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Archae

(46,344 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 03:56 PM Jul 2012

CEO of Chick-Fil-A spills the beans...

Fucking bigot.

Even money this guy's own marriage falls apart within the next 5 years, due to his mistress(es) being exposed.

Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy has described gay marriage supporters as "arrogant" for going against God on marriage.

In an interview on the Ken Coleman Show, Cathy defended his company's support of groups opposed to marriage equality.

"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Cathy said. "And I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/07/18/chick-fil-a-president-comes-clean-about-company/187206

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CEO of Chick-Fil-A spills the beans... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2012 OP
what do you mean 'spills the beans'? ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #1
They wouldn't admit it. Archae Jul 2012 #3
sounds like parsing to me ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #4
It's not parsing. Aerows Jul 2012 #7
i don't think we disagree ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #9
Then he's dumber than I thought Aerows Jul 2012 #5
They meant "not anti-anybody" in a passive-agressive way. "hate the sin not the sinner" etc. Erose999 Jul 2012 #11
thank you for saying it better than i did n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #12
This guy knows nothing Aerows Jul 2012 #2
If God is going to judge this nation, Downwinder Jul 2012 #6
No kidding Aerows Jul 2012 #8
He's just one person...I know many people who went to Christian counseling Tikki Jul 2012 #10
Stephen Colbert: "Let me check the Bible to see what Jesus said about gay marriage." Initech Jul 2012 #13
Have NEVER stepped into one before,,, benld74 Jul 2012 #14
What a jackass. hifiguy Jul 2012 #15
Hell if Romney is elected we will all be Mormons randr Jul 2012 #16
No one in my family will eat any of their disgusting food...nt StopTheNeoCons Jul 2012 #17
gawd dammit. barbtries Jul 2012 #18

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
1. what do you mean 'spills the beans'?
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:00 PM
Jul 2012

they have believed this forever as far as i can tell and have never been shy about it...

sP

Archae

(46,344 posts)
3. They wouldn't admit it.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:05 PM
Jul 2012

"Although his company's policies seemed to indicate otherwise, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy previously claimed that the company is not anti-gay -- 'not anti-anybody.'"

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
4. sounds like parsing to me
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:08 PM
Jul 2012

playing with 'anti'...they have long contributed to anti-gay and anti-gay marriage groups.

sP

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
7. It's not parsing.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:11 PM
Jul 2012

He could say he doesn't approve of black people, and that he doesn't approve of black and white people getting married, but he isn't a racist.

Does it make him not a racist just on his say so? No. He's still a homophobic, judgmental person, and it's irrelevant that he says he isn't. Everyone knows him by his actions, which is also in the "Good Book".

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
9. i don't think we disagree
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:13 PM
Jul 2012

i am saying that in his mind...he's not anti-gay...doesn't by any means mean that he is not anti-gay (my god, so many negatives in there i hope it's right).

sP

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
5. Then he's dumber than I thought
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:08 PM
Jul 2012

Last I checked, you didn't have to admit you were a bigot to be one. He is one, and whether he admits it or not, it's the truth. He doesn't get to define what makes him a homophobe, anymore than racists get to define what makes a racist.

I could say "I don't like black people, but I'm not a racist" all day long and it wouldn't make me any less of a racist.

Erose999

(5,624 posts)
11. They meant "not anti-anybody" in a passive-agressive way. "hate the sin not the sinner" etc.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:16 PM
Jul 2012

Its still bigotry, they're just trying to put a happy blue-eyed-Jeezus face on it.
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
2. This guy knows nothing
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:03 PM
Jul 2012

Except how to make a decent chicken sandwich, and it will probably come out that their chicken sandwiches are made with the blood of the innocent and the tears of the mild as secret spices. I wouldn't eat there now if I had to, and they make some tasty shit. I can't eat from there, though, without thinking of how awfully prejudiced they are.

It's pain and tears in every box.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)
6. If God is going to judge this nation,
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:09 PM
Jul 2012

I think we have a whole lot more to worry about than gay marriage.

Tikki

(14,559 posts)
10. He's just one person...I know many people who went to Christian counseling
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:14 PM
Jul 2012

and still got divorced.
Marriage success is not based on love of a god...it's based a lucky partnership, respect and love.
If he's talking about having sex within a marriage...some of the (see above) maintain without sex.
Marriage equality is about equality...

Tikki

Initech

(100,100 posts)
13. Stephen Colbert: "Let me check the Bible to see what Jesus said about gay marriage."
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:16 PM
Jul 2012

"Oh wait. He didn't say anything."

He did have a lot to say about fundamentalist hypocrites however.

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