Gay Rights Activists Plan Chick-Fil-A Protest in Huntsville On Saturday

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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- While the national "kiss-in" Chick-fil-A protest today did not receive formal support in Huntsville, another protest is planned for Saturday. The protest is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. at the Chick-fil-A at South Memorial Parkway and Hobbs Road, according to James Robinson, Executive Director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Advocacy & Youth Services in Huntsville. However, the GLBT group and the Gay-Straight Alliance student group at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are not backing today's kiss-in. A Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com /events/444598242237116/)called the National Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A at 7 p.m. has almost 14,000 planning to attend At lunch time today, no same-sex couples were seen by a Times reporter kissing at the Chick-fil-A locations at Parkway Place or Whitesburg Drive. Both Robinson and Heather Shelton, president of the GSA group at UAH, described the kiss-in protest as "offensive." "If I want to kiss somebody publicly, I have the right to do that," Robinson said. "But I would want it to be something out of affection for that person. I'm not that comfortable when I see other people doing public displays of affection to any great extent. "Those things are done out of love and affection. Simply going into a place, my opinion, to be in front of employees who work there who may not share your feelings and kiss someone and use
Jessie Snow of Huntsville showed her support for gay rights on Wednesday at the Whitesburg Drive location of Chick-fil-A. (The Huntsville Times photo/Glenn Baeske)
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that good thing to get a reaction from someone, I don't agree with that. There are much better ways we can do that." Robinson pointed to Saturday's protest as an example of a more effective way of stating their concerns. He said a group of area teenagers organized the event and have contacted Huntsville police as well as Chick-fil-A management about the planned protest.
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made by Dan Cathy, president of the fast-food chain, and more about what the244 company does with its profits. Cathy said last month in interviews that he supports the Biblical man, one woman.
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Too much credit is being given to those who participated on Wednesday. While many of you are saying they were deceived so that Chik-Fil-A could make profit (record setting, mind you) and while many of you are discussing the hate groups being funded by the company, it seems no one brought up what truly happened Wednesday. Wednesday wasn't about Christians supporting a Christian man and his Christian company. Wednesday wasn't about supporting Freedom of Speech (anyone who has spent a year in college knows for a FACT that not all SPEECH is legal). Wednesday wasn't about Rush, Palin, Hannity, Beck, Huckabee, or any right-wing extremist and their public outcry being heard by the sheep en mass.
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Wednesday was about Hate. That is it. I'm willing to look each and every last person that participated that day and call them out on it. Do you know what has been done on U.S. soil ALONE in the name of Christianity? On Wednesday, Christianity was USED in order to cloak pure hate, so that pride was felt instead. No one was standing in line or sitting in a drive-thru waiting on a mediocre chicken sandwich in the name of their RELIGION or to stand up for the FREEDOM OF SPEECH! Each and every single individual that day participated in a blatant display of pure homophobia. Each and every single individual that day paid to wait an hour for a chicken sandwich and waffle fries to show the LGBT Community just who the second class citizens were. For those of you that participated, one day in the future (no matter if it is the last day of your life), you will look back on this moment in your life and you will be disgusted by the person that entered that building, who used their religion in order to feel secure in being prideful of the hate in his/her heart. May God have mercy on YOUR soul.
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(ht Barry Soetoro(http://connect.al.com/user/barry_soetoro_1 tp: /index.html) The only thing I get from your comment is hate. You hate Christianity while having no clue in your knowlege of it. You hate God because he finds homosexuality wrong. You hate what happened Wednesday because the masses support the resturants owners statement. The hate came from the LGBT community that were so outraged by the massive show of support for the resturant that you have to start demonizing those who support it and you mischaracterize what Christianity is or is'nt. For the gay crowd again it is the same mantra of tolerance. Unfortunately, you have tolerance unless someone disagrees with your abnormal behavior. Then you become hateful.
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The funny thing is gays have more 500 fortune companies on their side now more than ever before. A fundie is going to have to basically throw out everything in their house if they don't want gay on it. That includes their art and television sets. The only thing backwater people need to understand is that we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. If you can't understand that than you need to sue the publican education system and get your taxes back.
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Hey, do you all know about this? "Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie announced a gift Friday of $2.5 million to the campaign to defend Washington's same-sex marriage law." Wonder why all the unkind remarks about Chik fil a? Why is the other side not screaming about Amazon? In the grand scheme of things, is there a difference? Just curious.
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(ht slw081066(http://connect.al.com/user/slw081066/index.html) tp: I suppose you would also support ending the rights of other minorities? There is a vast difference in seeking to end rights, as opposed to seeking to advance rights. If you can't see that, I'm not sure there is much hope for you.
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(ht Barry Soetoro(http://connect.al.com/user/barry_soetoro_1 tp: /index.html) That is a very ignorant statement.

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They could just repost about the first 15 posts on this story and it would encompass all that has been said here. Bottom line is Chik fil a made a boatload of money on the backs of well meaning but ignorant hyperpartisan hyperpolitical christians. The gays are still with the "Why can't we all get along" Bottom line is that we as a country can't afford and are sick of giving special status to every cry baby group that comes along. This includes you christians even though I am one and you are my brothers. You always try to say the founding fathers were this and the constitution says that but the SCOTUS always disagrees with you (see Obamacare and Roe V Wade) and you say you'll change the constitution or you just throw crazy Palinesque statements out there like saying judge not lest ye be judged doens't mean don't judge other people etc... Politics and christianity don't mix period. If you are truly wholeheartedly doing the work of God you would'nt want to be at odds with gays, you would want to convert them instead of condemning their lifestyle and mocking them in a public forum. If you want to really be a christian and really do what God wants then you better shed the political activism. Jesus didn't do that and he was our example sent directly from God. Don't you think if God wanted us to be at odds with our brothers over idiotic stuff like this subject that he would have had Jesus address it? Jesus stayed out of politics and loved people face to face. Check yourself christians. You're imitating radical muslims and making politics take over your theology. Reverse political/theological engineering if you will to meet the political goal at the expense of your walk with Jesus.
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View more items (ht hsvsmallbusiness(http://connect.al.com/user/hsvsmallbusiness tp: /index.html) 1989 Webster V Reproductive Health Services,1992 Planned Parenthood V Casey, 1990 Stenberg V Carhart, Gonzalez V Carhart (Partial Birth Ban upheld). And the original Roe V Wade was a 7-2 decision. At least google it before you tell someone to get some facts. It takes 2 minutes.
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reverse Roe. In the other cases you mentioned, the court was deciding the constitutionality of limitations on abortion, but assuming Roe was settled law. You don't know what you are talking about.
(ht Wiregrass Lgbt(http://connect.al.com/user/wiregrass_lgbt tp: /index.html) Respect your comment hsvs small business but however a person can not convert some one to not be gay. With Coercion they may can make a person pretend to be something they are not to satisfy others or to fit in or to be accepted by family, friends, churches etc... In the long run the emotional damage from this lays heavy on the persons heart and the fact that they are gay will always remain and in many of cases people generaly turn to substanse abuse as way of coping, live in a state of depression or even worse commit suicide. Coercion is the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or intimidation or some other form of pressure or force such as religion. What is Christion about that,Just saying....
Write reply here... (http: Wiregrass Lgbt(http://connect.al.com/user/wiregrass_lgbt/index.html) //con nect. Must agree with you their Mr. James Robinson, absolutley about the public display of al.co affection. Firmly do not believe passing off affection is the best way to protest on the subject of someones opinion. Affection is out of love, it should come natural and be a natural part of what you do in your every day life anyway,it is not a form of protest. Protest by being positive, being yourself all of the time not when some one lights you up because their against something. How ever it is this mans right to feel how ever he feels pertaining to same sex marriage. The LGBT community needs to rise above the opinion of one man or one company and show their support for the LGBT community by getting involved with Organizations that are trying to fight for their rights and just simply stop eating or shopping or supporting places that support anti gay Organizations or anything you dont want to support, that would be a start. Standing up for our rights is the most important thing and we all can be a part of that but pick and choose where the battle counts the most and its not with Chic-Fil-A until Chic-Fil-A or any one who does not believe in same sex marriage. Our best approach on protesting and dealing with people who share different beliefs should be educational and positive. Killing someone with kindness will take you a long way compared to striking back in the same manor.
(ht Wiregrass Lgbt(http://connect.al.com/user/wiregrass_lgbt tp: /index.html) Correction on the line with the incomplete sentence refering to " until Chic-fil-A or any one who does not belive in same sex marriage"personally bullies, attacks, discriminate etc.. an employee or individual they have not commited a crime. They have only voiced an opinion and belief and through this we learned they support anti gay organizations. Well as stated please support your organizations trying to
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fight for equality so we are not over taken by these hugely supported anitgay organizations.
Write reply here... (http: David Voorhies(http://connect.al.com/user/david_voorhies/index.html) //con Remind me to go to Chick-fil-a tomorrow for lunch. I might see someone I nect. know--NOT! al.co They'll be like the KKK in the Cullman Christmas Parade. Nobody will pay them any attention, and nobody will take them seriously.
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"Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done." Romans 1:24-28 History repeats.
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We're on the slippery slope straight to hell. If we jettison gender as a requirement for marriage, there is no legal or moral reason why the number of participants should be the single immutable feature of the institution. Once SSM becomes the norm, "group marriage" will not be far behind (and yes, the legal groundwork has already been laid for this "evolution"). If marriage means anything, it means nothing.
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to legally. In that it solidifies "marriage" as a legally binding contract of any religion and not just a choice of religious philosophy. holding the members of society responsible for their legal contracts of marriage no matter which or how many sexes involved will do much more for structured wholesome society than forcing non-recognition of their union to force them to hide and live in a communal hedonistic state that they can walk out of any day they choose.
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(ht Thumper(http://connect.al.com/user/thumperrose/index.html) tp: You are not denying them the relationship you are only denying them the legal responsibility for that relationship. So who is really promoting a non-committed non contracted hedonistic culture there.
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The fact is this has nothing to do with freedom of speech or Dan Candy being denied ANY of his rights. There are people and groups of people that think those rights ONLY apply to them in this secular government and Constitution of the United states. They do not understand they apply to EVERY citizens equal and all regardless of philosophical belief or not. Regardless of sexual orientation , gender, religion, race or economic class or any other distinction they would use to divide the people between first class rights and second class citizens somehow undeserving of those rights. They do not seek to express their rights only they seek to suppress, trespasser and deny the rights of those others no matter what category those others fall in. All that matters to them is they fall in a different category to themselves whether that be gender, race, sexual preference, or even party politics. In this case they have supported financially the trespass and suppression of those right to legal categories and also supporting un tried death sentences of homosexuals in other countries whose only "crime" is being homosexual which they want to make a LAW in this country. << The following article is one of the best I have read showing the reasons and difference in this stand and the others. "Asking for mutual tolerance on this like running up to a bully beating a kid to death on the playground and scolding them both for not getting along...When you see a bully beating up a smaller kid and you dont take a side, then you ARE taking a side. Youre siding with the bully. And when you cheer him on, youre revealing something about your own character that really is a shame." http://www.owldolatrous.com/?p=288 (http://www.owldolatrous.com /?p=288)
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Well then you need to expand your reading, because that is the dumbest and laziest analogy I have ever seen.
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(ht Thumper(http://connect.al.com/user/thumperrose/index.html) tp: ok maybe I should have said the AUTHENTIC reason people are Legally and physically upset with Chick-fill-A's intrusion/trespass into secular legal citizens equal rights in this secular country/government and why we HAVE separation between/of church and state in THIS secular government and should. There is no correlation or connection with/between legal secular Constitutional rights and personal philosophical belief and there should never be in a free citizens country.
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Basically all you liberals on here think that Chick-fil-A is evil because you think they make donations to groups that are intolerant toward homosexuals. The Susan Komen foundation makes donations to Planned Parenthood which is widely known for sponsoring abortion. I guess us Christians should just quit giving money to the Komen Foundation. Maybe we should just quit giving money to any and all organizations that do something we don't like no matter how much good they actually do for others. I guess that is what you liberals view as being tolerant? Thank you for reminding me why I am not a liberal. I have been around the Chick-fil-A organization for many years. I know the owners of most of the stores in Huntsville. Chick-fil-A as a corporation has done more to benefit the lives of people than a vast majority of other companies could ever consider. The owners of the Huntsville CFAs do more for their employees and the people around them in one year than most of you will probably consider doing in your lifetime. You all think we Christians hate homosexuals, but you are too busy spewing your own hateful lies to the fact that we love all people and want to see them have eternal happiness. I guess if telling someone that what they are doing is wrong is considered hateful, then my parents, teachers, and anyone else in authority hated my guts while I was growing up. I am going to bed, you guys can hash this out on your own.
View more items (ht Thumper(http://connect.al.com/user/thumperrose/index.html) tp: Yes I am representative of "critical thinking" I know philosophical belief and secular legal government are two separate entities and should be thought of separately. One is for all citizens equally regardless of their beliefs and one is personal and the two do NOT blend. All people in this country would do good to know those separations in action, thoughts and rights. There would not be so many issues of one intruding and trespassing on the other if people recognized the secular separations and why they exist. So all citizens of this country can enjoy their personal
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(ht JSU/AU Fan(http://connect.al.com/user/crnabors tp: /index.html) "inalienable rights" that are Endowed by our Creator. Separation of church and state is no where in the Constitution. In fact Fischer Aimes, who wrote the first Amendment, was a huge advocate for Biblical principals to influence government. If you take a good tour through the capital you will find that the Founding Fathers wanted the Bible to influence government practices as they placed Biblical components throughout much of the documents and buildings. To say that the U.S. is not a Christian Nation is completely false and ignorant.
(ht LeaAnn Johnson(http://connect.al.com/user/leaann_johnson tp: /index.html) "Separation of church and state" (sometimes "wall of separation between church and state") is a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson (in his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists) and others expressing an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The phrase has since been repeatedly cited by the Supreme Court of the United States. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...." and Article VI specifies that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." The modern concept of a wholly secular government is sometimes credited to the writings of English philosopher John Locke, but the phrase "separation of church and state" in this context is generally traced to a January 1, 1802 letter by Thomas Jefferson, addressed to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut, and published in a Massachusetts newspaper. Echoing the language of the founder of the first Baptist church in America, Roger Williamswho had written in 1644 of "[A] hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world" Jefferson wrote, "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."[1] Jefferson's metaphor of a wall of separation has been cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Reynolds v. United States (1879) the Court wrote that Jefferson's comments "may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the [First] Amendment." In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), Justice Hugo Black wrote: "In the words of Thomas Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect a wall of separation between church and state."[2]
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jake2(http://connect.al.com/user/jake2/index.html) If you think those mayors can stop anyone coming to their town and doing business you need to get up to date on things as long as they have all their ducks in a row they will have to give them a permit...............................
(ht Uhave2bjoking(http://connect.al.com/user/Uhave2bjoking tp: /index.html) Jake2 the point is you have elected officials going beyond just free speech and yet no outrage there. What happens if a mayor or govnor decides they don't like what you stand for and want to close you down?
(ht slw081066(http://connect.al.com/user/slw081066/index.html) tp: There are many towns that don't allow chain restaurants at all.

Pamela Watters(http://connect.al.com/user/PamelaWatters/index.html)
Thank you, GLBTI and Gay-Straight Alliance!!! . It has been said hundreds of times, but this is not about Cathy's opinionthrough donations from profits, Chick-fil-A supports homophobic groups. According to Equality Matters, Chick-Fil-A donated almost $2 million to anti-gay organizations in 2010, including over $1,100,000 to the Marriage & Family Foundation, an organization that Chick-Fil-A Vice President Donald Bubba Cathy actually founded. The companys WinShape Foundation, their charitable arm, has a long history of donation to such groups, but appears to have upped the ante in recent years, as they donated a total of $3 million between 2003 and 2009. Thats a lot of chicken sandwiches.
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View more items (ht Uhave2bjoking(http://connect.al.com/user/Uhave2bjoking tp: /index.html) So you would have us believe you support tolerance except you don't tolerate someone having the right to a different opinion.
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(ht LeaAnn Johnson(http://connect.al.com/user/leaann_johnson tp: /index.html) Difference of opinion is fine until it becomes hate speech. CFA donates millions of dollars to certified hate groups. Therefore, I will be exercising my right to not purchase their food.
(ht slw081066(http://connect.al.com/user/slw081066 tp: /index.html) There is no way that anyone should tolerate hate speech. You right wingers are always wanting to say liberals aren't tolerant but why should we be tolerant of ignorance and hate speech? They are intolerable.
(ht Barry Soetoro(http://connect.al.com/user/barry_soetoro_1 tp: /index.html) Why do the left wing extremists use the word homophobic? That implies a fear of homosexuality. Straight people are not afraid of homosexuality, they are simply tired of the demand for an abnormal behavior to be accepted as normal and even more tired of the temper tantrums they throw if anyone disagrees with them. If you dont like what a resturant owner says, just dont go there.... If I dont agree with the comments of a gay bar owner I simply will not go there and I wont hold up a stupid sign, demand that the business close, or stage a kiss-in..... childish.
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LeaAnn Johnson(http://connect.al.com/user/leaann_johnson/index.html)
I don't hate Chik-Fil-A - it's GREAT chicken. But eliminating chicken with a side of prejudice from my diet is low hanging fruit when it comes to finding ways to Think Globally and Act Locally about things I care about.
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(ht BTGIV(http://connect.al.com/user/btgiv/index.html) tp: Yes, living your life as a bumper sticker must be a thrill.
(ht Barry Soetoro(http://connect.al.com/user/barry_soetoro_1 tp: /index.html) There you go again, mis-labeling people again.

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I love how Cathy is labeled anti-gay and a hatemonger because he stands for Biblical principles. He will apparently be attacked until he disavows his beliefs. A large number of people, myself included, supported him Wednesday because we believe like he does. People like Adam Smith, the guy that got fired for verbally abusing the Chik Fil A employee, feel justified in being hateful against anyone associated with Chik Fil A because they don't share their beliefs- nice.
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(ht slw081066(http://connect.al.com/user/slw081066/index.html) tp: Is it biblical principal to support a group that wants to execute gays? I don't think so.

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I wonder how many people actually know what Chick-Fil-A Dan Cathy said on the Ken Coleman radio show - I created a YouTube video of Cathy's gay bashing rant http://youtu.be/BcoKT0Smt34 (http://youtu.be/BcoKT0Smt34) "As it relates to society in general, I think we're inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say 'You know we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.' And I pray god's mercy on our generation that has such a PRIDEFUL ARROGANT ATTITUDE to think that we would have the AUDACITY to try to redefine what marriage is all about." Cathy has a right to say that and LGBTI Americans have a right to protest him spewing this - that's what free speech is
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(ht Uhave2bjoking(http://connect.al.com/user/Uhave2bjoking tp: /index.html) Listened to the edited youtube posting. Not exactly what I would call gay bashing. I would agree with your last sentence about each having the right to speak their mind. It crosses the line when Mayors of 4 major cities state they will try to stop Chick-fil-a from openning or doing business. Do you find this offensive: [youtube (http://www.youtube.com
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(http://www.youtube.com/v/cUh5z_Y1ZSU&hl=en_US& fs=1&?iframe=true&width=500&height=400)
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(ht LeaAnn Johnson(http://connect.al.com/user/leaann_johnson tp: /index.html) CFA donates millions to certified hate groups.
(ht Carole(http://connect.al.com/user/carole_smith_1/index.html) tp: And yet mayors of smaller "conservative" towns do that all the time. They hold emergency meetings to change zoning laws to disallow businesses that they deem "unfit" for their community from opening, they pass ordinances that require business to do absurd things in order to do business within their "good ol' boy" small towns. I don't see any of you upset about that sort of thing - because you agree with banning the businesses that are deemed bad. Again ... Hypocrisy is not a virtue, though many so-called Christians practice it as though it is.
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I'm glad to see people that care enough to fight for their rights. This protest was started by a straight couple that thought it was terrible to deny people the right to marriage because of their gender. I will be there tomorrow with two straight friends, one who is more upset about this than I am. In fact, I believe that a vast majority of the people attending tomorrow are straight.
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(ht James Robinson(http://connect.al.com/user/james_robinson tp: /index.html) Thank you Anna. I respect you so much. You are a young person who shows by your actions that you care about others. You keep an open mind and look at why people do the things they do so that you can understand and make your own choices. You are also a great blogger!
(ht Uhave2bjoking(http://connect.al.com/user/Uhave2bjoking tp: /index.html) So if someone has a different opinion then you they ar incapable of caring about others? Do you support those with different opinions to make their own choices as well?
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Carole(http://connect.al.com/user/carole_smith_1/index.html)
Just food for thought. Even if all of this was about nothing more than Dan Cathy's own words, which he used to call members of the LGBT community "twisted" and "deprived" (I have to assume he meant depraved) ... People would still have the right to call for a boycott.
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Oreo posted an altered photo of a cookie for Gay Pride. They basically said, "We like gay people" and hundreds of thousands of people jumped up and down to scream about boycotting Oreo. Where was all of the righteous outrage at the treatment that was heaped on Oreo? Or JC Penny? Or any of the other companies on the lengthy list of "Thou shalt not buy from" companies? Boycotts and protests are not denying anyone their right to free speech. It is a matter of exercising our right to the very same rights. Nothing more, nothing less.
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View more items (ht Carole(http://connect.al.com/user/carole_smith_1/index.html) tp: Dan Cathy was not speaking solely as an individual. He was speaking for the Chick-fil-A corporation. Read the direct quotes about what he said in response to a question about where his *company* stands on the issue of marriage equality. He said "we" more than once, he said the company is run on "biblical principles." Though he would have been more correct to say that the company is run on his father's interpretation of biblical principles. None the less, Dan Cathy was not speaking as an individual in an interview about his personal beliefs. He was speaking for CFA.
(ht Carole(http://connect.al.com/user/carole_smith_1/index.html) tp: Uhave2bjoking, If strip clubs, bars, sex toy shops, tattoo parlors or other businesses offend you by their very existence and you wish to launch a legal civil protest to encourage the business to move or you wish to lobby to make such things illegal that is your right as an American citizen. I, personally, would not agree with your opinion and I would lobby against making such things illegal. But that is my right as an American citizen. No one has ever said that Dan Cathy or Chick-fil-A violated any laws. In fact, it has been said many times that the problem is not with Mr. Cathy's opinions or his expression of those views. The problem is with the groups he chooses to use corporate profits to support. As consumers we have the right to choose to avoid giving our patronage to business with whom we disagree. As American citizens we have the right to express our disagreement with both his opinions and with his corporate giving. Fortunately for us (and unfortunately for you), no matter what you think of the LGBT community, our straight allies or the issue of marriage equality, you cannot deny that we are as well within our rights as was Mr. Cathy.
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Jessie(http://connect.al.com/user/jessie_grady/index.html)
This is a great article. If you actually read it instead of attacking LGBT people, you would have seen it was not about a kiss-in. It would be nice if we could all have peaceful discussions between each other. This is about equality. It's about people standing up for themselves against a company whose values prompt them to fund hate organizations. You can eat at Chick Fil A or not eat at Chick Fil A, but the bottom line is, there are 1,000s of people who were mislead about what this whole issue has been about it. I admire Chick Fil A for being closed on Sundays since it's part of their Christian values and a way to support their faith and be with their families. However, I do not support organizations who take pride in funding hate. And unlike Mr. Cathy's opinion, I don't think I'm prideful and arrogant for working for equality. The hateful people on here are always the first to make negative remarks. No matter what your views, you do not have to be hateful. Furthermore, don't respond to the hateful comments. We need to be putting positive messages out for the kids and adults out there who are reading this and don't have the support systems the rest of us are fortunate to have. People deserve to know that they are loved and that there are people out there willing to set a positive example like Mr. Robinson and that we will not give up on the fight for equality. PEACE & LOVE PEOPLE!!!
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(ht James Robinson(http://connect.al.com/user/james_robinson tp: /index.html) Jessie this was a wonderful statement. Thank you for focusing us back on the young people who need our support! "We need to be putting positive messages out for the kids and adults out there who are reading this and don't have the support systems the rest of us are fortunate to have. People deserve to know that they are loved"
(ht Uhave2bjoking(http://connect.al.com/user/Uhave2bjoking tp: /index.html) For James so is the mesage only positive if it happens to support your view. Telling someone about gods love isn't positive?
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If you don't like where a private company donates their profits that they may have made from your purchase, don't eat or shop with that company. Chick-fil-a is a privately held company! They don't answer to stockholders. Be sure to fully research the rest of those businesses you shop and eat at as I'll bet you may find they donate to charities you don't like as well.
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View more items (ht Jessica Cotton(http://connect.al.com/user/jessica_cotton tp: /index.html) Who am I ? I am the mother of three children, that can not fathom why people would not want their two moms to marry. I am the voice that says, "hey thats not right or just. " I am a person and a citizen, and this company is using their money to insure that I am treated as a second class citizen, undeserving of rights, heck even undeserving of my life. That's who I am.
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(ht Uhave2bjoking(http://connect.al.com/user/Uhave2bjoking tp: /index.html) Dont eat there!

(ht Susan Wilson(http://connect.al.com/user/susan_wilson tp: /index.html) Uhave2bjoking - stand with those you agree with, certainly. But if your *reason* is that boycotting CFA infringes on their rights, then to be consistent, you should also defend the companies who support gay rights and have been boycotted. That was my point. Consistency.
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(ht Uhave2bjoking(http://connect.al.com/user/Uhave2bjoking tp: /index.html) You'll have to help with this last post of yours. Not following what your point is.

sbishop327(http://connect.al.com/user/shannon_sanders/index.html)
Here's the dirty little secret that no one wants to say: Those who make the most homophobic comments are the gayest in secret - might be down deep in your heart but it's there. You are afraid. You are so very, very afraid. The louder you fight against it, the truer we know it to be. How many times have we seen politicians who spend their lives making homophobic laws only to be caught with their pants down in a road side bathroom somewhere? You aren't fooling anyone. Lay down your hate. If you really are happy with your heterosexuality, this would NOT bug you so much. Come out, come out wherever you are.
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View more items (ht Susan Wilson(http://connect.al.com/user/susan_wilson tp: /index.html) At least to me.
(ht Derek Marlow(http://connect.al.com/user/derek_marlow tp: /index.html) For the record, i agree, but I would also suggest strongly keeping the conversation relevant and on topic if you want to be making points that have genuine merit. Just saying...
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I don't like Pepsi cola or cats. So are Pepsi lovers or cat lovers going to protest me? Just because someone believes or likes one thing they do not hate the other. I like Coca Cola but not Pepsi but I do not hate Pepsi.
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(ht sbishop327(http://connect.al.com/user/shannon_sanders tp: /index.html) Depends - are you giving money to organizations that force cats to believe they are dogs? Because, that is what CFA is doing - funding organizations that use electroshock and humiliation to "convert" gays into being something they aren't.
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View more items (ht Wil(http://connect.al.com/user/wil_bernstrom/index.html) tp: Effeminent was the word originally used instead of homosexual. Corinthians was written in ancient Greek. The word effeminent in the King James Bible was originally malakois arsenokoitai in the Greek manuscript. There was no term for homosexual orientation in ancient Greece. But there were lots of terms to describe homoerotic sex. Malakois arsenokitai wasnt one of those terms.
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(ht nailitt(http://connect.al.com/user/nailitt/index.html) tp: Not me you have to answer to!

(ht JSU/AU Fan(http://connect.al.com/user/crnabors/index.html) tp: I guess Lev. 18:22 means nothing or did you just take that page out?
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(ht slw081066(http://connect.al.com/user/slw081066 tp: /index.html) Well, if you follow the old testament, are you also avoiding shrimp, clothing of mixed fibers, and being around women who are having their period?

AlabamaDJ(http://connect.al.com/user/ALDJ/index.html)
My entire deal is, I don't plan on getting married, ever. But you have to look a little further into what you hear on the news about why the gay community is so upset. The groups Chick-Fil-A fund are not only after the gays -- they'd like to push their moral dominion onto EVERYBODY, straight and gay alike. I'm alarmed any time someone wants to pull books out of school libraries and censor art. That is the TRUE affront to "freedom of speech".
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(ht James Robinson(http://connect.al.com/user/james_robinson tp: /index.html) Very well said. Thank you.
(ht AlabamaDJ(http://connect.al.com/user/ALDJ/index.html) tp: I'd like to add right quick, that this is the business that's been involved in several lawsuits in the past decade - from firing straight employees who just do not pray with them during employee meetings, to firing single mothers because they believe a single mother is better suited at home with her children. Regardless of the LGBT issues, this business is shady at the least.
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(ht Carole(http://connect.al.com/user/carole_smith_1 /index.html) A friend of my daughter's applied for a job and was called for an interview with CFA right before this whole mess began. The interview was after Dan Cathy's comments but before the appreciation day. She ended up not taking the job because at the end of the interview the manager felt that it was okay to presume that she knew the religious beliefs of the applicant and said, "God bless you!" I find that sort of insistence upon treating all employees as if they are of the same faith to be inappropriate and rude. We are guaranteed the freedom to practice whatever religion we choose. I agree that there is a long list of problems with CFA.

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What these guys are doing is great! Chick-fil-a does support anti-gay groups. Even one that is officially listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. JSU/AU fan couldn't be more incorrect, and I beg you not to let him/her mislead you. Do your own research on those groups and the truth will come out.
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(ht JSU/AU Fan(http://connect.al.com/user/crnabors/index.html) tp: I actually am very correct as I know most of the groups very well. Yes definitely do your own research within those groups instead of basing your opinions on what the liberal media is telling you.
(ht Derek Marlow(http://connect.al.com/user/derek_marlow tp: /index.html) The SPLC is not "liberal media". Perhaps *you* should do some research: "The SPLC is named as a resource by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Bureau's fight against hate crimes" "The SPLC has collaborated with the US Department of Homeland Security to establish guidelines for combating extremism"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center) ...So, generally speaking, if the SPLC says an organization is a hate group, it's a *federally recognized* hate group. and like it or not, CFA *openly supports* recognized hate groups, essentially rendering the company, by extrapolation, a hate group itself.
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(ht JSU/AU Fan(http://connect.al.com/user/crnabors tp: /index.html) You are very much wrong. The SPLC might be used as a resource, but that doesn't make them the authority. Just because the SPLC claims an organization to be a hate group doesn't make it so, and yes they are a very liberal group.
Write reply here... (http: Wil(http://connect.al.com/user/wil_bernstrom/index.html) //con It's sad that people care more about a company than they do about human beings. nect. (http://connect.al.com/user/jessica_cotton/index.html)Jessica Cotton, al.co
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View more items (ht Jessica Cotton(http://connect.al.com/user/jessica_cotton tp: /index.html) Even if you are correct, should even $1 be ok with us? Thats like telling a Jew you gave Hitler a dollar and not expecting them to be pissed. lol
(ht Derek Marlow(http://connect.al.com/user/derek_marlow tp: /index.html) I wasn't disputing the proposed boycott by any means, I assure you. Just pointing out the likelihood that the support for CFA we're seeing is indicative of much larger and potentially more nasty problem...
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Write reply here... (http: JSU/AU Fan(http://connect.al.com/user/crnabors/index.html) //con So, here are the "anti-gay" organizations that Chick-fil-A supposedly fund straight nect. from the Equality Matters website. al.co Marriage & Family Foundation: $1,188,380 Fellowship Of Christian Athletes: $480,000 National Christian Foundation: $247,500 New Mexico Christian Foundation: $54,000 Exodus International: $1,000 Family Research Council: $1,000 Georgia Family Council: $2,500 The Marriage and Family Foundation is actually a retreat ran by Win Shape for Christian Couples who want to get help with either pre-marital counseling, divorce prevention, or just rejuvination. National Christian Foundation is also ran by Win Shape (I think) that is intended for ministers and college students who want to be set up with positive mentors. FCA should be known to all people as a student organization. Exodus International is ran by someone who used to be homosexual, and is now helping people who no longer want to be homosexual. Some has been said that they are linked to Uganda killing homosexuals, but there is no proof of that. Family research council is an organization that helps families cope with a number of different issues including showing Christian love to a family member who is homosexual. The New Mexico and Georgia ones are local organizations that I don't know much about. You also should understand that $1,000 is not really a donation by the standards of companies that size. Chick-fil-A gives the same amount to all of its employees who go to college.
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View more items (ht Wil(http://connect.al.com/user/wil_bernstrom/index.html) tp: Exodus pulled out. But while they were actively involved, Chick-fil-a was donating money to them.
(ht JSU/AU Fan(http://connect.al.com/user/crnabors tp: /index.html) $1,000 is not a really a donation. If anything, it was probably a speaker's fee.
(ht Derek Marlow(http://connect.al.com/user/derek_marlow tp: /index.html) The Family Research Council has been officially recognized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. Regardless of whether or
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not the donation was a "speaker's fee", only an entity willingly invested in HATE would hire a speaker from that organization. http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence... (http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligencefiles/groups/family-research-council)
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(ht JSU/AU Fan(http://connect.al.com/user/crnabors tp: /index.html) SPLC is not the authority on what is or is not a hate group.

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Since Chick-fil-a is a private company, please explain how the web site Equality Matters learned who and how much money Chick-fil-a donated. I guess since it was on the internet then it must be true. I wonder how much research Ms. Robinson conducted on the donations since she said that was a prime motivator for the planned protest.
View more items (ht nailitt(http://connect.al.com/user/nailitt/index.html) tp: How about Alabama being an At-Will state meaning an employer can hire you or fire you At Will. The expense of hiring and training an individual precludes most causes outside of failure to comply with the rules or failure to perform the job to the employers standards. Since we only know that employees are hired and fired but the real reason is left to the knowledge of employee and employer (and whatever the fired employee says happened.) The Communist News Network CNN does not have legal access to employment records outside of their own. They do have access to ticked off terminated employees looking for gain!
(ht Wil(http://connect.al.com/user/wil_bernstrom/index.html) tp: And isn't it sad that Alabama doesn't protect it's citizens? You can't be you and have a job? That's just silly! There are actually several lawsuits coming forward about employees (not in Alabama) that were fired for being gay. And the fact that you called CNN a communist network makes me think you watch Fox, who recently ran a news report saying that pollution was good for the environment and added 2 sentences at the end saying how pollution actually isn't good... So good job with your news sources Wink
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(ht nailitt(http://connect.al.com/user/nailitt/index.html) tp: Keep your mouth shut and do your job to the best of your ability who knows what you do at home? Makes sense to me!.

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Thank you for this well balanced and informative article. I have truly been concerned that our local community does not understand the issues surrounding this situation. I understand that with so many different messages given through our local and national media that people think this is about 'freedom of speech' or some people's ideas of "traditional values'. This simply is not true. I have tried to share more so that our local community will understand why this is such an important issue for many people. People and businesses have the right to donate to anyone they choose but we must all be aware of where our money goes because by donating we are partially responsible for what is done with the money. Please research for yourselves what some of the organizations do that this company donates to. You find if you look that your money is going to organizations who actions lead to violence and activities that I am sure that many of you will not approve of because you are loving people. I have had many reports of people being hurt emotionally by family members and people they believed were close friends because these people not respect them as individuals and posted hurtful comments on their social media sites. Civil and Human Rights are also important. Just as Black Americans and Women were denied rights and equal protection under the law gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender citizens are being denied rights. This should never had happened for any group in this great nation. Please stand up for equality now just as my so many brave people did during the early years of the Civil Rights movement. With many of you I am a Christian by faith. I try to live my life according to the example and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. This is a life of love and acceptance. I try to give people hope and share with them the wonderful acceptance I have through my relationship with God. I am a gay man and I am blessed to be who I am and to be able to help other people who are suffering because they hear messages from religious leaders that God does not love or 'approve' of them. I love because I am loved because God placed this in my spirit. I do not care if you are Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Atheist, Republican, a Democrat, Agnostic, or anything else... I love you and I am here if you need my support. We must stop hurting each other.
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