# Chick-Fil-A President comes out swinging against gay marriage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689 "2012-07-19T05:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/141 "2012-07-20T12:11:53Z")
> [@Uber\_the\_Goober](#): > > So what you’re saying is you and \*\*Bricker \*\*pulled a Wonder Twins and actually went to this guys house and chatted him up on the topic? Cool. How’d that turn out? 😉 I know who the wonder twins are, but I have no goddam idea what you’re getting at here. Was it funny in your head? > [@](#): > > I’d have to wager that you would only be able to persuade a very specific minority of the population on any given idea with the tack you’re using here. No shit–I’m not trying to persuade anyone here, because there’s nobody to persuade here. The president of CF is not here, so I’m mocking his homophobic ass. You’re adopting this “above the fray” attitude, so I’m not going to waste my time with you. If there were somebody here who were actually interested in the conversation and who opposed gay marriage, I’d direct them to start the bajillionth thread in GD, and if I had time, I’d stop by and school them. But your idea that somehow correcting my attitude when I’m mocking a bigot is productive, where my mockery is not, is ridiculous and pitiful. Want to engage with the issue instead of appointing yourself Miss Manners? Be my guest. Otherwise, well, otherwise. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/142 "2012-07-20T12:23:00Z")
> [@diku](#): > > Wait, I have to ask (and it might already have been) how is this news to anyone? Serious? This is Chick-Fil-A. The non-open on Sunday, advertises Christian fundie camp on their place mats, serious fundie Christian place? And people are shocked? This is what they’ve always been about. Well, it was news to me, since I’d never heard of them before this. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/143 "2012-07-20T12:29:29Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > The cherry drink must have been like %135 sugar, because it was like ambrosia. I almost ate the remaining ice in my cup, which I never do. The chicken was good. Nothing more, nothing less. I took my obligatory bite of the biscuit, and I was amazed. > > They must coat those things in pure butter, cholesterol, and unicorn blood, because I devoured that thing and wanted two more. I wouldn’t bat an eye if I saw someone dump a truckload of KFC biscuits into a landfill, but I might fight a baby for a Bojangles biscuit. I’d certainly steal their candy for some of that cherry drink. > > Sorry, carry on. > /Hijack The cherry drink was probably [Cheerwine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerwine), and that’s some good stuff. Their biscuits are also awesome when fresh. Their chicken really varies in quality, but when it’s good, it’s th best fast-food chicken out there, for my money. My best Bojangles experience ever was when I was on a road trip and I had some leftover spicy curry in the car but no utensil. I got a Bojangles biscuit and used it to scoop up the curry. Best roadfood ever. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/144 "2012-07-20T13:15:51Z")
**LHoD** , I was thinking the drink described was most likely Cheerwine as well. I don’t know if **every** Bojangles has Cheerwine (because it has a limited distribution area), but I think Cheerwine’s distribution area completely overlaps with Bojangles market area so it probably does. Bojangles biscuits really set them apart, but I also think that while their chicken isn’t “anything special”, it’s probably the best boneless-style fast food chicken. I think you can’t beat the colonel for fast food fried bone-in chicken, but that’s almost like a different product from the boneless chicken they push at places like Zaxby’s, Raising Cane’s, Guthrie’s, Bojangles, Chick-Fil-A etc. I’ve always sort of considered Bojangles/Chick-Fil-A/Zaxby’s to all sort of be the same thing with slight variations…and I’ve always thought Bojangles and Zaxby’s are the best of the two, but outside of the South they haven’t gotten nearly the market penetration or growth that Chick-Fil-A has. I like Bojangles enough that I’d do something I never do–invest based on personal like for their product, if they weren’t privately held. I really think Bojangles could be the next Chick-Fil-A some day. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/145 "2012-07-20T13:20:06Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > Bojangles biscuits really set them apart, but I also think that while their chicken isn’t “anything special”, it’s probably the best boneless-style fast food chicken. I think you can’t beat the colonel for fast food fried bone-in chicken, but that’s almost like a different product from the boneless chicken they push at places like Zaxby’s, Raising Cane’s, Guthrie’s, Bojangles, Chick-Fil-A etc. The best chicken I’ve had there was a drumstick, and the worst was a dried-out room-temperature nearly-inedible chicken biscuit. But to be fair, I haven’t had KFC in a few decades, so I don’t have a good basis of comparison on the drumstick front. My family used to go to Bojangles after church, so I’ve got those good memories, and I like the slightly spicy marinade they use for their chicken. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/146 "2012-07-20T13:55:46Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > The cherry drink was probably [Cheerwine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerwine), and that’s some good stuff. Their biscuits are also awesome when fresh. I don’t think it was, mostly because I had heard of Cheerwine and wanted to taste it. I think that would have rung a bell. A quick Google search suggests it may have been Patio Red Cherry. People have reported it being sold at Bojangles, and that it’s delicious. If it’s a diet drink like some of their other flavors are, then my notion of diet drinks just got flipped upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/147 "2012-07-20T14:28:42Z")
59-year-old fast food boss and Sunday School teacher has old-fashioned attitudes. Seriously, there’s a news story here? ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/148 "2012-07-20T14:34:49Z")
Mmmm, chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/149 "2012-07-20T18:49:40Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > You gay guys were already boycotting them (and Dominos) when they were obstructing abortion rights, because it’s not just about your own ox being gored, but rather social justice in general, right? Amusing opposing abortion is “social justice”. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/150 "2012-07-20T20:43:36Z")
Interesting; today’s Boston Herald had a big story about this. Chick-fil-a wants to open in Boston-and the mentally challenged mayor (Tom Menino) says “no” (based upon the owner’s statement about marriage.). Pretty weird…and highly illegal. As far as I know, the chain hasn’t broken any laws. Link:[http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120720menino\_on\_chick-fil-a\_stuff\_it\_vows\_to\_block\_eatery\_over\_anti-gay\_attitude/srvc=home&position=4](http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120720menino_on_chick-fil-a_stuff_it_vows_to_block_eatery_over_anti-gay_attitude/srvc=home&position=4) ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/151 "2012-07-20T20:51:06Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > \ > > Want to engage with the issue instead of appointing yourself Miss Manners? Be my guest. Otherwise, well, otherwise. That’s Mister Manners, thank you very much. Sounds like you’re wussing out then. “I’d rather make noise on the internet and holler and mock those who the majority feel are in the wrong so we can all be on the same bandwagon in opposition. You’re a Bad Person for even mentioning that I’m falling short of my potential to effect a social change by stopping my efforts at public mockery. I’m smart enough and a good enough debater to convince most people of whatever I want - but not this guy. He doesn’t deserve it. On with the mocking!” Is that the jist of your position? Or have I got you wrong? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/152 "2012-07-20T20:52:50Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Interesting; today’s Boston Herald had a big story about this. Chick-fil-a wants to open in Boston-and the mentally challenged mayor (Tom Menino) says “no” (based upon the owner’s statement about marriage.). > Pretty weird..and highly illegal. > As far as I know, the chain hasn’t broken any laws. > Link:[http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120720menino\_on\_chick-fil-a\_stuff\_it\_vows\_to\_block\_eatery\_over\_anti-gay\_attitude/srvc=home&position=4](http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120720menino_on_chick-fil-a_stuff_it_vows_to_block_eatery_over_anti-gay_attitude/srvc=home&position=4) How is it illegal? The article you quoted mentioned they blocked a Walmart not long ago, so why can’t he block this? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/153 "2012-07-20T20:53:28Z")
> [@Uber\_the\_Goober](#): > > Sounds like you’re wussing out then. “I’d rather make noise on the internet and holler and mock those who the majority feel are in the wrong so we can all be on the same bandwagon in opposition. You’re a Bad Person for even mentioning that I’m falling short of my potential to effect a social change by stopping my efforts at public mockery. I’m smart enough and a good enough debater to convince most people of whatever I want - but not this guy. He doesn’t deserve it. On with the mocking!” Not everyone believes in “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone,” you know. I mean, seriously? We’re supposed to call this guy up and try to talk to him before we can make fun of him? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/154 "2012-07-20T21:07:37Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > > [@ralph124c](#): > > > > Interesting; today’s Boston Herald had a big story about this. Chick-fil-a wants to open in Boston-and the mentally challenged mayor (Tom Menino) says “no” (based upon the owner’s statement about marriage.). > > Pretty weird..and highly illegal. > > How is it illegal? The article you quoted mentioned they blocked a Walmart not long ago, so why can’t he block this? Yeah, I also wonder how you determined it’s illegal, much less ‘highly.’ I’m not saying I support Menino - even though I will not eat at Chick Fil-A. I’d rather the free market determine this - but I don’t think it’s illegal to deny them a business license. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/155 "2012-07-20T21:41:01Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > mentally challenged mayor (Tom Menino) cite? > [@](#): > > and highly illegal. cite? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/156 "2012-07-20T21:44:38Z")
As long as the chain isn’t discriminating by, say, refusing to serve gay customers, I agree there’s no good reason to officially ban them from the entire city. Does the Mayor have that power? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/157 "2012-07-20T21:58:26Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Yeah, I also wonder how you determined it’s illegal, much less ‘highly.’ > > I’m not saying I support Menino - even though I will not eat at Chick Fil-A. I’d rather the free market determine this - but I don’t think it’s illegal to deny them a business license. The COO of the company opened a very contentious bag of worms. I could see a company that is has a COO willing to vilify itself as being potentially subject to protests and such. I’m not sure I’d want to have a potential mess opening up in my city. Yeah. That’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/158 "2012-07-20T22:25:21Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I’m not saying I support Menino - even though I will not eat at Chick Fil-A. I’d rather the free market determine this - but I don’t think it’s illegal to deny them a business license. Yeah, but I’d say you’d probably better come up with a better one than “we don’t like your political views”. Heck, I’d say THAT reason is the one most likely to get you in hot water legal wise. The may not want them there for politcal reasons but IMO they better come up with something ELSE they can use as an excuse. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/159 "2012-07-20T22:55:31Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > cite? Hell..just listen to him talk! > cite? Chick-Fil-A has not been in any violation of Federal or State law-so how can yo deny them a license? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689/160 "2012-07-20T22:57:43Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > How is it illegal? The article you quoted mentioned they blocked a Walmart not long ago, so why can’t he block this? Hmm considering that, he might just be a union puppet. Is Chick-Fil-A unionized or not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689.md?page=9)