http://www.nj.com/gloucester/voices/index.ssf/2012/07/support_chick-fil-a_in_express.html




Customers stand in line for a Chick-fil-a meal at the chain's restaurant in Wichita, Kan., on Wednesday. Aug. 1, 2012.
Elected officials have urged Chick-fil-A to stay out of their cities, the Jim Henson Company has severed ties, and gay rights groups are organizing national protests against the fried chicken chain. But at the Chick-fil-A where Andrew works in northern Alabama, business has been booming over the past few weeks.
On Wednesday -- dubbed "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee -- lines are stretching out the front door and the parking lot is packed with customers coming out to support company chief executive Dan Cathy, who recently came out against same-sex marriage with statements that have polarized lovers of the fast-food chain.
Andrew, a gay 24-year-old who has been working at the northern Alabama Chick-fil-A since January, sat in his car smoking a cigarette and watching the crowd during a break earlier Wednesday.
"I call it hater appreciation day," said Andrew, who asked that his last name be withheld out of fear he'd be fired. "It's very, very depressing."
Chick-fil-A has long come under fire from activists for giving millions to groups that advocate against gay rights and even support ex-gay therapy, but the fire has ratcheted up in recent weeks, following interviews in which Cathy said he was “guilty as charged” of supporting “the biblical definition of the family unit" and that gay marriage invites "God's judgment on our nation."
Now, Chick-fil-A sits at the center of furious debate over same-sex marriage, gay rights and free speech, with politicians, activists, and newspaper editorial boards weighing in from all sides.
The company has remained mostly silent on the issue. On the company's Facebook page, a post declares, "The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect – regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender." (On the page, the company also maintains that it severed ties with the Jim Henson Company, first). The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Huffington Post, and Dan Cathy has not given any subsequent interviews since the controversy began.
Another group staying mostly silent on the issue are the gay, lesbian and bisexual employees who staff the restaurants. They say that, like most employees of the company, they aren't allowed to speak to the press.
For these employees, the last couple of weeks have been very difficult.
One gay employee who works at Chick-fil-A headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., and asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing his job, says he is getting it from both sides. On the one hand, there is the customer who came in and said he supported Dan Cathy and then "continues to say something truly homophobic, e.g. 'I'm so glad you don't support the queers, I can eat in peace,'" the employee, who is 23 and has worked for Chick-fil-A since he was 16, wrote in an email. On the other hand, he continued, "I was yelled at for being a god-loving, conservative, homophobic Christian while walking some food out to a guest in a mall dining room."
He disagrees with Cathy's views, but the reaction from the public has been just as hard to swallow.
"It seems like very few people have stopped to think about who actually works for Chick-fil-A and what those people's opinions are," he wrote. "They are putting us in a pot and coming to support us or hate us based on something they heard and assume we agree with."
Gabriel Aguiniga, a gay employee at a Chick-fil-A in Colorado, also said the hardest part hasn't been hearing Cathy's comments. Instead, "[it's] constantly having people come up to you and say, 'I support your company, because your company hates the gays,'" Aguiniga, 18, wrote in an email. "It really takes a toll on me."
Management is encouraging employees at the stores to remain neutral, no matter what customers say, according to multiple workers interviewed by The Huffington Post.
"Our managers have recommended just saying 'Thank you for your business' if a customer says they agree with Cathy’s comments, rather than agreeing or disagreeing with them," K, an openly gay Chick-fil-A employee in Louisiana, told HuffPost in an email.
But staying neutral can be difficult when it feels like the world is passing judgment on everyone associated with the company.
"Now, anyone that works there is stuck with a stigma of being homophobic, even when many of us are far from it," K said. One of her coworkers, who supports same-sex marriage, has had people say things like, “Don’t give me that hate sh*t,” and “I hope you choke on that chicken," while she was handing out samples.
But for K, the hardest part hasn't been the actions of customers and protesters, it's the money the company gives to anti-gay groups.
"At the end of the day part of our profits still go towards Dan Cathy, and subsequently, all the organizations he supports," she said. K is now actively searching for work elsewhere. Many of her coworkers, she said, are looking for new jobs, too.
The groups Chick-fil-A gives to include the Family Research Council and Exodus International, according to Equality Matters, an initiative associated with the progressive Watchdog group, Media Matters. The Family Research Council is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, while Exodus International is a Christian Ministry that has long endorsed ex-gay therapy, a controversial practice of "curing" gay people that mainstream mental health organizations have disavowed. (In recent months, the president of Exodus has tried to distance his group from the idea that gay people can be "cured.")
Several of the gay and lesbian employees interviewed by The Huffington Post said that they liked their work, and had never witnessed incidents of homophobia or discrimination on the job. But Chick-fil-A restaurants are operated by independent owners, and employee experience can vary widely depending on the person running a particular chain.
Kellie, a 23-year-old gay woman from Georgia who also requested her last name be withheld for fear of being outed in the press, worked at two different Chick-fil-A locations in Georgia. She loved working at the first location, she said, where nobody ever said anything homophobic or discriminatory. But at the second location, in Atlanta, "there was a lot of general homophobia." Managers would frequently make homophobic jokes, she said, and she felt that if she were to tell her colleagues she was gay, she would be fired. Eventually, she quit.
Another former employee, who worked at the Chick-fil-A in Chicago, said he thought the culture of the company encouraged homophobia.
"It's a very monochromatic, white, male driven company," said Andrew Mullen, a gay 26-year-old who quit his job last winter after less than a year with the company. Once, Andrew recalled, a company operator leading an employee training session, saw two men kissing on the patio outside the restaurant and proclaimed to the group he was leading that he thought it was "disgusting." Mullen later told the person in charge of corporate training about the incident, and the man was fired. "[This person] was very apologetic for it, and there are a few people here like that, but from what I saw, it's a predominantly pro-ignorant culture."
But the gay employee who works at headquarters in Atlanta disagreed with this assessment. Aside from the occasional homophobic joke or comment outside of working hours, he said, his experience with the company has been "extremely positive."
Asked in June, Andrew, the employee in Alabama, would have said his experience was positive, too. He had never explicitly told any of his colleagues he was gay, but he felt comfortable at work and liked the operator of his store. But recently, Andrew says the atmosphere at work has grown nearly intolerable. Although plenty of his coworkers have said they don't agree with Cathy's views, on "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," one colleague told him proudly that his friends would be eating the fried chicken sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Last week, when he went out to the parking lot to help a trucker (not directly employed by Chick-fil-A) unload a shipment of goods, the trucker turned to Andrew confidentially and said, "If I see one more faggot at a Chick-fil-A protesting, I'm going to be sick."
"I just looked at him and said, 'I don't want to hear that,'" Andrew recalled. "I thought, Chick-fil-A doesn't promote hatred, we don't cuss and we don't hate," he continued. But experiences over the last couple of weeks have shifted his views: "Honestly, I really wish they would just go out of business, I do."
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/08/chick-fil-a-meets-the-real-haters-with-love/

This simply makes the point that the gays are NOT the ones making the huge issue out of this. It's the haters with their agenda. The gays are staying home and letting chick-fil-a and it's supporters choke on their own chicken bones of hate.




Reread what the gay employees have to go through just to be able to have a job at Chick-Fil-A. In this economy, people have to keep the jobs they are able to get as there's so few out there. The gay employees are being forced to just quietly take the hate if they want to keep their jobs. while jokes and insulting comments about homosexuals are hurled around the restaurant by the other employees and even managers. This is people who love the sinner? I think not. Love should not hurt and these people are spiteful and hurtful. They love no one but themselves. From the lowest gay hating employee right on up to the owners of chick-Fil_A. It's all there in the article I posted above.

Apparently you've managed to get a supporter. I'm not surprised. He loves to stir the pot here too. He appreciates and respects your opinions so hang on to him! Like attracts like :)

http://www.akaqa.com/question/q19194773-The-uniqueness-of-the-scripture


We keep thinking life is what it`s not
We keep building this impossible facade
Why do we keep trying to turn people into gods
When God is in the people
God is in the people
God is in the people. - MLE
God is not a people.


By the way, you're repeating yourself. You might want to get that checked. Could be an early sign of something.


In other words, the easy ones. The ones that do not require research. The ones that are too hard for you to know on your own, you ignore.
My avatar is only misleading to a fool who can not tell the difference between a fun avatar that in no way represents the name attached to the account. I do not call myself Sharon, Prince William and I never speak of her family as my own, Prince William. It was not a joke, it was an insulting dig at my personality.
I'm not trying to make anything difficult. I've taken a look at the questions you answer. An 8 year old can answer them. I merely respond to your posts, as do many others when they call you on your bs. You are not trying to be good, you persist in finding ways to skirt the rules. If I truly wanted you gone, you would be gone. You are still here by the grace of the moderators.
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They can express their views all they like but they need to stop lying about why the town is not allowing them to build their restaurant where they want it. It has NOTHING to do with their support of traditional marriage and non support of gay marriage. It has EVERYTHING to do with the town believing that intersection is not a safe one for the restaurant they want to put there. The town also said no to another company who wanted to build on that piece of property. The family that owns chick-fil-a is trying to fight the no vote by claiming they are being discriminated against just because of their views on homosexuals and homosexual marriage. This is a bold face lie and for being the Christian based family and business that they are, they should NOT LIE! This is not a gay issue. It is a pouting family thinking they are special because they are Christian and push their idea of God into their business. They think they should just get their own way because they are sooo religious. Pffffft.
After researching more, I found that shortly after they were turned down due to zoning laws, the mayor of Boston sent the president of Chick-Fil-A a letter telling him that discriminatory businesses would not be allowed in the city of Boston, this based on a comment made by Dan Cathy AFTER his company was denied the request to build at an intersection that was "too narrow and too busy" to safely support a fast food restaurant.
Here is the letter from the mayor that Chick-Fil-A used and fed to the media making the claim that they were denied based on discrimination of their religious beliefs. Keep in mind that the letter came AFTER they were denied and Dan Cathy's comments about gay marriage came AFTER they were denied (within 2 days if I remember correctly). The timing of the letter from the mayor came soon after the denial so it's that timing the company took advantage of.
To Mr. Cathy,
In recent days, you said Chick-fil-A opposes same-sex marriage and said the generation that supports it has an "arrogant attitude.''
Now -- incredibly -- your company says you are backing out of the same-sex marriage debate. I urge you to back out of your plans to locate in Boston.
You called supporters of gay marriage "prideful.'' Here in Boston, to borrow your own words, we are "guilty as charged.'' We are indeed full of pride for our support of same sex marriage and our work to expand freedom to all people. We are proud that our state and our city have led the way for the country on equal marriage rights.
I was angry to learn on the heels of your prejudiced statements about your search for a site to locate in Boston. There is no place for discrimination on Boston's Freedom Trail and no place for your company alongside it. When Massachusetts became the first state in the country to recognize equal marriage rights, I personally stood on City Hall Plaza to greet same sex couples coming here to be married. It would be an insult to them and to our city's long history of expanding freedom to have a Chick-fil-A across the street from that spot.
Sincerely,
Thomas M. Menino
Mayor, City of Boston
11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |


http://www.akaqa.com/question/q19192086843-How-do-u-satisfy-a-woman-that-love-sex-much#a19191147517

Chick-fil-A's anti-gay marriage stance has gotten some high-profile support by way of Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin and other conservative lawmakers. But among their longtime customers, it's a much different story.
Polling organization YouGov found that the Atlanta-based chain's brand approval ratings have plummeted in the wake of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy's controversial remarks earlier this month. YouGov also reports that the company's overall consumer brand health among fast food eaters has dropped to its lowest levels since mid-August 2010 in the wake of the media firestorm.
Just before Cathy's interview was published, Chick-fil-A's Index score was 65, well above the Top National Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Sector average score of 46. Just four days later, however, Chick-fil-A's score had fallen to 47, while last week, the chain had a score of 39, compared to the Top National QSR Sector average score of 43.
They should never have used the gays as their battle weapon of choice. The gay community has had little to do with this. It's the gay supporters who are calling for boycotts. This time, we just sit back and watch our friends stand up to bigotry. By the way, Chicago has joined Boston's mayor. Chicago will not be letting Chick-Fil-A in. Yup, Chick-Fil-A can express it's views all they want. Equal rights supporters have their views too and they are expressing them in a big way. The Cathy family can just keep talking, I personally never had an issue with their views as I would not ever eat at their fast food place anyway. They can go right ahead and talk themselves out of business. I do however have an issue with them lying.
As much as you fundies try to now make this a religious issue, it's not. It's a bigotry issue and the nation is saying NO to bigotry.
In business, dollars are votes of agreement with your product, add a dose of prejudice to all their meals and they’ll never get another dime from me.
11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |

Chick-Fil-A donated 2 million dollars to anti gay groups in 2009, ([equalitymatters.org]) and similar amounts in 2010 ([equalitymatters.org]).
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LEGACY FUND (MFLF)
Chick-Fil-A Vice President Launched Marriage And Family Legacy Fund. Donald "Bubba" Cathy, Chick-fil-A’s senior vice president, helped launched the Marriage and Family Legacy Fund (MFLF), which “pool[s] funds for a national marriage media campaign and provide start-up grants for local initiatives to promote stable, lasting marriages.” [Philanthropy Roundtable, October 2007]
MFLF Is A Project Of The Anti-Gay Marriage CoMission. The MFLF was created to be the “implementation and funding arm” for the Marriage CoMission, a coalition of groups formed in response to the “downward spiral of marriage and the traditional family in America.” [MFLF Executive Summary, accessed 10/28/11, Marriage CoMission, accessed 10/28/11]
Money that goes to Chick-Fil-A supports anti- gay causes. The family owned business is filled with bigots.
They may not discriminate in their stores or their employment practices, but they are giving money to support causes that fight against rights for all people. They are the last ones who should be using the discrimination card as a shield.

Chick-fil-A should limit its opinions to Fowl, not Foul.
11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |


"On Wednesday -- dubbed "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee -- lines are stretching out the front door and the parking lot is packed with customers coming out to support company chief executive Dan Cathy, who recently came out against same-sex marriage with statements that have polarized lovers of the fast-food chain."
Read the rest of this story above. Their employees are being hurt but their religious bigotry.
I met a gal who was wearing a chick-fil-A shorts shirt at a local grocery store tonight.
So I asked her about Wednesday. Of course she said it was crazy, nonstop all day.
Then I clumsily asked her how much they did in business expecting her to give me a percentage. She said "27,000."
She then told me a regular day was $13,000.
She also said the manager or owner - I don't recall which - was thrilled.
It wouldn't be surprising if CFA's sales went up 5 or 10% long term from all the new customers they got.
If CFA had paid $10 million in advertising, they wouldn't have been able to duplicate this. Instead, they got a windfall for free.

By the way, they also lost a lot of support for free. They are also being denied build permits in certain cities. Imagine all the revenue they are losing because they can't put a restaurant in those cities.

Bigot minded for standing up for equal rights? Only evil could turn a table around and make that appear bigoted. Your church and all religious houses are ruled by the negative power so I can understand a crappy trick like that coming from the religious faithful. Get everyone believing that equality is bigoted thinking. You and your ilk really are pathetic.


By the way, it's beliefs, not believes.
Are you done yet? Put your sword away Christian soldier, there is no devil here. Just me and my beliefs and you and your silliness.

You know you're too old to act like a spoiled child, right?
Enjoy supporting hate. Learn through your own words, not those of your leaders. You know, the leaders collecting money in God's name. I see those Evangelist programs on TV and it's all about money, money, money. Call now! God needs your money!! What a scam. Keep drinking the kool-aid and giving til it huts Randy. I call it financial rape. You call it religious believes, lol
These groups are not hate groups because they believe differently than you, sure there are extreme cases just like the man who shot the guard but they love and don't hate.... THE END



Thats love for man you can't have without Jesus in your heart......
I won't bore you anymore if you stop boring me........lol

Good for them to be closed on Sunday.
Bad for them to comment on any kind of marriage.
A business is successful when it provides a product or service that is superior in quality and priced below anyone else. Comments about politics, religion, sex, drugs, rock n roll are inappropriate and bound to offend someone. Offended people don't patronize a business. Kiss of death, chickee poo. Kiss of death...
11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
My former house of worship has a "Christian Cafe" that feeds people every Wednesday, and has done so for nearly 20 years. One time, the "Little Cesar's Pizza" owner was asked if he would donate pizzas for one week.
He was not Christian, but of another faith, and declined to help because of that. Not sure I agree with the mentality; he'd have been given acknowledgement and his faith would have been obvious.

I agree with chick-flay
11 years ago. Rating: 6 | |


Typical evangelist, tell a person to cool it when that person is presenting the truth over lies. You do like to defend lies.






"Chick-a-flick-a-what-the-heck" is a fast food business not a platform in which to discriminate human beings and to abuse religion. This topic is disgusting.
This argument began because a brainiac from this Chick-fil-a didn't plan for a parking lot or have respect for traffic flow and now it's about gay rights. Absolutely pathetic to my mind. Bashing for the sake of bashing. Causing conflict for what? Standing up on the chicken and religion platform looking like a fool. You couldn't drag me into that place if I did eat junk food and animal flesh... if you can call what they serve that. ... Ask those Chick-a-nuts how those chickens that they serve are raised.
This is sickening.
11 years ago. Rating: 4 | |