I dunno how many of those people who are against gay marriage and therefore support Chick-Fil-A are even aware of the donations to gay conversion therapy camps.

I don't know how many homosexuals that support Chick-fil-A are even aware of said donations. I have shown a few people the list of anti-gay, hate group donations that the company has made and they got mad at me. lol, misplaced loyalties. Such good consumers they are. :3

I have a gay friend who works at Chick-Fil-A. Openly gay at work too. You gotta remember something about fast food restaurants: most are franchises. The ultimate boss is a franchise manager. Chick-Fil-A makes money off of licensing their brand out to the franchises, so it's this huge bureaucracy where none of their employees are really fully aware or responsible for what their CEO chooses to believe or do with his money.

Eating there does contribute a small small portion to whatever that CEO dude donates his money too. What he decides to do with his money is harmful, it is wrong. I understand this, it's just that this whole debate is a lot more complicated than anyone is making out to be.

I think the biggest problem is misrepresentation. Almost every major news outlet have either forgotten or ignored the donations. People say that it is just a harmless belief held by the CEO and he doesn't discriminate against homosexuals, but actions speak louder than words.

What I would like to see is the owners to drop the franchise and either go independent or sign on with a new franchise.

Unfortunately it's a pretty popular brand, it's probably the country's favorite fast food chicken. KFC is kinda gross, Popeye's is too flakey, and the local one by me is delicious but local :(

That is debatable, since it's popularity is going down pretty fast:

http://research.yougov.com/news/201.....t-food-eaters/

btw BIGGEST INSTANCE OF SLACTIVISM I'VE EVER SEEN! Holy shit of course Americans will show their support of an ideology by buying fried chicken, Jesus Christ that's so goddamn depressing.

I like eating CFA, I just don't think they have to go rubbing hate|homophobia in our faces...


Also, this:


Chick-Fil-A
Eat Mor ChknCock!

Like a cow that supports the beef industry.

If a cow supports suicide, then it's got some issues

Wow!!! I haven't been eating there for a while but I kinda want to now. Just to make others uncomfortable with my presence.
But seriously, this whole issue has been eye-opening personally for me. I've watched some of my family and friends weigh in on this subject and take sides with surprising debates and beliefs that may not be too shocking just disappointing.

I would get food at another chain, say KFC, and go to chick-fil-h8 and eat it there. I would do this with a lot of my friends whom are all gay too. If the manager gets upset I'll just order a Coke, a product of a company that supports equality. xÐ

Enjoy Coke!! It's not made in the fires of hate. :P

Didn't know that about Coke. I guess I should be glad I'm already a rabid Coca-Cola addict, right? :)

Do eeeeeet!!!!

I like Chick Fil-A. I really do. Their food is freaking delicious and for the most part healthier than most of the fast food I shove down my gullet.

However, while I admit I'm not up with the times and what's going on, I can't support a company whose profits are going to organizations which see many of my friends as something less than human. It's quite offensive what many of these people are saying, and somehow hating someone for something as inconsequential as sexual orientation is a mindset which boggles my mind. Even my heavily religious, very conservative family doesn't have the gall to hate someone based on these sorts of factors.

I'd sooner go to Los Pollos Hermanos than I'd eat at CFA again. And considering I referenced a fictional chicken chain that is a front for drug distribution that's a long time indeed. I'll get my chicken fix at KFC, thank you very much.

I have gotten so tired of telling people what the boycotts are about.

And yet you read them anyway. :þ

As an outside observer, I just think this whole thing's been blown well out of proportion. I understand this is an important gesture to show their financial aid of homophobia and ex-gay groups is unacceptable, but I expected a quiet boycott and Chick-fil-a noticing a sudden drop in sales/increase in sales depending on their location, not the rampant media frenzy/Culture War front line that it's become.

Seriously, you can't even sit down for lunch/coffee without it being politicised? Is there ANYTHING left in American society that hasn't been carved out into this Right-versus-Left battle? I can't think of a single issue that has bipartisan support anymore. It's like "If you're black, vote Democrat, if you're a white christian vote republican." If I happened to be be a believer in increased Free Market Economics who happened to be gay, I couldn't vote GOP without feeling like a traitor to my fellow gays. I understand it's because the GOP has been hijacked by theocratically-motivated individuals, but this is getting absurd

In my opinion this politicising of everything and anything has gotten WAY out of hand

Stephen Colbert put it the best

"I begun to feel that there was something left that would not divide us. I mean, I was naive enough to think that a cookie can simply be a delicious treat to be enjoyed without getting drawn into socio-sexual identity politics"

It would have been a quiet protest if it want misrepresented. People think that it is a freedom of speech issue and areeither ignorant of the donations or just omitting it.

As far as the whole thing becoming political, it struck a nerve with the nation on a sensitive issue. It is also an election year, so how can you expect it not get political?

The good thing about all of this, those against marriage equality have come out of the closet showing their hate for all to see. All that has done is to hurt their image in the eyes of the fence sitters. The only stance the opposition had is one of hate and intolerance.

Problem is this could rally disinterested conservatives to rally to the polls for the election. Conservatives who didn't plan on voting this year because either they're rather OK with whoever or just don't give a damn may just make the effort to vote because they see their country under attack.

That's my biggest fear of this mess causing

Not likely, things like this tend to happen every presidential election.

If you say so. The last thing the International Community needs is a Bush-mentality president in office again. We do not need an Iran War.

It's too frequently talked about that for me to ignore the articles only makes me curious about it. A lot of people assume the boycotts are just to stick it to someone for stating their opinion, when gay bloggers have been urging a boycott of Chick Fil A for years

You must be so flustered that you can't even hit the, "reply to this post" button. XÐ

No, my phone just sucks. It says it posts in reply to another post, and when I hit "post" it starts a new topic