# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/61 "2012-08-02T00:27:14Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > That’s why incidents like the bomb threat should be lamented by the pro-gay side. A threat of violence _is_ a kind of oppression, and targeted people always feel their moral ground elevated. Does anybody really think that gays are _pro_ bomb threat? And who exactly should do the lamenting? Do you want Al Sharpton to get a night job as “Official Spokesman for Gay America”? Should Anderson Cooper open his show with “As a gay man, I want to start by lamenting that bomb threat”? Or should Elton John write a song called _A Chicken in the Wind_? How exactly would you like your Lamentations? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/62 "2012-08-02T00:28:33Z")
The Chick-Fil-A closest to me announced they were taking a booth on Pride Day. And they don’t even have full marriage freedom in that state. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/63 "2012-08-02T00:31:41Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I also do not believe that gay people should be married. I’ve said it before create something that is the exact same thing, just don’t call it marriage.\ So, a gay couple would have every single right that a heterosexual couple gets, but they just have to call it something different? Is it a semantics issue with the word marriage? Do you feel that a gay couple being “married” lessens the sanctity of your own marriage? Not being snarky, genuine questions. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/64 "2012-08-02T00:32:09Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Does anybody really think that gays are _pro_ bomb threat? Considering how demonic some people consider gays to be I expect quite a few people do think that. There’s plenty of people who think they are all child molesters, after all. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/65 "2012-08-02T00:33:49Z")
Good opinion piece from the Washington Post. Huckabee does make a valid point that CEO’s (and their companies) who support Gay marriage have not been boycotted like Chick-Fil-A. I have no issue with boycotting. Where you spend your money is a personal choice. What I object to is the firestorm of negative press and Mayors wanting to kick out the franchises. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/huckabee-is-almost-right-on-chick-fil-a-protests/2012/07/31/gJQAJHG0MX\_blog.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/huckabee-is-almost-right-on-chick-fil-a-protests/2012/07/31/gJQAJHG0MX_blog.html) > [@](#): > > Right out of the gate, Huckabee corrected Martin’s assertion that tomorrow’s action was about expressing support for Cathy’s anti-marriage-equality stance. “It’s really not about just even saying you support the position of Chick-fil-A’s president,” he said. “It’s about supporting the idea that a person who runs a company has a right to free speech, has not been disenfranchised from his First Amendment rights because he runs a company anymore than Ben and Jerry’s should be disenfranchised from their views or Jeff Bezos of Amazon or Howard Schultz of Starbucks.”All three favor same-sex marriage. Huckabee would later add, “How would it go over if the mayor of Dallas said that Starbucks wasn’t welcome” because of the views of its CEO? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/66 "2012-08-02T00:41:49Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Considering how demonic some people consider gays to be I expect quite a few people do think that. There’s plenty of people who think they are all child molesters, after all. In part due to the writings of Paul Cameron, which are forwarded and used in literature by Family Research Council and Exodus and other organizations that have received money from Chick Fil A. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/67 "2012-08-02T00:41:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Good opinion piece from the Washington Post. Huckabee does make a valid point that CEO’s (and their companies) who support Gay marriage have not been boycotted like Chick-Fil-A. > > I have no issue with boycotting. Where you spend your money is a personal choice. What I object to is the firestorm of negative press and Mayors wanting to kick out the franchises. > > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/huckabee-is-almost-right-on-chick-fil-a-protests/2012/07/31/gJQAJHG0MX\_blog.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/huckabee-is-almost-right-on-chick-fil-a-protests/2012/07/31/gJQAJHG0MX_blog.html) The whole “free speech” issue is a total red herring. He IS allowed to say whatever he wants. However, he votes with the company wallet - and consumers vote with theirs. I haven’t heard anyone say that Cathy should be forbidden from saying what he did. Just that he’s a terrible person for saying it. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/68 "2012-08-02T00:44:02Z")
I’m also happy to hear of the CFA franchises that are supporting Pride celebrations in their local communities in spite of the corporate positions. Someone needs to make them some ‘Chic-fil-A-but-not-narrow’ signs and T-shirts so that people can make more informed boycott decisions. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/69 "2012-08-02T00:44:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Huckabee does make a valid point that CEO’s (and their companies) who support Gay marriage have not been boycotted like Chick-Fil-A. There’s been plenty of calls for boycotts over things as trivial as Oreo’s rainbow cookie advertisement. And the two sides are not equivalent; the anti-homosexual side wishes to oppress or kill the homosexuals, while the homosexuals want to be treated like everyone else. Huckabee and those like him are just doing to old right wing routine where they whine about being oppressed any time they aren’t allowed unopposed free reign to oppress others. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/70 "2012-08-02T00:53:14Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > So, a gay couple would have every single right that a heterosexual couple gets, but they just have to call it something different? Is it a semantics issue with the word marriage? Do you feel that a gay couple being “married” lessens the sanctity of your own marriage? > > Not being snarky, genuine questions. Yeah it kind of is a semantics issue. I believe the Bible when it says that a Marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman. Which would make a gay marriage not a marriage, but something of another name. So I think we should call it by another name. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/71 "2012-08-02T00:55:24Z")
This whole attitude of these people make me sick. In twenty years, they’ll be the ones on camera proudly waving their bigotry around like a damn flag, just like those skinhead bitches who were against segregation. I just wish there was some way to make the bastards wear a shirt that proclaims their hatred, “I’m glad I’m a homophobe!” so the rest of us could eschew them like the fucking plague that they are. And I’ve never felt that way about anybody in my life, but dear Og, I absolutely wish these people would go hump their bibles in private. Disgusting pigs. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/72 "2012-08-02T01:00:13Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > There’s been plenty of calls for boycotts over things as trivial as Oreo’s rainbow cookie advertisement. And the two sides are not equivalent; the anti-homosexual side wishes to oppress or kill the homosexuals, while the homosexuals want to be treated like everyone else. Huckabee and those like him are just doing to old right wing routine where they whine about being oppressed any time they aren’t allowed unopposed free reign to oppress others. I don’t always agree with you, but when I do I usually want to buy you a small car or something in appreciation. This is one of those times. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/73 "2012-08-02T01:02:09Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Does anybody really think that gays are _pro_ bomb threat? > > And who exactly should do the lamenting? Do you want Al Sharpton to get a night job as “Official Spokesman for Gay America”? Should Anderson Cooper open his show with “As a gay man, I want to start by lamenting that bomb threat”? Or should Elton John write a song called _A Chicken in the Wind_? How exactly would you like your Lamentations? I bet some people in West Virginia believe that some gay people are, where they didn’t yesterday. And I’d be satisfied if everyone reading this agreed that the bomb threat was neither productive nor funny, and that they’d say so if the opportunity ever arose with someone who got the idea to pull such a stunt again. Not sure why you’re so touchy about this. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/74 "2012-08-02T01:03:18Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Yeah it kind of is a semantics issue. I believe the Bible when it says that a Marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman. Which would make a gay marriage not a marriage, but something of another name. So I think we should call it by another name. I have it! Separate But Equal Catchy, no? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/75 "2012-08-02T01:03:34Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > This whole attitude of these people make me sick. In twenty years, they’ll be the ones on camera proudly waving their bigotry around like a damn flag, just like those skinhead bitches who were against segregation. I just wish there was some way to make the bastards wear a shirt that proclaims their hatred, “I’m glad I’m a homophobe!” so the rest of us could eschew them like the fucking plague that they are. And I’ve never felt that way about anybody in my life, but dear Og, I absolutely wish these people would go hump their bibles in private. Disgusting pigs. Gosh, how do you really feel? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/76 "2012-08-02T01:05:27Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Not sure why you’re so touchy about this. Probably Chik Fil A withdrawal. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/77 "2012-08-02T01:15:52Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Yeah it kind of is a semantics issue. I believe the Bible when it says that a Marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman. Which would make a gay marriage not a marriage, but something of another name. So I think we should call it by another name. Fair enough, join a church that agrees with you. There are plenty of them and there is absolutely zero chance under the Constitution that they can ever be compelled to accept any definition of marriage but their own. But why should others be denied the protections and rights granted by the state- again, NOT by the court but the state and federal governments and their statutes, because _you_ disagree with their definition of marriage? They can _already_ get the “sacred” mumbo jumbo at any number of churches and if they want that more power to them, but I’m asking about the 100% secular and having-nothing-whatso-fucking-ever-to-do-with-yours-or-any-other-made-up-invisible-sky-fairy’s blessing. You can throw the chicken bones and dance naked around a goat for anyone you want to or not for anyone you don’t, I only care about the rights granted at the local courthouse, or, if you prefer to use the terms of Jesus, the rights granted by Caesar, not by God. Why should you care what the godless world grants? (And as for sacred bonds of the Bible- was there a single marriage in the Bible that was borne of anything like a modern courtship? I don’t even recall one being happy. Very few were even monogamous.) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/78 "2012-08-02T01:16:21Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > This whole attitude of these people make me sick. In twenty years, they’ll be the ones on camera proudly waving their bigotry around like a damn flag, just like those skinhead bitches who were against segregation. I just wish there was some way to make the bastards wear a shirt that proclaims their hatred, “I’m glad I’m a homophobe!” so the rest of us could eschew them like the fucking plague that they are. And I’ve never felt that way about anybody in my life, but dear Og, I absolutely wish these people would go hump their bibles in private. Disgusting pigs. So, someone who is a believing Christian who accepts the Biblical condemnation of homosexuality is a homophobe? Disagreeing about the morality of an act doesn’t mean they are mentally ill or have some neuroses. They just disagree with you. I disagree with people who think that it’s immoral to drink alcohol because of their religious beliefs, but I don’t think they are insane or neurotic. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/79 "2012-08-02T01:17:28Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I disagree with people who think that it’s immoral to drink alcohol because of their religious beliefs, but I don’t think they are insane or neurotic. No, they’re just judgmental assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096/80 "2012-08-02T01:18:51Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > They just disagree with you. I love that. “They just disagree with you.” As if we’re discussing who our favorite bands are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day/630096.md?page=5)