In reply to rerushg:
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
Not sure why the article isn't coming up but just put this into your search engine:
"The Gay Mafia That's Redefining Liberal Politics" (Those are TIME Magazine's words not mine)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1855344-1,00.html
There's a lot more I could say about this but I really don't have time at the moment. Lobbying is the norm, and throwing money around is one thing, but lobbying along with the threats and intimidation is something completely different.
These groups just aren't nice in my opinion and they hide behind hate speech laws to promote a their agenda for a relatively small minority yet wield considerable (and growing) power in relation to their numbers.
I mean just think, a company president simply stated his beliefs on marriage and all the sudden he can't open a business in that town? WTF that's just insane.
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