Chick Fil A

and it incited some to stand up for something (a rarity in America these days).

The__Kraken

That isn't rare.

That isn't rare.

Pffrbt

Depends on what one means by "stand up." It also depends on how you look at it, from a purely numerical standpoint, or from, say, a comparative standpoint.

From how it looks on my end, it seems like a rarity.

[QUOTE="Meinhard_X"]The fact is that that Chick Fil A is donating money to organizations they believe will 'help' homosexuals.Pffrbt

Except these organizations are blatantly hateful and damaging.

[QUOTE="dominer"]

This has to be one of the most overblown issues ever.

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Sure will, just not from Chick Fil A.

There is a good chance someone has already touched on this given the thread's length, but I'll post it just in case. This controversy has brought Chic Fil A tons of free publicity and caused them to have a record-shattering day of sales. I supsect that the restaurant will actually become more popular and that the owner will get even richer. Ironic, isn't it?

There is a good chance someone has already touched on this given the thread's length, but I'll post it just in case. This controversy has brought Chic Fil A tons of free publicity and caused them to have a record-shattering day of sales. I supsect that the restaurant will actually become more popular and that the owner will get even richer. Ironic, isn't it?

Bubble_Man

First, here is a list of all the states with at least one Chick-fil-A restaurant:

Alabama (AL)
Arizona (AZ)
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA)
Colorado (CO)
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maryland (MD)
Massachusetts (MA)
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota (MN)
Mississippi (MS)
Missouri (MO)
Nebraska (NE)
New hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ)
New Mexico (NM)
New York (NY)
North Carolina (NC)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK)
Pennsylvania (PA)
South Carolina (SC)
Tennessee (TN)
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)

Of course, some states have more than others.

Next, I see people claiming that the CEO is who stated that he believed in the Biblical sense of marriage as between a man and a woman, but that is not true. Truett Cathy is the CEO and owner (there are those who stated that also ITT). Dan Cathy, the son of Truett Cathy is the COO or Chief Operating Officer and President of Chick-fil-A and is the one who stated his views on marriage. While Truett Cathy did found the company on religious prinicples and such and has always closed is restaurants on Sundays, hasn't voiced his opinion on gay marriage that I have ever heard. So those who are calling people dumb for supporting the President of CFA, need to look in the mirror as they haven't even got their facts right.

Oh yeah, I went to Wendy's today and paid more than $8 for a Baconator hamburger combo today so CFA isn't that much more expensive than any other fast food joint.

There is a good chance someone has already touched on this given the thread's length, but I'll post it just in case. This controversy has brought Chic Fil A tons of free publicity and caused them to have a record-shattering day of sales. I supsect that the restaurant will actually become more popular and that the owner will get even richer. Ironic, isn't it?

Bubble_Man

As I've stated: I personally don't give a sh*t how much money Chick Fil A takes in. They could make $1,000,000,000 a day for all I care. The point is they won't get my money. That is what matters to me.

Just saw Michael Phelps end his Olympic career with a win. I think I'll have a chicken sandwich now.

I went yesterday, and the crowds are still large. Chick-Fil-A has nothing to worry about it. The Left leaning haters are only helping fuel the opposition by trying to censor where we can eat. It isn't working. What's ironic is the gay rights demonstrators protesting in states which have already legalized gay marriage. They aren't satisfied with legality. They think they can be the thought police and change every single Americans views by being hateful to those that don't share their beliefs, then try to justify their Leftish thinking by saying it's what's "morally acceptable",and that you should just deal with it. Really great logic there.

I went yesterday, and the crowds are still large. Chick-Fil-A has nothing to worry about it. The Left leaning haters are only helping fuel the opposition by trying to censor where we can eat. It isn't working. What's ironic is the gay rights demonstrators protesting in states which have already legalized gay marriage. They aren't satisfied with legality. They think they can be the thought police and change every single Americans views by being hateful to those that don't share their beliefs, then try to justify their Leftish thinking by saying it's what's "morally acceptable",and that you should just deal with it. Really great logic there.

ChiefFreeman

The Left leaning haters are only helping fuel the opposition by trying to censor where we can eat. ChiefFreeman

Nobody's trying to "censor" where you eat. Don't be moronic.

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]The Left leaning haters are only helping fuel the opposition by trying to censor where we can eat. worlock77

Nobody's trying to "censor" where you eat. Don't be moronic.

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]The Left leaning haters are only helping fuel the opposition by trying to censor where we can eat. ChiefFreeman

Nobody's trying to "censor" where you eat. Don't be moronic.

I heard and it's irrelevant. One person expressing an opinion means sh*t.

I don't get why anti-gay marriage folks are so desperate for others to be nice to their beliefs. If you support restricting a gay person's right to marry who they are romantically compatible with, I'm not going to be nice to your views. I won't call you a bigot simply for being against gay marriage, but I'm not going to sugarcoat what I think of your stance just because you're insecure.

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

Nobody's trying to "censor" where you eat. Don't be moronic.

worlock77

I heard and it's irrelevant. One person expressing an opinion means sh*t.

Do Chick-fil-A even do nice food?Postmortem123

Big fat no.

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"] You must not have heard what the mayors of Chicaho, Boston and other cites said.

ChiefFreeman

I heard and it's irrelevant. One person expressing an opinion means sh*t.

Lots of people bactrack on their statements. Doesn't make those statements not opinions. And those were empty statements in the first places when the mayor doesn't actually have that kind of power, and when the chances of Chick Fil A actually opening up in those cities is, at best, marginal to begin with. Chick Fil A tends to stick to conservative neighborhoods. The chain has, for instance, two locations in the Boston region and three in the Chicago region. All in more conservative suburbs.

The whole Chick Fil A thing is so overblown. Someone cornered the CEO with a question designed to get an answer that is inflammatory to much of our perverse society. He answered the question very cordially. It's not like he came out and volunteered a public statement that he hates homosexuals. He honestly answered the question. IMO, his answer had much more to do with how he decides to live his personal life than any sort of judgment on others. He didn't come out and condemn gay marriage. He said what he supports.hartsickdiscipl

uhmm...which is why he's irrelevant.

In 20 years from now we'll be ashamed that we had to go through this phase of acceptance towards who people should love.

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

I heard and it's irrelevant. One person expressing an opinion means sh*t.

worlock77

Lots of people bactrack on their statements. Doesn't make those statements not opinions. And those were empty statements in the first places when the mayor doesn't actually have that kind of power, and when the chances of Chick Fil A actually opening up in those cities is, at best, marginal to begin with. Chick Fil A tends to stick to conservative neighborhoods. The chain has, for instance, two locations in the Boston region and three in the Chicago region. All in more conservative suburbs.

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"] It's not an opinion when they're forced to backtrack on their statements, by attempting to prevent those businesses from opening. It was bullying, an abuse of power, miscalculated and foolish. And it does "mean **** when it's done by a civic leader who has an obligation to look at all sides of the issue, but chose to ignore it. Glad to see it backfired on Rahm.

ChiefFreeman

Lots of people bactrack on their statements. Doesn't make those statements not opinions. And those were empty statements in the first places when the mayor doesn't actually have that kind of power, and when the chances of Chick Fil A actually opening up in those cities is, at best, marginal to begin with. Chick Fil A tends to stick to conservative neighborhoods. The chain has, for instance, two locations in the Boston region and three in the Chicago region. All in more conservative suburbs.

"Fvck yeah, I refuted 10% of your post. I WIN!!!"

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"] It's not an opinion when they're forced to backtrack on their statements, by attempting to prevent those businesses from opening. It was bullying, an abuse of power, miscalculated and foolish. And it does "mean **** when it's done by a civic leader who has an obligation to look at all sides of the issue, but chose to ignore it. Glad to see it backfired on Rahm.

ChiefFreeman

Lots of people bactrack on their statements. Doesn't make those statements not opinions. And those were empty statements in the first places when the mayor doesn't actually have that kind of power, and when the chances of Chick Fil A actually opening up in those cities is, at best, marginal to begin with. Chick Fil A tends to stick to conservative neighborhoods. The chain has, for instance, two locations in the Boston region and three in the Chicago region. All in more conservative suburbs.

And how many of those are in Los Angeles or San Francisco? Those two cities are what makes California "liberal". The rest of the state is quite conservative.

And I never said conservative "state", I said conservative "neighborhood". lrn 2 reed

And how many of those are in Los Angeles or San Francisco? Those two cities are what makes California "liberal". The rest of the state is quite conservative.

Quite conservative? That's not reflected in the voting polls. And I can read fine, thanks. Your assumption that this business mainly only builds in areas where they share their views is wrong, otherwise they wouldn't even be eyeing Boston or greater Chicago.

ChiefFreeman

And how many of those are in Los Angeles or San Francisco? Those two cities are what makes California "liberal". The rest of the state is quite conservative.

Quite conservative? That's not reflected in the voting polls. And I can read fine, thanks. Your assumption that this business mainly only builds in areas where they share their views is wrong, otherwise they wouldn't even be eyeing Boston or greater Chicago.

Ask anyone in California outside of LA or San Fran their views. And no, that all of the Chicago or Boston areas are liberal. There are quite a lot of conservatives out in the suburbs, where these Chick Fil A locations are located. Don't argue with me on this, I live and work in the Chicago suburbs.

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

And how many of those are in Los Angeles or San Francisco? Those two cities are what makes California "liberal". The rest of the state is quite conservative.

worlock77

Quite conservative? That's not reflected in the voting polls. And I can read fine, thanks. Your assumption that this business mainly only builds in areas where they share their views is wrong, otherwise they wouldn't even be eyeing Boston or greater Chicago.

Ask anyone in California outside of LA or San Fran their views. And no, that all of the Chicago or Boston areas are liberal. There are quite a lot of conservatives out in the suburbs, where these Chick Fil A locations are located. Don't argue with me on this, I live and work in the Chicago suburbs.

Just to spite the haters, I hope they do well in sales :D

Just to spite the haters, I hope they do well in sales :D

nitekids2004

You might want to do a bit of research into the "mainly conservative" suburbs and cities which the company is located in. Several of those areas -- yes, even the supposedly rigid Republican strongholds of the South -- like north Carolina and Virginia, are swing states. And don't forget where the Democratic convention is being held; Charlotte, a city flooded with Chick-Fil-A's.

ChiefFreeman

He said "Chick Fil A tendsto stick to conservative neighborhoods."

He made no absolute statement that Chick Fil A fast food places are only to be found in conservative areas.

Now either shut up or admit that from all the points he made to invalidate your incessant whining in your original post, you hinged from the only one you could try to refute.

The Left leaning haters [......] They think they can be the thought police ChiefFreeman

trying to censor where we can eatChiefFreeman

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

You might want to do a bit of research into the "mainly conservative" suburbs and cities which the company is located in. Several of those areas -- yes, even the supposedly rigid Republican strongholds of the South -- like north Carolina and Virginia, are swing states. And don't forget where the Democratic convention is being held; Charlotte, a city flooded with Chick-Fil-A's.

Teenaged

He said "Chick Fil A tendsto stick to conservative neighborhoods."

He made no absolute statement that Chick Fil A fast food places are only to be found in conservative areas.

Now either shut up or admit that from all the points he made to invalidate your incessant whining in your original post, you hinged from the only one you could try to refute.

And no, I won't shut up. Also, your signature gif is stupid.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

You might want to do a bit of research into the "mainly conservative" suburbs and cities which the company is located in. Several of those areas -- yes, even the supposedly rigid Republican strongholds of the South -- like north Carolina and Virginia, are swing states. And don't forget where the Democratic convention is being held; Charlotte, a city flooded with Chick-Fil-A's.

ChiefFreeman

He said "Chick Fil A tendsto stick to conservative neighborhoods."

He made no absolute statement that Chick Fil A fast food places are only to be found in conservative areas.

Now either shut up or admit that from all the points he made to invalidate your incessant whining in your original post, you hinged from the only one you could try to refute.

And no, I won't shut up. Also, your signature gif is stupid.

Besides that, lets not forget worlock made a couple other points in response to your complaints. Now you're just beating a dead horse so that your whining doesnt seem stupid. But dont worry, I'll be there to remind you that it is. :3

Yes you will shut up.... unless you like to read out loud what you type. Which is weird.

I'm offended!

And no, I won't shut up. ChiefFreeman

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]Your obsession with this specific point he made is not only weird but quite mislead.

He said "Chick Fil A tendsto stick to conservative neighborhoods."

He made no absolute statement that Chick Fil A fast food places are only to be found in conservative areas.

Now either shut up or admit that from all the points he made to invalidate your incessant whining in your original post, you hinged from the only one you could try to refute.

Teenaged

And no, I won't shut up. Also, your signature gif is stupid.

Besides that, lets not forget worlock made a couple other points in response to your complaints. Now you're just beating a dead horse so that your whining doesnt seem stupid. But dont worry, I'll be there to remind you that it is. :3

Yes you will shut up.... unless you like to read out loud what you type. Which is weird.

I'm offended!

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"] I refute his statement on the the basis of what I said, regarding voting polls. Voting polls reflect popular opinion. And seeing as how the majority of the Chick-Fil-A restaurants are concentrated in those areas which I mentioned, what I said isn't incorrect.

And no, I won't shut up. Also, your signature gif is stupid.

ChiefFreeman

Besides that, lets not forget worlock made a couple other points in response to your complaints. Now you're just beating a dead horse so that your whining doesnt seem stupid. But dont worry, I'll be there to remind you that it is. :3

Yes you will shut up.... unless you like to read out loud what you type. Which is weird.

I'm offended!

And once again, that wasnt the only point he made when he responded to your complaints about how some people want to censor what you eat. Feel free to post again when you wish to get back on topic with your initial post in stead of going into tangents to divert attention from your stupid whining. :3

The only thing the guy said was "I don't support gay marriage" correct me if I'm wrong. Is that such a big deal? I'm just a bit confused on what the whole issue is.

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]Um you just brough up a couple examples. So what? Its still far from a refuting a non-absolute statement about the entire USA.

Besides that, lets not forget worlock made a couple other points in response to your complaints. Now you're just beating a dead horse so that your whining doesnt seem stupid. But dont worry, I'll be there to remind you that it is. :3

Yes you will shut up.... unless you like to read out loud what you type. Which is weird.

I'm offended!

Teenaged

And once again, that wasnt the only point he made when he responded to your complaints about how some people want to censor what you eat. Feel free to post again when you wish to get back on topic with your initial post in stead of going into tangents to divert attention from your stupid whining. :3

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"] Perhaps, then, you should go conduct a poll of your own and tally up all the votes if you're so sure. He made a generalization, without actual numbers to back it up. And you're just defending a generalization . Generalizing without verifying those claims doesn't make his opinion correct.

ChiefFreeman

And once again, that wasnt the only point he made when he responded to your complaints about how some people want to censor what you eat. Feel free to post again when you wish to get back on topic with your initial post in stead of going into tangents to divert attention from your stupid whining. :3

Oh yeah the good ol' "you're just insulting me cause you disagree with me". Who do you think you're convincing? I hope only yourself.

I told you to shut up because you continued to ignore his other points and sticked to that one which was convenient for you to refute. If I wanted you to shup up just because we disagree I would have done so in reply to your first post itt.

That was all; you're free to go on claiming that people want to censor what you eat. XD

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]If you were so doubtful about the validity of his statement you could just ask him to prove it.

And once again, that wasnt the only point he made when he responded to your complaints about how some people want to censor what you eat. Feel free to post again when you wish to get back on topic with your initial post in stead of going into tangents to divert attention from your stupid whining. :3

Teenaged

Oh yeah the good ol' "you're just insulting me cause you disagree with me". Who do you think you're convincing? I hope only yourself.

I told you to shut up because you continued to ignore his other points and sticked to that one which was convenient for you to refute. If I wanted you to shup up just because we disagree I would have done so in reply to your first post itt.

That was all; you're free to go on claiming that people want to censor what you eat. XD

And getting back to the Rahm subject, It doesn't matter if he has the legal power or not to prevent someone from constructing a business there. It was a still a threat. It amounted to nothing more than an extreme Leftist tactic to drum up liberal voters, and was disgusting.

They're actually putting one of these in my town, I just learned.

And I live in the West Coast. Never even seen a Chik Fil A in my entire life. And I've even been to NY, Louisiana, Oregon...

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"] I never got off the topic. You shifted it. And who is insulting who here? I guess you think it's perfectly okay to tell people to shut up on a video game message board, just because they hold different beliefs. If you hate what I say, great! That's what makes America awesome. Just like how I can disagree with your views. That's democracy at work.

ChiefFreeman

Oh yeah the good ol' "you're just insulting me cause you disagree with me". Who do you think you're convincing? I hope only yourself.

I told you to shut up because you continued to ignore his other points and sticked to that one which was convenient for you to refute. If I wanted you to shup up just because we disagree I would have done so in reply to your first post itt.

That was all; you're free to go on claiming that people want to censor what you eat. XD

And getting back to the Rahm subject, It doesn't matter if he has the legal power or not to prevent someone from constructing a business there. It was a still a threat. It amounted to nothing more than an extreme Leftist tactic to drum up liberal voters, and was disgusting.

I didnt say you ignored posts. >__> Now will it be considered a 5 year old's tactic if I say "learn to read" even though I'm pointing out the obvious?

Oh NO! A politician trying to appeal to their base by projecting their agenda? Who would have though... Obviously its only news when its a "leftist" politician though. I guess that's a good thing. It means "leftist" politicians dont do that often, right? :3

omg, nvm. There is one in Oxnard! I remember now!

Not really, seeing that the news (other than Fox) is projected with a liberal slant, I'd say the Right is more often the target of those claims. But, "Oh, silly me!", I would be trying to pass that off as an absolute statement (might wanna correct me, there). I'm sure all the staff at CNN, MSNBC, and the major networks are perfectly fair and balanced. Riiiiight.

I'm sure all the staff at CNN, MSNBC, and the major networks are perfectly fair and balanced. Riiiiight.ChiefFreeman

Not really, seeing that the news (other than Fox) is projected with a liberal slant, I'd say the Right is more often the target of those claims. But, "Oh, silly me!", I would be trying to pass that off as an absolute statement (might wanna correct me, there). I'm sure all the staff at CNN, MSNBC, and the major networks are perfectly fair and balanced. Riiiiight.

ChiefFreeman

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

Not really, seeing that the news (other than Fox) is projected with a liberal slant, I'd say the Right is more often the target of those claims. But, "Oh, silly me!", I would be trying to pass that off as an absolute statement (might wanna correct me, there). I'm sure all the staff at CNN, MSNBC, and the major networks are perfectly fair and balanced. Riiiiight.

Teenaged

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]I'm sure all the staff at CNN, MSNBC, and the major networks are perfectly fair and balanced. Riiiiight.MrPraline