# Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 1, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096 "2012-08-01T19:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/281 "2012-08-03T18:47:35Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > Secondly, are you gonna beat gay people up just to find out what it’s like too? Tried it - the sensation was short-lived and unsatisfying. In other words, your question is dumb and I decline to take it seriously. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/282 "2012-08-03T19:07:54Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > The link is generating bandwidth cap errors, but here are his first two reasons why the author thinks the church failed yesterday: And I just posted this to the one friend on Facebook celebrating this crap. And, based on what I know about her, I will be unadding her soon. It boggles my mind the Christians who think the Constitution of the U.S. is somehow more important than the Bible. Even if you think this is defending freedom of speech (which I don’t, BTW), that’s just man’s law, not God’s. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/283 "2012-08-03T19:08:34Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > As a minor note, if I’m ever in the south-east U.S. again (the last time was 1997), I expect I’ll buy something at CfA just out of curiosity. > > And I’ll be sure to leave a mess in the bathroom, so they don’t profit off me. A solution to my problems! If I ever give in to temptation, I’ll leave the water running in the bathroom on my way out. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/284 "2012-08-03T19:14:56Z")
Or take all the napkins. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/285 "2012-08-03T19:51:05Z")
I can just see someone ordering a small nuggets then calmly loading their bag with _every single straw, napkin, cup lid, condiment packet, coffee stirrer, creamer, sugar packet, and lemon wedge they have_. I doubt they would even say a word. Even if you made it a habit of doing this. [sub]I’m not condoning this behavior, but if I saw evidence of someone else doing it, I would most assuredly laugh about it[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/286 "2012-08-03T20:00:14Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I doubt they would even say a word. Even if you made it a habit of doing this. They can and probably should ask you to leave and never come back. I doubt any manager would let you make a habit of costing his business money and hurting his service of other customers. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/287 "2012-08-03T20:02:08Z")
Yeah, I still don’t support actively trying to hurt Chick-Fil-A in any way other than depriving them of your custom. No going and harassing the workers there, no defacing the premises, no stealing the napkins and condiments, etc. I understand where the impulse comes from but it’s still wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/288 "2012-08-03T20:10:47Z")
[This guy](http://m.bizjournals.com/atlanta/#/articles/view/page_9039712) was fired for going to CFA, or maybe he was just being dick, filmed himself being a dick, and posted it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/289 "2012-08-03T20:38:55Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Yeah, I still don’t support actively trying to hurt Chick-Fil-A in any way other than depriving them of your custom. No going and harassing the workers there, no defacing the premises, no stealing the napkins and condiments, etc. I understand where the impulse comes from but it’s still wrong. I don’t think anyone in this thread is seriously proposing any of the above. I was certainly joking. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/290 "2012-08-03T20:39:31Z")
Apparently someone has vandalized one or more CFAs here in LA by writing something like “Tastes like hate” on their walls. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/291 "2012-08-03T21:14:38Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I don’t think anyone in this thread is seriously proposing any of the above. I was certainly joking. Yeah, I didn’t really think so. I guess I just wanted to officially take a stance for being Down With That Sort Of Thing. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/292 "2012-08-03T21:28:36Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Yeah, I still don’t support actively trying to hurt Chick-Fil-A in any way other than depriving them of your custom. No going and harassing the workers there, no defacing the premises, no stealing the napkins and condiments, etc. I understand where the impulse comes from but it’s still wrong. I guarantee that the publicity generated by such tactics will help Chick-fil-A far more than the actual damage will hurt them. Then there’s the damage it does to the gay rights cause among people who wouldn’t eat Chick-fil-A in any event. It’s not just wrong; it’s really stupid. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/293 "2012-08-03T21:31:23Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Apparently someone has vandalized one or more CFAs here in LA by writing something like “Tastes like hate” on their walls. Yes, I remember when Gandhi’s followers vandalized British government buildings and cars with “Dick Be Upon You” during their nonviolent uprising. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/294 "2012-08-03T22:41:55Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > And I’m wrong in this…why? I didn’t see this addressed, so I’ll answer. It only makes sense to say “God didn’t create people gay or straight, rather, it’s a matter of their free choice whether they are gay or straight” if all people naturally feel as much inclination to have gay sex as they do straight sex (at least at first). But they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/295 "2012-08-03T23:31:37Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > For the first time ever I just the want the fuck out of here, forever, one way or another. Sammy, you can come over here and sit with me and my Husband. We’re big ole Bears. We’ll be your friends… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/296 "2012-08-04T01:08:49Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I disagree with **Sampiro** on one point: this was largely a Southern thing only because most of the CFAs are down here. If CFA had already established itself in Boston when Mr. Cathy made his remarks, Boston’s CFAs would have been jammed with the same Irish Catholic demographic that had rioted against school busing in the 1970’s, long after that issue had largely been settled in the South > [@Peremensoe](#): > > That’s right. From what I understand, every Chick-fil-A location in every state was jammed with customers Wednesday. Whatever this is, it’s not just a Southern thing. It’s a common refrain that the South isn’t any different than anywhere else in the country, but in this case it is demonstrably not so. Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same sex marriage in 2004, and the Catholic Church has had nearly a decade to organize their huge following in the state in opposition, but have gotten nowhere. Recent polls show 60% of state residents are in support of same sex marriage. Catholics across the country are in favor by 52% (the same as mainline non-evangelical protestants.) The same holds true for most of the Northeast. Same for the West Coast. Recent national polls show support is 54% across the nation. The South’s most progressive state, North Carolina, recently passed a constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions by a wide margin, making it a clean sweep for constitutional bans south of the Mason-Dixon line. If you really believe that things are no different in the South, point out one state where same-sex marriage would be accepted judicially or legislatively as it is in Massachusetts. One does not exist. Not even close. Opposition runs at 62% throughout the South, far above any other region in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/297 "2012-08-04T02:28:41Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > **Sampiro** , you’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the [del]new West[/del] old South. You know… morons. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/298 "2012-08-04T02:35:36Z")
Not Safe for Work, but not horrible. Thought this was worth a chuckle. [Eat Mor Cock](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/536659_478002338895605_2064008216_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/299 "2012-08-04T02:43:32Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Recent national polls show support is 54% across the nation. So, the rest of America is only composed of 46% gay hating bigots? Man, its like a gay lovefest out there! How will the South ever catch up? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/300 "2012-08-04T03:01:05Z")
I’m certainly not saying the South isn’t different. It assuredly is, in a number of ways. Most of them I like. But the phenomenon demonstrated at Chick-fil-A showed everywhere it had the opportunity. You can’t just move north. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096.md?page=16)