Chick-fil-a Support Day and Free Speech

[barbino]

Who else went to the Mike Huckabee-sponsored Chick-fil-a Support Day today (Wednesday)? I went with a group from church & we stood in line for 2 hours in the hot sun. The police were there just in case because there were so many cars and people. The drive-thru was packed.

I've never had a meal there before, and the salads, chicken sandwiches, waffle fries, and brownies were wonderful. I was really impressed by the service. They brought ice water in cups out to the crowd that was in line! They waited on the two older women who were with us and took their money, ordered their food, and served it to them. There were tons of employees checking to see how everyone was doing & if they needed anything. Overall, I was really impressed with the company and its employees.

It seemed that not all who went were against gay marriage, but everyone backed free speech. This day was a way to show support for the company's chief executive Don Cathy's right to speak about just what he believed in -- a right protected by the US Constitution (the first amendment).

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by barbino

I've never had a meal there before....

LOL.

Free speech means that you can say/do what you want within reason and people can respond to what you say/do within reason. The End.

Have you already voted?

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?t=128334

[barbino]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL.

Free speech means that you can say/do what you want within reason and people can respond to what you say/do within reason. The End.

Have you already voted?

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?t=128334

Yes, I voted. You can read my post in that thread. This was not about boycotting Chick-fil-a. This was about taking a stand about issues that I personally believe in. I doubted that I was the only one on this board who went and chose to support the company. My decision to go was based on entirely different reasons than those considered in the boycott thread. This is why I chose to start a new thread instead of adding to the one about boycotting.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by barbino

This was not about boycotting Chick-fil-a. This was about taking a stand about issues that I personally believe in. I doubted that I was the only one on this board who went chose to support the company. My decision to go was based on entirely different reasons than those considered in the boycott thread. This is why I chose to start a new thread instead of adding to the one about boycotting.

It was about eating at Chick-Fil-A for the first time for the sake of supporting Chick-Fil-A for the first time and therefore explicitly doing the opposite of boycotting. I know.

I don't care about the new thread. I just wanted to know if you voted in the boycott thread.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

I went today too and it was my first time eating there as well. It was extremely crowded even though it wasn't at a peak meal time, with two drive through lines wrapping around the building twice and a line out the door. The staff was wonderful, helpful and cheery on what was a grueling hot day, taking orders outside in the hot sun and serving people in impressive time. I was definitely impressed with their food and I will be back as much as my waistline will allow.

For me it all came down to free speech too. No matter how I feel about gay marriage, when the Chicago, SF and Boston mayors started blustering about Chick-Fil-a not being welcome in their towns because their political and religious beliefs differed from their own, that's when I decided to get involved. It repulsed me, and I was glad to see that even the ACLU recognized the issue.

[fascination]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

No matter how I feel about gay marriage, when the Chicago, SF and Boston mayors started blustering about Chick-Fil-a not being welcome in their towns because their political and religious beliefs differed from their own, that's when I decided to get involved.

Very long lines of very polite, friendly, patient people at my local CFA yesterdday afternoon. Enjoyed my chicken nuggets.

CFA consistently has the nicest employees of any fast food place out there, except on Sundays when you can't get anyone to take your order for love or money.

[AOII Angel]

Raising Cain's has much better chicken, is open on Sundays and has Cain's sauce. One Love!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

It has been a while since I had to take a US history and US government class, but as far as I remember, I never read or came across any moment in US history from the early - mid 1600's to today, where gays were forced into servitude just because they were gay.

No, there weren't laws forcing them into servitude. That would have been silly, since there were laws imposing the death penalty for sodomy, at least in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson tried to liberalize that by drafting a law that would instead punish sodomy by castration, but that didn't pass the Virginia legislature. Until the 1960s, sodomy was a felony in every state in the Union.

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Raising Cain's has much better chicken, is open on Sundays and has Cain's sauce. One Love!

I've never heard of them, and there don't seem to be any of them around here.

I will say, though, that having grown up in a family that did have some "rules" about what could and couldn't be done on Sunday, I like that Chik-Fil-A sticks to their principles about being closed on Sundays.

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

No, there weren't laws forcing them into servitude. That would have been silly, since there were laws imposing the death penalty for sodomy, at least in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson tried to liberalize that by drafting a law that would instead punish sodomy by castration, but that didn't pass the Virginia legislature. Until the 1960s, sodomy was a felony in every state in the Union.

Yes, but not unless that man told what he was doing and/or, some one knew and turned him in, then the likelihood of that man, or men, suffering the death penalty was not very likely. In essence, someone would have to know what was going on in the privacy of your home.

That is still not the same. I can't hide the fact that I am Black. Without even knowing one thing about how I am as a person, the very first thing you will notice about me is my skin color. My ancestors were forced into servitude and kept there by their skin color. An aspect of a person that can not be hidden.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

No, there weren't laws forcing them into servitude. That would have been silly, since there were laws imposing the death penalty for sodomy, at least in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson tried to liberalize that by drafting a law that would instead punish sodomy by castration, but that didn't pass the Virginia legislature. Until the 1960s, sodomy was a felony in every state in the Union.

I've never heard of them, and there don't seem to be any of them around here.

I will say, though, that having grown up in a family that did have some "rules" about what could and couldn't be done on Sunday, I like that Chik-Fil-A sticks to their principles about being closed on Sundays.

Raising Cain's is another small, southern based fast food restaurant that started in Baton Rouge, LA on the LSU campus. They specialize in chicken fingers and "Cain's sauce" and are growing very rapidly. They have two, soon to be three, locations here in the Phoenix area already. There food is fresh and never frozen. Glad I have that option.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by fascination

Very long lines of very polite, friendly, patient people at my local CFA yesterdday afternoon. Enjoyed my chicken nuggets.

CFA consistently has the nicest employees of any fast food place out there, except on Sundays when you can't get anyone to take your order for love or money.

Why do people keep saying this? Based on how constant these statements have been, it sounds like more than commending a "good company" for "good service" and "good food."

It sounds like the common practice of an attempt at a dichotomy between the politeness of "those God-fearing folks who just wanted to use their First Amendment rights...leave us alone" versus the rudeness of "those other folks."

People are always picking on the polite God-fearing folks. The silent warriors. God has a blessing coming through for them.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Why do people keep saying this? Based on how constant these statements have been, it sounds like more than commending a "good company" for "good service" and "good food."

It sounds like the common practice of an attempt at a dichotomy between the politeness of "those God-fearing folks who just wanted to use their First Amendment rights...leave us alone" versus the rudeness of "those other folks."

People are always picking on the polite God-fearing folks. The silent warriors. God has a blessing coming through for them.

Because we all know if the liberals were lined up at the KFC for a boycott Chik-Fil-A day, the whole city would have burned down.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Because we all know if the liberals were lined up at the KFC for a boycott Chik-Fil-A day, the whole city would have burned down.

Those heathens. Those animals. How dare they go to KFC. Bojangles on mines, homie.

[DrPhil]

Homosexuality and same-sex partnerships are by no means a "condition" but....

Would there be an (insert company) appreciation day and would the ACLU get involved if the (insert company) CEO said that her/his traditional religious views regarding the family support the notion that people with a diagnosed mental or physical condition should not be allowed to be married or have children?

Freedom of speech, indeed.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Homosexuality and same-sex partnerships are by no means a "condition" but....

Would there be an (insert company) appreciation day and would the ACLU get involved if the (insert company) CEO said that her/his traditional religious views regarding the family support the notion that people with a diagnosed mental or physical condition should not be allowed to be married or have children?

Freedom of speech, indeed.

Again, like I said for me personally, it wasn't about the message at all. It was about a bunch of political goons telling a company that their company was not welcome in their fair burgs because their religious/political views differed from the powers that be there.