[Alex Murphy]

USA TODAY was exclusively invited inside to visit the company's sprawling, wooded campus, get the first look at its new test kitchen, tour its store-of-the-future development facility and interview Chick-fil-A's controversial CEO Dan Cathy. Cathy, whose comments condemning gay marriage in 2012 set off store picketing and a social media firestorm, has now fully backed away from such public pronouncements that mix personal opinion on social issues with corporate policy. "All of us become more wise as time goes by," he says, apologetically, in a rare, one-hour sit-down interview. "We sincerely care about all people".... If nothing else, Cathy has listened. In 2012, Cathy not only heard from some unhappy consumers about his comments against gay marriage, but also from some store operators and employees. Now, he says, "I'm going to leave it to politicians and others to discuss social issues."

PFL

[ealgeone]

I hope this isn’t a cave by chik’fil’a.....it’s been their stand on the issues that have put them where they are today.

[Wolfie]

It’s just capitalism...they want more customers.

[AppyPappy]

CFA never commented on same-sex marriage. The owner made those comments.

[basil]

When i go to ChikFilA, it’s for chicken—not politics.

[SoFloFreeper]

I don’t see anywhere where he repudiated his pro-Bible position.

[andyk]

It wants to evolve from a place where gays once picketed to a place where they'll feel comfortable going to eat.

B.S. If homosexuals feel uncomfortable eating at Chik-fil-a, it's because of a stereotype created by the MSM, or themselves, divorced from reality.

[don-o]

It wants to go from old school to almost cool. It wants to evolve from a place where gays once picketed to a place where they'll feel comfortable going to eat.

What does that even mean?

[Third Person]

CAVE

[yldstrk]

wtf

[allendale]

Eating at Chic is a political statement. Liberals hate WalMart, Chic Filet.

[yldstrk]

I am going to only Catholic friendly businesses to spend any money I do spend

[BykrBayb]

I don’t believe he apologized. I think it’s more likely that a journalist is taking liberties with the truth.

[cdcdawg]

Interesting. They just had a really good couple of years. Why make this statement? Do they believe the media, or their own financials? Sounds like they believe the media.

[Lazamataz]

"All of us become more wise as time goes by," he says, apologetically, in a rare, one-hour sit-down interview. "We sincerely care about all people."

Where's the 'apology'???

He became more wise, and feels even more strongly that gay is wrong.

And he cares about all people, and wants gays to turn away from sin.

So where's the apology?

[MinuteGal]

"......a rare, one-hour, sit-down interview".

This was his first mistake.

He obviously never heard of the old adage, "Quit while you're ahead."

Leni

[Mr. K]

The owner wants to change his business model to grow to be a major fast-food player, The Media are playing it as a change-of-heart.

They so deperately want to turn this major failure for the Geystapo into a win

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

The government should be so wise.

[BwanaNdege]

I would wait to hear from Chick-fil-A before taking this story as the complete truth.

Some reporters delight in asking the “Have you stopped beating your mistress?” type of questions, then writing, “In a exclusive interview, Republican Senator denies beating his mistress!”.

The faithful, monogamous, heterosexual senator sits bewildered, wondering why there are all those alphabet news vans from the MSN parked outside his house.

I know the pastor of a small rural church who received a call one day from Agence France-Presse, the French news agency, asking why he was trying to overthrow seven African countries.

“Who is this, really? Is this a hoax?”

After AP, UPI and several US news organizations called, the pastor tried to get advice from local law enforcement.

Local Sheriff: “Nope, not our job. Call the FBI.”

FBI: “Nope, not our job. Call the State Dept.”

State Dept (by now it is 5 pm, Friday): “You have reached the State Dept. Our normal working hours are 9-5, M-F. Please call back during normal working hours.”

The calls from reporters continued all weekend.

Eventually, the pastor learned that someone had written a letter accusing missionaries of being part of a $100 million KKK plot to overthrow 7 African countries. The hoaxer had obtained a sheet of the rural church’s letterhead stationery, written his hoax letter on that and mailed it the the Kenya CID (secret police). The three accused missionary families were deported within 24 hours. Nine other missionaries and their children were ordered to leave the country within a week, but eventually cooler heads in the Kenya CID and the US & Canadian embassies prevailed on the Kenya authorities to rescind that order.

[crusader71]

What an absolute coward. Did Cathay make sure to run the content of his interview by OKCupid first, to get its formal approval?