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A Chicken Chain’s Corporate Ethos Is Questioned by Gay Rights Advocates
The New York Times ^ | 29 Jan 2011 | Kim Severson

Posted on 01/31/2011 9:49:40 AM PST by Cronos

Nicknamed “Jesus chicken” by jaded secular fans and embraced by Evangelical Christians, Chick-fil-A is among only a handful of large American companies with conservative religion built into its corporate ethos. But recently its ethos has run smack into the gay rights movement. A Pennsylvania outlet’s sponsorship of a February marriage seminar by one of that state’s most outspoken groups against homosexuality lit up gay blogs around the country. Students at some universities have also begun trying to get the chain removed from campuses.

“If you’re eating Chick-fil-A, you’re eating anti-gay,” one headline read.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: chickfila; christians; evangelicals; gaymafia; gaystapo; homosexualagenda; pinko
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To: Cronos

LOVE the Chik Fil-A chain here in Texas, our family simply likes the food.

But also... I drive by one of their stores each day on my way to work and have to gladly admit that I feel really good about seeing ‘Closed Sunday’ on the sign out front. To me it says a lot of good about who I’m spending my money with.


21 posted on 01/31/2011 10:00:31 AM PST by Made In The USA (This post may be recorded for quality purposes.)
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To: Cronos

Alternate headline:

Gay Activists Choke Chicken Chain........


22 posted on 01/31/2011 10:02:37 AM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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To: Cronos

I you are reading the NYT, you are reading gay.


23 posted on 01/31/2011 10:04:18 AM PST by Ford4000
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To: Cronos

Anyone notice how quickly and widely this story has been embraced by the MSM? “Homosalesmanship” at its finest.


24 posted on 01/31/2011 10:05:49 AM PST by Elwood P. Doud (America, you voted for a negro socialist with an Islamic name - so why act surprised?)
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To: Cronos

Gay Chickens Best Dish Served at Chik-a fellatio


25 posted on 01/31/2011 10:06:41 AM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: woweeitsme

I’ve never eaten at one, but now if I see one, I’ll be sure to stop in and have a bite.


26 posted on 01/31/2011 10:06:49 AM PST by ScubieNuc
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To: backwoods-engineer

we love chickfila, and since reading these stories i started jonesing for their nuggets. we will definitely be getting dinner from them today as a showing of our support.


27 posted on 01/31/2011 10:09:03 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Cronos

Real good wraps on their menu


28 posted on 01/31/2011 10:10:09 AM PST by NRA1995 ("In [Mexican] border, we are asking, who are you?" President Calderon of Mexico)
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To: Cronos

If you want to send a friendly note to Chick-Fil-A just go to this link.

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#feedback


29 posted on 01/31/2011 10:11:38 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Cronos
Oh, yes and they're also closed on Sundays to give employees day off to worship as they please and spend time with their families!

How discriminatory can you get!!!

30 posted on 01/31/2011 10:11:38 AM PST by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: Cronos

Chic fil A is notable for the general atmosphere inside the restaurant. It’s a completely different experience from other fast food places.

What I notice is, the place is clean and the employees are not only polite, they are pleasant.


31 posted on 01/31/2011 10:11:50 AM PST by reasonisfaith (Rules will never work for radicals (liberals) because they seek chaos. And don't even know it.)
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To: Cronos

I feel like chicken tonight


32 posted on 01/31/2011 10:12:31 AM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
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To: Cronos

If the Gaystapo targets Chick-Fil-A, does it mean boycotts or Alinsky-style invasions?

There’s a brand new Chick-Fil-A on a street considered the east boundary of the University of South Carolina here in Columbia. Years ago some wag wrote that compared to the rest of the state, `U.S.C. is a seething hotbed of dangerous left-wing extremists’. This was sarcasm, of course.

I intend now to go there at least once a week, in support. Wonder if I’ll need a camera and/or Mace.

;^)


33 posted on 01/31/2011 10:12:54 AM PST by elcid1970 ("Bitter people who cling to their guns and religion - sounds like.... Taliban?")
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

it isn’t as prevalent in California as some of the chains, but we do have 3 in the greater Sacramento area:

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/restlocator/


34 posted on 01/31/2011 10:13:03 AM PST by conservativegirl
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To: GoCards

hey go cards...stutter much? LOL


35 posted on 01/31/2011 10:13:29 AM PST by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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To: Cronos

Gays only use the restrooms at Chick-Fil-A anyway.


36 posted on 01/31/2011 10:13:46 AM PST by montag813
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To: reasonisfaith

didnt da gays use to do this to Cracker Barrell??


37 posted on 01/31/2011 10:18:34 AM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
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To: Cronos

They still manage to make money even being closed Sunday and giving away thousands of dollars in food for community service projects. You would think God is on their side or something.


38 posted on 01/31/2011 10:19:12 AM PST by Nachoman (Wisdom is learned, cynicism is earned.)
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To: conservativegirl

I live in San Jose, and apparently their closest store is in Fairfield.

OTOH, I drive through Fairfield pretty regularly, and it’s usually where I stop for dinner on the way up to Willows. I just might pay them a visit next time I’m passing through (partly to support them, but also because I’ve heard their food is quite good).


39 posted on 01/31/2011 10:20:00 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Regulation without representation is tyranny.)
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To: Cronos

Exactly right. The worst that could happen with a gay boycott, is that you could lose about 5% of your customer base.


40 posted on 01/31/2011 10:26:42 AM PST by pfflier
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