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Chick-fil-A appreciation day delivers customers as promised
Viewer photo of Chick-fil-A day
by Joseph Earnest August 1, 2012
Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas—Today is Chick-fil-A appreciation day where hundreds of thousands of Americans have already pledged to support the fast food chain restaurant. Led by former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day has gained the support of influential Christian leaders including evangelist Billy Graham.
Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country were packed with customers, while others used the drive-thru or waiting outside in long lines just to get a chance to grab a bite. According to Chick-fil-A Facebook page, already over 620,000 had signed up, and that excludes the other millions that choose keep their participation private.
After Chick-fil-A's president Dan Cathy affirmed his belief that it is a good thing for a man to marry a woman, homosexual groups across the country became offended by Cathy's affirmation of traditional marriage. At some point the mayor of Chicago Rahm Emmanuel threatened to hinder Chick-fil-A from expanding its franchise in Chicago, simply because its owner does not believe there is anything wrong for men and women to get married and start a family.
Dr. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, pointed out the irony in that people were calling for the exclusion of Chick-fil-A "in the name of inclusion."
"The threats made against Chick-fil-A betray the principle of religious liberty that is enshrined within the U.S. Constitution," Mohler said in a commentary on CNN. "Civic officials in some of the nation's largest and most powerful cities have openly threatened to oppose Chick-fil-A for the singular reason that its president openly spoke of his Christian convictions concerning marriage."
"When [Chicago Mayor Rahm] Emanuel and [Chicago Alderman Proco] Moreno tell Chick-fil-A to stay out of Chicago, are they audacious enough to deliver that same message to the churches, mosques and synagogues of their city that also oppose same-sex marriage?" Add Comments>>
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