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July 27th, 2012
06:53 PM ET
Chick-fil-A wades into a fast-food fight over same-sex marriage rightsBy Sarah Aarthun, CNN Atlanta (CNN) - Ordering lunch just got a lot more complicated than deciding how to answer, "Do you want fries with that?" Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy sparked reactions that were swift and strong after he weighed in on same-sex marriage by saying his company backs the traditional family unit. Politicians from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum spoke up. Supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage protested. And suddenly, the type of fast-food bag you carry could reveal your views on a hot-button social issue that has split the country. Some proponents of same-sex marriage have decried Cathy's comments and called for a boycott of the chain, which had annual sales of more than $4.1 billion last year and has more than 1,615 locations in 39 states and Washington, D.C., with the strongest concentration in the Southeast. FULL STORYWatch The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer weekdays at 4pm to 6pm ET and Saturdays at 6pm ET. For the latest from The Situation Room click here.
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Chick-il-A has my suport.I'll be eating there much more now.
I don't think it is possible for me to care less about what the religious or political views of the owner of a national restraunt chain are. Chick-fil-a makes good chicken products, so I will eat there. If there was a major chain that supported all my ideals and opinions but their food wasn't any good, I wouldn't eat there.
i agree with Kerk Cameron, marriage is a theological issue lets keep it that way government can only hand out the certificates and benefits, for Christan the can have what God calls marriage, for atheist and the like, civil unions (going to a judge will do) for pagans were cool with gay marriage,..that being said here a shot list of religions who are good with gay marriage
Wicca, Shinto, Pagan , Zoroastrian, Tao, (some) Hindu, Ecoist, the list goes one
let your religion decide or lack of and keep your religion out of other peoples religion unless the religions allow for intermingling like pagan
PS Christians stop hindering my religious right to gay marriage, show some respect for you elders
pagans were her first and we defined marriage between two or more people, so stop destroying "traditional" marriage...as if Christians know what tradition is
Atheists who marry in a civil ceremony are still married, Sam. That's the difference. A civil marriage is still a marriage. A civil union is not the same. Separate but equal has NEVER been just.
agreed im being cheeky with that one
Pretty hard to tell.
that the point,...ambiguity is fun
@Sam,
why play the Poe? The nutters are more likely to respond to something accurate – though usually only if baldly stated.
Q: Why doesn't Chik Fil A serve wings?
A: Because they don't want to serve 'left wings' and have no way to tell them apart from the 'right wings'.
*groan*
Ok I want to get this right. Murderers, rapists, liars, and thieves are all ok! Redeemable. But you can't be gay. Isn't that hypocritical?
It's all HYPOCRISY for the Christians who pick on gays and ignor the Golden Rule and all the Christian adulterers.
Oh no, gay is redeemable. You just have to pray away the gay first.
Had Hitler himself found Jesus 10 minutes before he died in that bunker he's be enjoying heaven right now while his Jewish victims burn in hell, according to fundamentalist theology. It's sick!
Hitler did find Jesus,... he is in heaven Yahweh has tea with him every Sunday before and after church
Good evening folks. Everyone is invited to visit ... thestarofkaduri.com
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and which mod keeps deleting my post
A few of mine were deleted too!
ok this is CNN bigotry attack the only ones here who aren't hetero
time to call the hord
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Company name says it all. Fat chicks, bad P0rn movies.
Too many FACTS in there for a lot of Christians.
Too many Christians in HERE for any facts!
I made the comment in regard to the funny but true Betty Bowers link.
I think he left. God bless him, he was such a sweet man.
Yeah. I'll miss him like a hemorrhoid.
YES!
I normally do not eat at Chic-fil-A, but because of this I ate there tonight. Great food. I will take all of my family and kids there tomorrow. Their food is absolutely great. There were long lines both inside and at the drive-through. Folks were piling in because os Rahm's comments. I think their sales will sore if what I saw today and tonight continues.
"Sore"? Really? Not exactly a word one would like to associate with food.
He is more like a hemrroid that grew at the top of another hemrroid filled with acid.
Great food if you like P0rn remnants in there, t-daddy. Sticky, yes?
Thanks for calling me pervert. Remember, I gave you the right to do that. Everything you do and say you will account for up there. Be kind to all living things, forgive enemies...
Thank you for your service. Ignore the idiots. They know not..anything.
You are called a pervert because that is what you lay claim to. Qu eer the folks that gave the world AIDS. Wrong for society then, wrong for society now.
Oh suck it. We didn't bring aids anymore than heteros did. Get an education. Learn something of value. Be happy and forgive all
Hey dude... did I hurt anyone you love? Did I bring violence into your life? Nope. I fought for your rights. Who I sleep with is my business. You should be thanking me
You pervert everything you touch with your sin. There is no thanks due to one who destroys the very fabric of its nation.
Oh, please. "Destroying the very fabric of the nation"? Do describe in detail exactly how.
@Gay Veteran
Don't bother with pervert alert. He's just a useless little troll that can only feel good about himself by being as ignorant and stupid as possible. He's essentially a worthless human being.
Hahaha. The nations fabric? Read the treaty of tripoli. Specifically states "we are not a christian nation" first US treaty. Where did you go to school?
Yabut, HG, he makes a good piñata! I love watching him wind himself up!
@hawaii guest I deal with this cra"p every day. Its nothing new. its ignorance at its best. Jesus is Lord, and my soul is belongs to him regardless of what humans say
If "the nation's fabric" were composed of the likes of perverted troll, it would be as insubstantial as toilet paper. And just as attractive.
Pervert,
Do heteros commit any perversions or are you just a wold class HYPOCRITE for picking on gays?
ok your gay your a vet im cool with that but how the f4ck can you be a christian that's immoral
Yeah, Sam, I get it, you're a great thinker, but your spelling and grammar atrocious, how do you reconcile your inability to express thought coherently with any credibility?
Jesus never said anything about the gays. In fact, I think the bible says we are ALL sinners... if I recall. Jesus said he was changing everything....
sorry im just an my grammar is atrocious im an IDE so i don't have any spell checks or keyboards
Dude its part of the character.
and ttoyou gay vet, Jesus said he came to bring war/a sword to families that not ok. and i don't judge people by what the say much, i do judge by the fruit they bare and JC bore genocide, slavery, bigotry, and tyranny
sorry Christ your a bad seed, who bore bad fruit.
did some one say something about bad seeds and fruit...some sort of parable
sorry Betty forgot to change name back
You are honored as a veteran for what you do in the military, not for the disordered behavior you associate with.
exaggeration: "if you disagree with me that means you hate me."
self-unaware: "we're so inclusive that you're not welcome here."
illogical: holding up a sign that say "God hates hate." so he hates himself for hating hate?
hypocrisy: saying "down with hate groups" while organizing a rally as one
both sides are guilty of all of the above in some form.
it's not a conversation. it's an election year.
"Democracy is the worst form of government... except for all those other kinds..." -Winston Churchill
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating American taste." -P.T. Barnum
He opened his trap and started spewing the usual Xian hate. If he loses $$, great. If he goes out of business, even better.
Truth is not hate and will never be hate no matter how much the ho-mos squeal. God bless
How would you know? You never spoke, thought or wrote truth here, just lyin.
Since when does one have to agree with your (ir)religious viewpoint in order to run a business that has absolutely nothing to do with that viewpont?
Pendy, we know why you go there.
to tell the qu eers NO !
"have the courage 1828
to tell the nig gers NO !"
i suddenly got a flash back
soo.. why is the main opponent of civil rights in US history always been Christianity?
to get your year right. There is no comparison between race and sin and it demeans the struggles of those who were in bondage when you attempt to make a disgusting perversion of what life was meant to be a civil issue. Sorry NO SALE on your lame attempt at comparison.
There is no right to perversion. Qu eers the folks who gave the world AIDS
You're an idiot, have no courage.
Ah, more folks claiming to be Christian...lol
@ Gay Veteran: They are like co@kroaches.
Interesting how they defy almost all Jesus's teachings
It's fascinating. The gyrations they go through!
To go and sin no more. You are not gay you are a sick, sinful pervert.
Blow out your tail-pipe, have no courage. When did YOU wear the uniform?
Do lefty's ask to be left handed? Do they choose it? Jesus didn't say anything about the Gays. Paul did. Paul is not my God. Jesus is.
And the first Aids case was in africa. Hetero white american female doctor. Get the facts right.
To know sin for what it is. There is no dispute between Jesus and Paul.
Ah. Hey, and judging me isn't a sin?
AIDS ground zero = one very perverted Canadian qu eer from Montreal Canada with multiple contacts both human and animal.
Oh, you are talking about Gaetan Dugas? The airline steward during a time when no one knew anything about aids? You judge an entire subculture on that?
Oh, shut your pie-hole, doddering idiot.
To judge yourself. Know the sin for what it is. Repent and turn from sin. Quit hiding behind ho mo se xual propaganda. It will always be sin.
It's not a sin and you're not god.
No more a sin than lying, character assassinating, or judging others. When do people learn?
Doddering idiot, what is the reason for your obsession with hom0s3xuality? Why are you so intensely interested in what other people do in their private lives? Are you impotent? Or just frustrated because you can't sustain a loving relationship with anyone of either gender?
Truth and warning are not judgement, you are hiding behind a false belief. You are already dead in your trespasses and sins, and cannot share in the Kingdom of God in your sinful state. Your arguments are an abomination and totally unacceptable.
Oh, please, Doddering Idiot, you are a troll and don't have the slightest interest in the bible or god or christ or anything but your own little dick.
ok to repost,.shot
1 H0m0s3x4@lIty is not a perversion, its not a choice, it is who you are you cant change that
2 i have courage i'm an open B!s3x4@l
3 number 2 does not matter to me im an angel a fallen one but still an angel, we are not separated by s3x we are a race of fully functional hermaphrodites
4 B!s3x4@l is the only moral choice its loving some one regardless of ones s3x or genderident.ity
5
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Sam, your posts make no sense. I've read them in many threads, and they're all nothing more than complete gibberish.
Sam Yaza
There's nothing "traditional" about civil rights, that's why. They fear change because change may sweep them away as well.
Hambone Jones
the reason why we pagans were consider evil was because we were tolerant of peoples way of life what you did was between you and your Gods,...so its vary much traditional; traditional in the sense of pre-monotheist-traditional. yes there was bigotry back then but not because of race, religion, or s3x, but because of political reasons
I hope Mr Cathy chokes to death on one of his ghetto sandwiches.
im so happy i don't live in a town with one of their restaurant then again i'm p!ss3d that it doesn't have a in and out
Prayer changes things
another troll
Truth is never trolling. God bless
Notify everyone when you start posting some, loser.
Note to Tom, ( everyone else is bright enough to know Truth when they see it.)
Atheism is useless = Truth
God is available = Truth
sorry about you. God bless
just lyin=big time bull sh!t spreader.
Tom, clearly somebody (pathetic Christian) was posting under my handle.