Chick a Fil president slams gay marriage - hey, its a god run company ...

[msongs]

"The president of Chick-fil-A, the fast food chain with more than 1,600 restaurants and $4 billion in revenue, has come out against same-sex marriage.

"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,'" Dan Cathy, the company's president and chief operating officer, said in a recent radio interview. "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." story continues at link


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/chick-fil-gay-marriage-201108120--finance.html

[jmowreader]

1. Marriage is about huge tracts of land, Dan

There's a scene in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" that's not on YouTube, so far as I can tell, where the king of Swamp Castle was telling his son why he was getting married: "Her father owns the biggest tracts of open land in all England. We live in a bloody swamp, son. We need all the land we can get!"

Marriage is about two things: children and inheritance. The religious types injected God into the mix when religion first got started to camouflage the fact marriage is a business arrangement.

[GaYellowDawg]

2. I've always loved Chick-fil-A

But now buying anything from there sounds distinctly unappetizing.

[Newsjock]

3. Gay marriage supporters raise funds for Chick-Fil-A appeal

Source: Mountain View (Calif.) Voice

Citing the company's opposition to gay marriage, a web page has sprung up to raise $1,000 toward appealing the approval of a Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurant for 1962 W. El Camino Real.

As of Wednesday, six people had donated $270 (now $421 from 12 people) through wepay.com towards appealing zoning administrator Peter Gilli's approval of the fast food restaurant to the City Council. The page notes recent remarks by Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy that the company is "guilty as charged" in opposing gay marriage.

The page also indicates that City Council members may be interested in taking up the appeal, having expressed support in February for a ban on new El Camino Real drive-throughs like the one approved for the project.

Read more: http://mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5859

[jberryhill]

4. Marriage is between a man, his wives, and his concubines

[johnnie]

5. You know what's an abomination?

Their fucking over priced piece of shit chicken sandwiches. I tried their crappy food once and it sucks.

[begin_within]

6. Well, God can buy their stuff then.

[young_at_heart]

7. It's amazing how these people know exactly what God thinks

They seem to be only able to relate to the vengeful God for some strange reason!

[MotorCityMan]

12. Thank you!

I was thinking the exact same thing. How DARE these people claim to know the mind of God. I was raised Catholic and consider myself agnostic, and I would never claim to say I knew they mind of God.

We don't have Chik-a-fils in the Detroit area. Pity. This gay man would love to walk into one and tell them exactly why I won't be ordering anything.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. The only thing inviting "judgment" is clogging your arteries with that crapola.

(not that there is a god)

[Smilo]

9. From 2011 article

http://equalitymatters.org/blog/201103220005

When two Missouri organizations, the Clayton Chamber of Commerce and FOCUS St. Louis, decided earlier this month to cancel a presentation by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy over his company's controversial affiliations, they made the right decision. Although Cathy has unequivocally denied being anti-LGBT and claimed that he and the company have "no agenda against anyone" and "will not champion any political agendas on marriage and family," Equality Matters research proves just the opposite. In fact, the company has strong, deep ties to anti-gay organizations like Focus on the Family and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and its charitable division has provided more than $1.1 million to organizations that deliver anti-LGBT messages and promote egregious practices like reparative therapy that seek to "free" people of being gay.

The matter grabbed headlines in January after a Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A restaurant sponsored a "traditional marriage" event by providing food to attendees of "The Art of Marriage: Getting to the Heart of God's Design." Cathy dismissed the controversy as a localized incident that was not indicative of the company's corporate culture. "In recent weeks, we have been accused of being anti-gay," Cathy said in a written statement. "We have no agenda against anyone. While my family and I believe in the Biblical definition of marriage, we love and respect anyone who disagrees."

Chick-fil-A runs 1,530 restaurants in 39 states and a company spokesperson said gross sales for 2010 will most likely top $3.5 billion, according to The New York Times.

[msongs]

10. that company must be an east coast thing, never seen one out west nt

[kctim]

14. Have some here in Missouri

Great chicken sandwiches. Love eating there.

[mainer]

11. I never got the appeal of their sandwiches.

Chicken and a pickle. That's it?

[GaYellowDawg]

13. The breading is pretty incredible.

You don't need anything else. But I'm done with them now.