Chick-fil-A bracing for Round 2
(Updated 6:21 p.m.)
While chickens are running for the hills and competitors are turning green with envy, Chick-fil-A accountants have to be giddy over Wednesday’s packed restaurants as patrons bought chicken sandwiches in droves to show support for company President and COO Dan Cathy.
The question now is whether there will be a repeat of the crowds Friday when gays and lesbians are expected to turn out for a “National Same-Sex Kiss Day” to protest Cathy’s recent warnings that the nation is “inviting God’s judgment” because it is trying to “redefine” marriage as anything but being a union between and man and woman.
The Atlanta-based privately held company said it had a record sales day Wednesday, though it didn’t provide specifics Thursday in comments to the AJC. “While we don’t release exact sales numbers, it was an unprecedented day.”
As for the fallout over Cathy’s recent comments, the company earlier said, “Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.”
Thousands of people in metro Atlanta and across the nation packed restaurants for Wednesday’s “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” led by former presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor told Fox News the day’s success went beyond “anything I could have imagined.”
Huckabee also said he doesn’t oppose Friday’s protest, “As long as they’re orderly. As long as they don’t disrupt the flow of customers and traffic,” he told Fox.
Friday’s “Kiss Day” is being sponsored by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, which has called for a boycott of Chick-fil-A not only for Cathy’s comments but also for the millions of dollars GLAAD says Chick-fil-A, through its WinShape philanthropic wing, has donated to groups that lobby against legalization of same-sex marriage. In its “Skip the Sandwich” campaign, GLAAD wants patrons to take the $6.50 they would pay approximately for a meal and donate the money to gay and lesbian rights groups, and post “Kiss Day” pictures on the Internet.
Even some of Chick-fil-A’s competitors appear to be trying to catch some of the attention. According to CNN, some Wendy’s franchises in the Carolinas erected signs outside their restaurants that said, “We Stand With Chick-fil-A.”
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Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will crush the heads of the perverted New World Order integrationist crowd and their devilish black minions
August 2nd, 2012
4:16 pm
In the 1970s, I was one of the first persons to say out loud that no one should discriminate against homosexuals merely because they appear to be or are homosexual. That position may appear to be inconsequential today, but during the 50s 60s and early 70s, every discipline in psychiatry thought homosexuals to be suffering from a mental impairment.
But let me tell you something, if homosexuals behaved in the early 70s as they do today e.g. coming out of the closet, National Same-Sex Kiss Day, homosexual marriage, parading in the military, etc I likely would have discriminated against them too. There is no doubt that I would have thought them to be suffering from a mental defect.
Amen?
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 2nd, 2012
4:16 pm
RedBull probably backed TSPLOST too..Semper Delinquo, Mi amigo! Forever fail…
Philman
August 2nd, 2012
4:16 pm
JP are you Gay? or wanna be Gay? Is Boortz gay ? Who is this Boortz guy?
Moses
August 2nd, 2012
4:17 pm
Where would Jesus eat fried chicken?
KG
August 2nd, 2012
4:19 pm
Shea, you my friend, are ignorant … all i heard in your rant was blah blah blah, being gay is a choice, blah blah blah, founding fathers didn’t write gay rights into constitution, blah blah blah
Founding Fathers had slaves … pretty sure slavery was abolished years later b/c of civil rights. Gay marriage is a civil rights movement and, in time, this movement will get their civil right to marry. Shea, times are a changing, and you obviously don’t understand that.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 2nd, 2012
4:19 pm
As for my comments on sports, all I ever do there is remind UGA fans that your beloved coach Mark Richt said, and I quote, “We saw cam Newton as more of a tight end prospect”, and AU thanks you!
Red Bull
August 2nd, 2012
4:20 pm
Probably? You mean you don’t KNOW? Just turn on Faux Fairytales…you’ll get your lies there.
Lowdawg
August 2nd, 2012
4:22 pm
dumbest thing i have ever heard, waiting in line for over 40 minutes for fast food to try to prove a point. it’s like a kid pitching a tantrum to prove a point. i like chick-fil-a but i’m not dumb enough to wait in long lines for FAST FOOD. that’s just plain stupid.
Red Bull
August 2nd, 2012
4:22 pm
Oh trishawishywashy…Faux Fairytales once again is feeding you lies…”your beloved coach Mark Richt”….when did I ever say I’m a Dawg fan..my moniker is the ENERGY drink..not a bulldawg. Man…you ARE dumb.
Moses
August 2nd, 2012
4:23 pm
1st they came for our freedom fries, now, sadly, they’ve come for our chicken sandwiches. Oh! man’s inhumanity to man, will it ever end.
Why?
August 2nd, 2012
4:24 pm
@Johnny ….You do know that this is all free advertising for Chick-fil-A, right?
Seriously?
August 2nd, 2012
4:24 pm
Let me get this straight. Since I’m a hetero female that is unable to have children I shouldn’t be married? Get a life already!
Moses
August 2nd, 2012
4:25 pm
Ray,
Not very christian of you. Try loving your brother.
Marie
August 2nd, 2012
4:25 pm
If you want to eat there, go ahead. If Mr. Cathy wants to stand on top of his building and shout his views from the roof, fine by me. My boycott of Chik-Fil-A is not about Mr. Cathy’s right to say or support whatever position he wants to on marriage. He absolutely has that right. My boycott is about ME not giving my money to a business that will in turn use those profits to fund discriminatory legislation.
Eric Anthony Brown
August 2nd, 2012
4:25 pm
When it’s time to pop the question to the girl of my dreams:
I will take the ring out of my pocket.. get down on one knee, take her by the hand and ask my soulmate to Civil Union me.
We can get married in Hawaii (where Heterosexual couples can join in civil union just like homosexual couples).
Legally everything will be EXACTLY THE SAME as if we were married.. in every sense of the word.. well except for “the word” used to describe our domestic partnership. Of course we’ll tell all our friends and family that we’re married. Because we will be.
We will act and live as if we were married.. We will have the same rights & privileges afforded to us by the law as if we were husband & wife or husband & husband or wife & wife which are all the same exact rights!
And she will be my wife and I her loving husband ’til death do us part or the law parts us legally, [like it does over half the couples it marries] first in trial seperation √, then in divorce $½$.
However maybe, just maybe.. if I found a lady so open minded to enter into a civil union with me (for the love of irony & common sense) and possibly be so cool to let Chick-Fila cater our wedding reception.. I mean.. our “civil union ceremony” reception.. then who knows.. maybe we might be able to make our WHATEVER THE HECK YOU WANT TO CALL IT last ’til death due us part
Commonsense
August 2nd, 2012
4:26 pm
I wonder what the divorce rate is in this country??? The REAL divorce rate. Not fantasy land divorce rate.
Fool who voted for Obama
August 2nd, 2012
4:26 pm
Chick-Filet is laughing to the bank! I bet the owner is like… Thanks Rahm… you stupid idiot.
Red Bull
August 2nd, 2012
4:27 pm
Re-Tardinski…did you get something stuck up that backside hole or are you choking on what’s in the hole on your face? I would say I understand the frustration but I really don’t. Does anyone have any whip cream they would like to offer with his chocolate pudding? Rant and ramble on. {{{grin}}}
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 2nd, 2012
4:29 pm
If we normalize gay relationships, how am I supposed to marry a closet-case conservative to belittle because I wasn’t shown enough affection by my parents?
Why?
August 2nd, 2012
4:30 pm
@Fool who voted for Obama……Agree! Everyone who thinks this is hurting Chick-fil-A are don’t get it. There are more Chick-fil-A supports than protestors.
Philman
August 2nd, 2012
4:31 pm
I am a fool, you ignorant moron!!
Lowdawg
August 2nd, 2012
4:33 pm
i’ll wait to go back to chick-fil-a when the lines die down … i still can’t understand who would be dumb enough to wait for fast food that long. what point ya trying to prove? all i see is a sucker and the owner laughing his jolly butt all the way to the bank. i get the whole “i’m against gay marriage, for freedom of speech” but waiting in line for over 40 minutes? man, you are STUPID! no need to call me names, i wasn’t dumb enough to eat Chick-Fil-a yesterday and waste gas at the drive thru line or stand for an hour waiting to order food.
Red Bull
August 2nd, 2012
4:33 pm
Re-Tardinski…#1? Oh Faux Fairytales SAID so…therefore it’s true…rolling eyes. Actually you are incorrect sir. Fox Noise lied to you. Again. You lose all credibility with most people outside the southeast once you mention Fox Noise. Ever watch the BBC? nah..it doesn’t fit in with how you WANT to paint the world…just keep watching. You provide lots of entertainment with your bigotry…like the one where you’re threatening and waiting for gay people to show up a CFA N Perimeter. Nice…you and trishawishywashy can join hands and weil your bats at the same time.
George P Burdell
August 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
ATT donates tons of money to gay and lesbian groups- they have been voted a top GLADD supporter for five years running. ATT also has a large employee group of gays and lesbians which they actively promote and advertise to the rest their employees- yes I was an employee for years so I know this to be true. They are of course a PUBLIC company. Why not outrage here? CFA is a private company and can donate to and support whomever they choose. If you don’t like CFA, don’t eat there- but please drop the disgusting “kiss-in”- no one likes public displays of affection in front of their children- regardless of gay or straight. Honestly. sometimes the gay movement is their own worst enemy with stunts like the “kiss-in” and the weird costumes in “pride” marches. Show us the same respect with which you wish to be treated.
Mid Town Joe
August 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
I suppose if Dan Cathy said he didn’t like motorcycles, that would have really stirred it up, too. Or if he said he didn’t care for the NBA, people would call for the immediate closure of all his stores. Since when is it a crime to have an opinion in the United States? I am sick of anyone who protests and cries about someone else’s opinion. Get a frikkin life!
georgiajeepn
August 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
Will there be HOT girls kissing? If so put me down for some chicken boycotting!!!
Brian
August 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
In the eyes of God all sins are EQUAL. Some of you on here might do yourself a favor to remember that when He is doing His final judgment on you…if being gay is a sin it will be frowned upon no less than your sitting here in judgment of others…little white lies….watching porn or whatever other “sinful” act you convince yourself are allowable. Re-evaluate your own “values” and stop judging the choices of others. Leave that up to God.
fred
August 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
GOD did’t approve of homosexuality in Sodom and Gomorrah , and he still don’t approved of it in America. And it does not not matter what President Obama thinks. I’m jsut say n.
Philman
August 2nd, 2012
4:37 pm
America is F_____UP!!
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 2nd, 2012
4:37 pm
name stealer trolls are so droll..
TJD333
August 2nd, 2012
4:37 pm
WTF happened to seperation of church and state. I do not believe god and there millions of people in this country that do not believe in god. Why can’t we all just get along???
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 2nd, 2012
4:40 pm
@Georgiajeepn…I hate to disappoint you but most lesbians look like chaz bono
Philman
August 2nd, 2012
4:40 pm
TJD333 Because Americans are F_____UP!!!
Darwin
August 2nd, 2012
4:41 pm
When people single out a group and say what they do is wrong according to the bible, those same people must look in their own closet to see what sins they have committed as well according to the bible. Ray Tardinski we get you don’t like gays. Have you remained faithul or have you cheated? Did you have premarital sex or were you pure? And then ask yourself if you have the right to tell someone else they’re a sinner.
Zak
August 2nd, 2012
4:41 pm
Will Johynson:
“I HAVE boycotted Chick-fil-A because Dan Cathy has used profits from Chick-fil-A to donate five million dollars to organizations that advocate criminalizing gay people, denying gay people the ability to serve in the military, denying gay people the right to marry, depicting gay people as pedophiles, making it okay to fire gay people, denying gay parents access to their own children, denying children of gay couples the protection that comes from having both parents recognized as having responsibility for that child, treating gay people as broken, in need of repair, and depraved, along with a host of other oppressive initiatives. ”
So have you also boycotted Home Depot and a miriad of other businesses who have also donated millions to pro-traditional-marriage groups or is your wrath only reserved for those companies which have vocal CEO’s?
Philman
August 2nd, 2012
4:43 pm
Darwin, I like your comments…
Roxana Green
August 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me, uttering slanders against me, my adversaries and foes, they shall stumble and fall. 3 Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. 4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. 5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent, he will set me high upon a rock. 6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD. 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! 8 Thou hast said, “Seek ye my face.” My heart says to thee, “Thy face, LORD, do I seek.” 9 Hide not thy face from me. Turn not thy servant away in anger, thou who hast been my help. Cast me not off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation! 10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. 12 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence. 13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! 14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the LORD!
Chick fil a has nothing to fear!!
DAWG POUND
August 2nd, 2012
4:46 pm
That chicken sandwhich was mighty good. I hope gay community stages another protest soon!
Man that Cathy dude is a genius!!! All you have to do to increase your sales by 50% is to say you believe in men and women getting married, DAH!. Pretty ingenius stuff. Told my boss today that our company needs to think about a similar strategy!
Philman
August 2nd, 2012
4:46 pm
Hey Rox are you OK?
georgiajeepn
August 2nd, 2012
4:47 pm
TrishaDishaWarEagle not in my mind.Everyone of them Friday will look like Jennifer Anniston and Courtney Cox
kissing!!!
shh
August 2nd, 2012
4:47 pm
I say let the gay world have marriage. Let them pay taxes at the same rate we married folk have to pay taxes at with the penalties that involves. Let them pay for divorces with attorneys and child support the way the heterosexual community has been paying for all of these years. Make it all even Steven. You can’t have just a piece of marriage without the whole shebang. I am sick of this debate. Unless it directly concerns you, shut up. If God is the ultimate judge, let Him be the one to make the call. Take the plank out of your own eye before you try and take the speck of sawdust out of your brothers eye. Dan Cathy gives to organizations that are Christian based. That does not make them anti gay. This thing has gone far enough. Are all of the pro gay organizations that money goes to anti Christian? No! This is a paralyzing fight that will do nothing but cause hatred to grow stronger and louder. Each side believes what they believe. Neither is going to give in. Let it go. People are dying in abject poverty right here in the United States. I would love to see all this energy used to put food in their moths and clothes on their backs. All of this is a waste of hate. But hate always is a waste.
Lowdawg
August 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm
dang it, i still can’t understand … i’m cracking up … americans are dumb enough to wait over 40 minutes for FAST FOOD. and while i’m at it, gays are going to waste gas driving to a fast food joint to not eat Friday? both sides are just stupid … only smart one here is me, b/c i’m waiting til you knuckleheads stop crowding the places i like to eat. you “proved” your point, now stopping causing long lines at fast food places. stupid sheeps!!!
doh
August 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm
As a gay rights and human being supporter I say…let them eat all the sandwiches they want. What is it a quarter in sales tax revenue going to the state for everyone sold. Let these fools support their bigotry and big government. They need to do this everyday, maybe the state can finally be in the black for once.
Ray Tardinski
August 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm
Libtards at AJC have started policing comments they don’t like – classic
trudy
August 2nd, 2012
4:51 pm
donations by chick fil A? why isn’t anyone (including the national media) talking about the scholarships that chick fil A funds for student employees???!!!
John
August 2nd, 2012
4:52 pm
I have one question, if the law did not require CFA to serve everyone, would he serve openly gay patrons? I mean he is willing to take money from gay patrons, but then his company donates those funds to organizations that would deny rights to those same patrons. Seems a bit hypocritical to me. It is a private company and he can whatever he wants with his money, and I am a citizen am free to spend my money at other places other than CFA. And remember the first amendment gives him the the protected right to speech, but he is not protected under the same from the responses of others for his speech.
Obviously Brain Food
August 2nd, 2012
4:53 pm
No Chikkk Fil-A’s in Ecotopia to boycott. Young progressives will consider that as they plan where to live a freer life.
Added bonuses – great scenery, climate, and air quality. And great ganja.
Lowdawg
August 2nd, 2012
4:53 pm
i laughed so hard that i farted just b/c i’m reading about these idiots waiting in line at a fast food joint for over 40 minutes purposely. oh man, it just cracks me up to high heaven. we got some stupid people around these parts.
collegedude
August 2nd, 2012
4:54 pm
If I were a CFA owner, I would welcome all of the LBGT crowd to come out for “kiss day”, AND I would give a free CFA sandwich to each of them in the parking lot (where they are supposed to go according to the organizers of the event) after their kiss. Then I would make sure to get a picture of each & every one of them eating their sandwich and post it on all social media sites showing that they do not disrespect the LBGT community, but love them as Christ loved each and every one of us sinners. Besides, it’s not like they can’t afford to give away a few free sandwiches after their record setting day (which happened in large part because of the LBGT community).
puntthemarxist
August 2nd, 2012
4:55 pm
@ GA Jeepn–highly doubt it…most I’ve seen around town resemble rosanne barr.