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Media Bias: What if they gave a news event and no one came? That's the story of the Chick-fil-A "Kiss-In" called by gay rights activists and copiously covered by the press. The real story is how the media played it up. In a dishonest bid to discredit the authentic display of national unity Aug. 1 over free-speech rights at Chick-fil-A, a fast-food chain whose CEO supports traditional marriage, the mainstream media marshaled their troops to cover what was billed as a "kiss-in" counterdemonstration by gay rights activists at the same outlets last Friday. One problem: The media outnumbered the kissers....

This was billed as the greatest protest since Occupy Wall Street. Thousands of scantily clad gay men and lesbians said they’d lock lips in a coast-to-coast red-hot make-out session. They were to blast anti-gay-marriage comments made by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy. But gays preferred staying home to watch “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Tumbleweeds could have rolled through the Paramus Park Mall in New Jersey yesterday as a symbol for the lack of stamina in the national kissing campaign. From Georgia to California, protests drew yawns, not saliva. Even in Atlanta, the home of Chick-fil-A, only two dozen kissers...

BURLINGTON, Mass. - "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" on Wednesday, with supporters flooding the chain's franchises around the country, was countered with "kiss-ins" by same-sex couples at assorted locations Friday, At the Burlington Mall, heavy security was ready. But only about a dozen protesters gathered to kiss and tell. They said Chick-fil-A customers they may want to take a closer look at where they're spending their money. "Over the past 10 years, Chick-fil-A has donated almost $5 million to organizations that work actively against gay people's rights -- some of them certified hate groups -- and that's the real reason we're out...

The following was posted by fellow Freeper stansblugrassgrl on Thursday 2 August... >>>We plan to go on Friday, too, and join the kiss-in. We’ve been traditionally married for nearly 32 years and enjoy kissing very much. Thought we’d bring some balance to the event. ;-)<<< Here's my response: >>>BRILLIANT! Please make this thought go viral before Friday. Urge everyone to go to the CFA and start kissing alongside the gay couples. This is the perfect response - funny, in their faces, and mocking them. I’d also buy the gay kissing couples some lunch just to show how much they’re appreciated.<<<...

By now, everyone is bound to have heard of the smashing success of "National Chick-Fil-A Day" (as most Chick-Fil-A stores seem to have been mobbed with customers, sometimes backing up pedestrian and vehicle traffic to incredible lengths)... and many have probably heard rumblings (at least in Illinois) about a planned protest called a "kiss-in", planned for this Friday, in which various homosexuals will enter Chick-Fil-A stores and proceed to kiss/make out/etc. Question: how quickly do you think we could suggest (and spread the word about, if it seems agreeable) a National Chick-Fil-A Drive-Thru Day? The way I see things: if...

Gay rights group Equality Illinois is organizing a “Kiss-in” at Chick-Fil-A restaurants nation-wide in response to the statements by CEO Dan Cathy, who confessed he was “guilty as charged” when asked about his “support of the traditional family.” CBS News reports that Cathy’s statement in a recent interview was: “We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that. We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the...

Although many people will be supporting Chick-Fil-A on Aug 1 because Mike Huckabee declared this National Chick-Fil-A appreciation day, just wanted to post a reminder that Friday Aug.3 will be the date of 2 nation wide competing events: 1. National Gay Kiss-In day @ local Chick-Fil-As nation-wide, 8 pm EST, hosted by Get Equal 2. National Chick-Fil-A Heterosexual Day hosted by Christian pundit Caiden Cowger : http://www.facebook.com/events/347466815327380/

SALT LAKE CITY — Gay rights activists are organizing a nationwide string of kissing demonstrations in response to the treatment of gay couples in Utah and Texas who tangled with security guards or police after kissing in public. The Great Nationwide Kiss-In is scheduled for Aug. 15. Events are planned for at least seven cities, including Boston, New York, Houston, Portland, Ore., and three California cities — Irvine, San Diego and San Francisco. A Web page and Facebook page promoting the demonstrations says more events are in the works. A pair of bloggers, David Badash, of New York, and David...

Mormon 'kiss-in' in Utah leads to shouting match JENNIFER DOBNER Associated Press Writer Jul. 19 SALT LAKE CITY -- A mass-kissing protest near the Mormon church temple Sunday drew a shouting match between gay activists and a group of faithful Mormons. For the second consecutive weekend, about 100 people gathered to stage a "kiss-in" to protest the treatment of two gay men cited for trespassing July 9 after they shared a kiss on the plaza owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Both gay and straight couples exchanged kisses during the protest. Demonstrators were greeted at the...