Their brand is now “that controversial chicken place.”
I think most restaurant chains would probably prefer something like “the place with good hamburgers” or “the place I like to take my kids.”
We’ll see how it plays out long-term, but my suspicion is that overall this will not be good for business.
Personally I could care less; I’m ensuring that my own dollars aren’t going to anti-gay hate groups via Chick-Fil-A, so I’m satisfied.
To us, that’s their brand.
To the anti-SSM crowd this might be their brand.
I wish I had your faith in people, in capitalism, etc.
I only ate there once a long time ago, so it wasn’t a hard choice for me.
There were huge lines at my local CfA outside of Philadelphia. (Can a chain store, as a practical matter runout of food? What are their stockpiles like? This sort of crowd would test that.)
There is only one thing to do, all pro-gay-marriage people must go to their local CfA NEXT Wednesday and buy even more chicken. That will show them!
Then the powers that be (whoever has the oomph to do it) should come up with a new term. Homophobia is not a very good descriptive term.
Homophobes literally fear homosexuals. I’m not sure how you could be confused by this. It has been very clear to the rest of us for years. 
I smell a Wounded Gazelle Gambit, myself.
Well, I’ll add your anecdote to my own anecdote. Let’s see… zero, plus zero… carry the two…
Seriously, though, since nobody seems to know the actual bottom line I guess we’ll wait for the actual impact to be measurable.
Personally I think that all anti-SSM people should show their support for Chick-fil-A by eating there every meal every day.
And in three to five years, when they’re all dead of heart attacks or diabetes, the pro-SSM vote will dominate. Winning!
Unbelievable. I feel like Bill Cosby in an episode of Kids Say the Darndest Things.
Update: Dan Savage is proposing a new definition for “Chick-fil-A” in this week’s column.
So Chick-fil-A could lead to a bit of santorum…
Wonder it this will suggestion will be similary successful.
It was reported that the Chick-Fil-A in Prattville, AL ran out of chicken yesterday.
Dan needs to stop being so male-oriented (about gay sex in general, not about his own preferences). “Chick-fil-A” sounds more like a lesbian sex act of some sort to me - maybe a three-way (for that whole “chick sandwich” thing). It’s not all about the butt, [del]Bob[/del] Dan.
I don’t know why more pro-gay-marriage people didn’t get in line with the anti-gay-marriage people at the drive-thru, wait patiently, get up to the speaker, say, “I changed my mind, I don’t want anything,” and drive around to get in line again. Clog up the line with people buying nothing, make it difficult for people who want to give their money to the hatemongers. When the line gets too long and unwieldy, people won’t be able to get in and buy stuff.
I can’t answer for everyone, but my response to this would be: Because people are allowed to spend money however they want to. If people want to line up around the block for Chick-Fil-A, good for them. I hope the warm glow of bigotry gives them a great night’s sleep.
I prefer not to spend my money there, which is what I’ll continue to do. I don’t need to impede anyone else while doing so.
“Pegging” as I (an old-school vanilla guy who reads the column with a bit of :eek::dubious: each week) understand it is NOT male-oriented. It is a woman using a strap-on to diddle her male partner anally. I think he just parsed out the name: Chick Fill A, e.g., girl fills her guy’s…well, you get the picture.
There’s a post originally from 4chan making the rounds on the internet about this whole thing:
[spoiler]Eat your chicken. That’s right. Enjoy it. Chow down. Get seconds and eat some more. Savour every bite. But before you swallow, look at it. Get a real good look at that fried bird on bread. Take a moment to really take it in.
Cuz this is it. Your church leaders failed you. Your politicians ignore you. The media laughs at your demise and mocks you daily. Because you made gay sex your focus. All that insecurity about the life you chose, the company you keep, the future your children will choose. And it comes to this. A chicken sandwich. This is all the power you have left. A fast food sandwich.
And you’re banking all the power you have left on expressing yourself through an ephemeral media event. In two weeks no one will remember this, how you stood in a line for a sandwich in the hopes your little obsession might be noticed. And then it’s over.
The future is coming for you, for your family. There is no stopping it. You cannot resist the inevitable, you cannot depend on your church or politicians to do anything but to keep selling you out. All you have left is this sandwich. Same-sex marriage will be a reality any day soon, like gays in the military; the legal wheels are already in motion. Gays in your children’s schools. Gays on television and gays in the church and government. Because nobody with any power actually cares what gays do. Only you.[/spoiler]
I’m sure you would have gladly patronized Lester Maddox’s restaurant back in the 60s…which, oddly enough, was famous for it’s fried chicken, as well.
That’s so great, and there’s no reason why it should be in spoiler tags. The bigots need to read it.
But did they have bread bowls?
Because it kind of is.
The left royally fucked up the issue starting with Boston Mayor Menino. Had he kept his big mouth shut, the whole mess would NOT be a free speech issue. But Big Mouth could not keep it shut, and he said some things that he probably really regrets now. By threatening CFA over Boston licensing he crossed the line. As a government official it absolutely is a free speech issue if a mayor threatens a private entity over opinions expressed. Menino messed up, and he messed up bad.
His actions have allowed CFA to deflect honest criticism. And CFA isn’t wrong to use his idiocy for their own gain. He didn’t have to fuck up, but he did… to CFA’s benefit.