Crowds Rally at Chick-Fil-A Stores to Oppose Gay Marriage

Throngs of people weighed in on the Chick-fil-A debate at stores across the United States on Wednesday, buying chicken sandwiches to show their support for the restaurant chain and its president's opposition to same-sex marriage.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee dubbed it "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."
He called for a vocal response to the backlash against the fast food restaurants and their president.

The controversy came about after an interview with the fast food restaurant chain's president and COO, Dan Cathy, appeared in The Baptist Press on July 16 and he weighed in with his views on family.

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

On a Facebook page Huckabee created announcing the event, more than 620,000 people said they would participate.

"The goal is simple: 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," wrote Huckabee, a former pastor.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/us/chick-fil-a-appreciation/index.html

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• maasanova commented on Crowds Rally at Chick-Fil-A Stores to Oppose Gay Marriage 12 hours ago

  The troublemakers I'm referring to are the leftovers activists from the days of the Stonewall Riots who have now gone "legit" and are major forces in lobbying. They seem to use many of the same tactics such as intimidation and harrasment.

  Here's a surprisingly honest article in Time

  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1855344-2,00.html

  Here's an alternative take on Obama's relations with the LGTB mafia

  http://www.henrymakow.com/gays_plan_to_pack_obama_admini.html

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