Posted on 08/01/2012 11:25:28 AM PDT by NYer
Dallas-area fans of Chick-fil-A showed up in droves at the fast-food restaurant today to show their support for the chain’s stance on marriage.
“I was drawn to Chick-fil-A this morning not only because it is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, but because the company supports the biblical definition of marriage,” said Richard Norris, a first-time Chick-fil-A customer visiting the Preston Road location. “They’ve always stood for good Christian values.”
Norris was among thousands of customers who ate “mor chikin” today, lining up to heed the call of conservative pundits who stood behind the Atlanta-based company’s leader. Lines of cars snaked around the block in Upper Greenville, and in the underground location downtown there was extra security and a two-hour wait to order.
A torrent of criticism from the gay community was unleashed last month after Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press that the Atlanta-based company was “guilty as charged” for backing “the biblical definition of a family.”
Customers at Dallas Chick-fil-A restaurants had no criticism for Cathy on Wednesday.
Frederic Martin planned to eat all three meals at Chick-fil-A as to statement for Christian values. With each bite of his oatmeal and yogurt parfait, chicken sandwich and chicken-fruit salad, he says he is taking a stand against “the people who want to utterly destroy the Judeo-Christian values this country is built upon.”
“People who are boycotting Chick-fil-A are full of hatred against the God they do not know and against the Constitution they have not read,” the 66-year-old said.
Radio host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee declared Wednesday national “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,” and more than 600,000 people declared their intentions to participate on the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/events/266281243473841/) set up by the one-time presidential candidate and Baptist minister.
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Your comment mirrors what Rush Limbaugh said on today's program. While sifting through hundreds of listener email messages, he suggested today's turnout in support of CAF represents a microcosm of what we can expect at the polls in November.
Lester Maddox. A Democrat chicken restaurant owner.
Or just disgusted by the media. Were I a mall owner, I would bar all media from the premises every day.
a few media outlets will “get it”, Shep Smith on Fox News apparently called it the National Day of Intolerance... so not a lot of them will admit it.
Great post!!
I’ll be very disappointed if Old Shep is not required to apologize for his on the air comment. A two week break from Fox News would be even better.
Pick it out, Rick it up.
“Fortunately, Dewhurst got his head handed to him...”
You’re stealing my terms, pal. But that’s ok, the more the better - and don’t forget, Governor Perry also found his head being handed to him - and not just over Dewhurst.
Since the stores knew in advance and had prepared for a big day, I would call that a buycott success!!!
Yay for McKinney! Hubby was supposed to get lunch there but haven’t heard as he’s on a plane.
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