christians think that way.

 

[superpunk]

I knew the company was overly religious. Dumb for them to come out and speak out against gays. It’s fucking 2012. Why i believe Christians are fucking idiots.

+1

By all means all the bigots should stop by and have a sammich. Certainly not gonna let it stop me from enjoying that chicken goodness. But I don't fault anyone who boycotts them because their stupid owner couldn't keep his hate to himself.

 

[Jon88]

It's not about hate. If that's what he believes, let him. This is more about showing the mainstream media that they don't set the rules for what people can and can't say.

So I'm going to get me a sammich!

 

[Freddie]

Torn. Love chicken sandwhiches. But I also love man ass.

 

[marionbarberthe4th]

I dont care if you people do gay marry, but I heard an interesting argument the other day. Why can't polygamists legally marry each other ? Free will and what not

 

[Jon88]

Torn. Love chicken sandwhiches. But I also love man ass.

How many chicken sandwiches can your fat ass eat?

 

[Theebs]

It's fast food.

Stay away

 

[superpunk]

I dont care if you people do gay marry, but I heard an interesting argument the other day. Why can't polygamists legally marry each other ? Free will and what not

Right now just because the supreme court says so a long time ago. I don't see a problem with it unless it's like those crazy cults where they're marrying a million teenagers. But if consenting adults wanna marry 10 other consenting adults I say go for it.

 

[marionbarberthe4th]

Doesn't that just fuck up a lot of marriage rights?

Some old man could just sign up a stable

 

[GloryDaysRBack]

It's fast food.

Stay away

This. Chick fil a sucks

 

[superpunk]

Doesn't that just fuck up a lot of marriage rights?

Some old man could just sign up a stable

...they have to consent to it?

 

[marionbarberthe4th]

...Yea but it's free marriage rights. It's easier to do hood rat things.


Some horny old man could sign up 10 illegals just so he can watch them walk around his house

 

[Everlastingxxx]

Might want to check a bit deeper into that. The guy wasn't speaking out against gays. He only said they believed in the biblical sense of marriage when asked about his beliefs. Didn't put down gays in any way. Only parts of the interview was used to make it look more sensational. And even if he did, you'd be the same intolerant fucking idiot for believing all Christians think that way.

The exact quote:

“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."

 

[superpunk]

...Yea but it's free marriage rights. It's easier to do hood rat things.

Some horny old man could sign up 10 illegals just do he can watch them walk around his house

Well thats illegal due to them being illegals has nothing to do with marriage laws.

 

[marionbarberthe4th]

Ok well then anchor babies

 

[NoDak]

The exact quote:

“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."

Media Invents Story That Chick-fil-A President Condemned Gay Marriage

Last week, reports emerged that Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy had condemned gay marriage. It's no secret that the company is run by devout Christians, but this still caused an uproar. Boston's mayor threatened to deny the company business permits, celebrities condemned the company, and the Muppets announced fast food chain wouldn't be able to license any new toys for their kids meals.

One small problem: The president of Chick-fil-A never actually said anything condemning gay marriage. Here's how CNN reported the story:

(CNN)–The fact that Chick-fil-A is a company that espouses Christian values is no secret. The fact that its 1,600 fast-food chicken restaurants across the country are closed on Sundays has long been testament to that.

But the comments of company President Dan Cathy about gay marriage to Baptist Press on Monday have ignited a social media wildfire.

"Guilty as charged,", Cathy said when asked about his company's support of the traditional family unit as opposed to gay marriage.

"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," Cathy is quoted as saying.

But Terry Mattingly at the website GetReligion (where I am an occasional contributor) notes that if you look at the original context of the interview, Cathy wasn't asked specifically asked about gay marriage nor did he say anything about it. Here's the actual interview CNN and others cited from the Biblical Recorder and that was carried by the Baptist Press:

“We don’t claim to be a Christian business,” Cathy told the Biblical Recorder in a recent visit to North Carolina. He attended a business leadership conference many years ago where he heard Christian businessman Fred Roach say, “There is no such thing as a Christian business.”

“That got my attention,” Cathy said. Roach went on to say, “Christ never died for a corporation. He died for you and me.”

“In that spirit … [Christianity] is about a personal relationship. Companies are not lost or saved, but certainly individuals are,” Cathy added. “But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles. So that is what we claim to be. [We are] based on biblical principles, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us.”

And here's what Cathy says about marriage:

The company invests in Christian growth and ministry through its WinShape Foundation (WinShape.com). The name comes from the idea of shaping people to be winners. It began as a college scholarship and expanded to a foster care program, an international ministry, and a conference and retreat center modeled after the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove.

“That morphed into a marriage program in conjunction with national marriage ministries,” Cathy added.

Some have opposed the company’s support of the traditional family. “Well, guilty as charged,” said Cathy when asked about the company’s position. “We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. …

“We are very much committed to that,” Cathy emphasized. “We intend to stay the course,” he said. “We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.”

To say that Cathy condemned gay marriage is stunningly dishonest. And yet, Cathy's had to endure headlines such as, "Boston Mayor Blocks Chick-fil-A Franchise from City over Homophobic Attitude" -- and that headline comes from Time, which is allegedly one of the more responsible media outlets.

CNN, Time and many other news organizations owe Cathy and Chick-fil-A some serious corrections and/or clarifications. It should further cause news organizations -- particularly in the wake of ABC's absurd speculation that the Aurora killings were done by a Tea Partier and many news organizations falling for Greenpeace's intentionally deceptive campaign against Shell Oil -- to reflect on why these kinds of egregrious media errors habitually reflect left-wing political narratives.

Could you please point out to me where he was speaking out against gays? Or was disrespectful to them in any way? In this or the quote you posted. He's talking about his own personal beliefs.