I completely agree with the golden rule.
If Chick Fil A supports "traditional family values", does this mean that Mr. Cathy discriminates when he hires? He is setting himself up for many lawsuits. If a qualified candidate is not hired because of suspicion of homosexuality, there will potentially be a lawsuit.
Someone's beliefs should not be imposed onto someone else. Society should not try to convert others into their way of life. That is what makes life interesting. If we were ALL the same, life would be boring.

This is an example of "doing unto others..." Christians believe that if they are doing something that violates God's Word, someone should point it out to them so they can correct their behavior. It's called accountability. But, that's not why this started. Dan Cathy, a Christian who owns a restaurant chain that is closed on Sundays, was asked about his views on marriage by a Christian magazine. Then, some people interpreted his comments about supporting biblical marriage as being "anti-gay" but he knows that God created everyone -- even gay people -- so he is not "anti-gay." But kissing a person of the same sex at Chick-fil-A (or anywhere else) is a CHOICE. Even though the Cathy family does not agree with that CHOICE, they do not discriminate against gays. Otherwise, there would not be any working at Chick-fil-A.

Not all gay people are the same in their actions. However when any group of people gets backed into a corner long enough, they will attack to get out. Kind of like the corner you feel backed into to say what you say. You have no idea how hard it is to be different, No one signs up to be hated. Life is already hard enough without bigotry.

I strongly agree.....A Christian/Baptist pastor

This is NOT about free speech. No one has said that Mr. Cathy can't say whatever he pleases. I don't believe there has been any branch of government that has told Mr. Cathy where he is to donate his money. The ones that have spoke out are individual politicians. As the CEO of a company though, he must understand that there are consequences from his actions. It's a proven fact that CFA donates millions of dollars to groups that are extremely anti-gay and fight against equal rights for gays. The same rights that you enjoy. I'm always amused at how people say that we "force our lifestyle on everyone". Explain that one for me. Is a gay person trying to force you to become gay? I'm pretty much a normal everyday guy....I have a nice home, a partner of 7 years, I work, I pay taxes. I don't think you have to be silent at all. What I do think is that I should get every right that you get. And hate to break it to ya Magda, but I've never introduced myself based on my sexual orientation. Have you really ever heard any gay person introduce themselves as being gay? That's laughable. And sorry, but we're not going away.

Magda LeBel
Why is two people of the same sex kissing unnatural? How do you know that God did not create homosexuals for the purpose of teaching tolerance to others or to show heterosexuals what love truly is since more heterosexual marriages end in divorce today than succeed. Possibly God created homosexuals to cut down on abortions so that the earth would not be overpopulated by those who destroy their offspring rather than nurture it. Who knows, I nor you are God. All of what Mr Cathy has done is in my humble opinion is to create speech although his right that is hateful to some people and serves no useful purpose. We live in a divided society on many fronts because religion has separated us. I have a grandson and simply because my daughter married a man with the last name of Gay, my grandson is bullied. He is tough, (and I have no idea his sexual preference as he is only 12) but so many are not and many youth who are questioning their sexuality end up killing themselves because of comments which Mr Cathy makes. Although many of us have spent many years in the church, who are we to say what someone else's rights who do not practice our religion are somehow wrong? Especially when they pick and choose which parts of the bible are important and which are not.

Completing my last comment because of space constraints.......

Usually the parts which serve them best or make them feel superior to others. So while you think it is unnatural for two people of the same sex to kiss and show love to one another, I feel it is more unnatural for heterosexuals to kill their offspring. Difference is I do not tell them how to live their lives nor do I tell the homosexuals. I chose instead to be proud of my American heritage, educate myself, support myself and travel the world embracing the diversity of all of God's creations and not to judge them. He (or she) asked that I leave that to him and died for me so I may.

Fair is fair, then: if you want gay people to stop any indication of their orientations in public, hold straight people to the same standard. Keeping in mind, of course, just how far some people are willing to go in declaring even the slightest thing, like holding someone's hand, referring to them as a partner, boyfriend, or whatever rather than denying any relation at all or deceptively just calling them a friend, etc to be "forcing their lifestyle on everyone," you'd have to avoid all that too.

John
Staging open, public shows of affection - gay or straight is a lifestlye choice or behavior and is offensive to some. Should humans be allowed to marry goats or sheep -- once again, are of God's creation. I don't agree with same-sex marriage as having equal legal status as marriage as sanctioned by law in the state in which I choose to live. If same sex partners prefer to live together, love together, build a life together, they should be allow to do so and as far as I undertand it that is lawful.
Rights are defined by the rule of law, custom, public policy, religious beliefs and common sense.

John, as a minister for 28 years I will love the sinner, but never the sin. I can not approve of or condone the gay lifestyle and anyone who lives this lifestyle is bound for eternal fire due to the lifestyle they live.

I dont share your beliefs, and will never "accept" gays, however I also am not a homophobe. I hate hearing about people mistreating gays. To me one sin is just as bad or even worse than the other. I do get mad at the gay rights groups and will fight them as long as they have a my rights supercede your rights attitude, but at the same time do not want to deny others equal rights. I dont have to accept gays to still love them and wish them to make it to heaven, and any christian with any other attitude about caring about them and them making it to heaven is dead wrong. There are many things that according to my beliefs are sin, and they are all wrong, should I hate each person that does them? No, I judge sin and hate sin, not the sinner. And since I am not perfect that includes myself. I hate my own sins, and try not to sin. That is how I feel towards gays personally. I conider them sinners who are loved by God just the same as myself and any other sinner. Gay rights groups are another story because they dont consider me to be worthy of having any rights at all so I am dead set against everything about them while they are that way. I have a good lesbian friend and one of my best friends is bi, and I would die for either of them in a heartbeat. Both know I dont believe it is right before God and accept me the way I am as I accept them.

Do you mean quit being gay? No - they can't, as it is not a choice. Do you mean quit working at Chick-fil-A? Why should they have to!

Yes I agree with Bob Mcdonalds is hiring.

Ralph, you’re an idiot!!! I have never heard of a goat or a sheep having the capability to say "I DO". My government should recognize my relationship just like it recognizes yours. I pay taxes just like you and I want the same respect as you have in your relationship and I’m tired of hearing how you heterosexuals have to protect the sanctity of marriage, you haven’t done a great job so far yourself in protecting it.
Robert

Bravo Robert M -- Well put. You should have the same rights, and I hope broadstream America is rapidly moving in that direction. I am deeply saddened and embarrassed that Chick Fil-A had a record turnout on Wednesday, here in Georgia. Please know that there are many many more Georgians who chose NOT to attend.

I am a young 16 gay/bi who works at chick-fil-a. I didn't hear anyone at our restaurant use queer or fag or say they hated gays. There were some them said they supported Dan and his stand on marriage. But I am sad that this has all started. I did have a few different lesbians yell at me in the parking lot.

You are a clear example of the close-minded bigots in the world. Being gay was never and will never be a choice. Its is as hated now as it was for African-Americans previously. I am an African-American and just as before, we wanted our rights, we fought for our rights and we voiced our opinions to the world. Seems exactly what most homosexuals are trying to do, but I guess African-Americans were "trying to force their lifestyle on everyone and that is their fault." I am not going to turn this into a racial debate, but many statements in your argument are truly flawed. God created humans how they are including homosexuality. There are over 150 species recorded in the world that engage in homosexual activities, but I guess the devil just tempted them too (sarcasm). I am so happy as a Christian that you are speaking on God's behalf. Lets think of it in your close-minded way, Homosexuality is a sin, so is lying, cheating, stealing, etc. Now, unless you have never sinned, which we all know is impossible, then you do not have the right to accuse a group of people based on their sexual orientation. Believe it or not there are gay Christians in the world, I know you probably wouldn't be able to comprehend how that is possible. You chose to be straight the day every homosexual chose to be gay, which was never. So many Christians use the bible to bash the rights of others and while doing so are completely oblivious to the sins they are committing themselves.

Magda. I get that you feel passionate about this subject and probably wrote without proofreading so I am going to give you a little wiggle room here. However, your message said we don't give you tolerence? That we take away your freedoms? Sit back and really think about that--you don't have to admit to anyone but yourself. Isn't it really the Gays who are not given tolerence and freedom? Would you want someone telling you who to love, how to love or where you can love at? Would you want someone telling you that your love does not matter? I think not. And for the record...I am not gay. Just a shocked middle aged white woman surprised to see all this hate. I keep thinking...it will eventually be our turn to be hated/judged. Do unto others Magda.....

So Brandon, I guess if homosexuals were created as homosexuals, then using your logic, I assume that Jerry Sandusky and Bishop Eddie Long really did no wrong by having or attempting to have sexual relations with boys. God created him to have a sexual interest in children. The periodic idiot who appears TV having been arrested for attempting to have sexual relations with the neighbors dog did no wrong. God created him to desire to have sexual relations with animals. The periodic case of incest is not wrong, because God created that person to desire to have sexual relations with their immediate relative. I guess that Kody and his Sister Wives are not doing anything wrong by choosing to live a polygamist lifestyle, because God created them to desire to live a polygamist lifestyle. I could go much further, such as the alcoholic, the drug addict, the prostitute, the mass murderer, everyone does no wrong and God no longer expects people to live by the basic moral standards as revealed in Scripture. Do you liberal Christians really stop, think and consider how absurd the logic of your arguments sound? And calling something sin as sin is not necessarily bashing something or someone. If that is the case, then Jesus Christ was the biggest sinner of all, when he told people to stop sinning.

Magda, you are misled. The old testament also said it was an abomination to eat shrimp, get tattoos, oh and it was also acceptable to have slaves. Christians destroyed so many cultures. Let's see. We destroyed the american indians. But hey, we gave them a reservation to live on right. Oh, and how about how white preachers in the 60s used to preach in the church on Sunday that integration was wrong. If you want to protect marriage then make it illegal to get a divorce.

Magda Lebel, when you have concrete evidence that your God exist, we can have an intelligent discussion. For the meantime, please open your mind to Science, so you have a better understanding on how we and our universe were created. The Bible was written by human beings in a time when they did not understand Biology, Geology and Astrology. OPEN YOUR MIND!!

As a Minister and head of a Nationwide Ministry, I will never nor will our Ministers perform a gay marriage nor will we be forced to change this policy. The Bible is clear and I live and work by the Word of God. Magda I agree with you.

Magda,

You are misinterpreting the bible.

God created all of us. Are we to assume because Jesus was single that he was gay or that because his conception with Mary was without sex (immaculate) that intercourse is wrong?

Are heterosexual people who choose to be "companionless" because they enjoy it somehow wrong? It seems to go against your interpretation of the bible.

God created the male and female body for procreation. Maybe everyone doesn't want to procreate. Maybe that was the plan. There is obviously to much of it going on because some countries limit it and others make it legal to destroy its result. (way more unnatural than kissing in front of a Chic-fil-a)

I sometimes am ashamed to be a Christian. Mr Cathy made me feel that way this past week. My God would have never excluded people and made them feel unworthy of existence or made them feel any less than what he purposefully created.

Magda I believe you would agree with me that there are to may homosexuals running around for God to have made that many mistakes.

I wish some Christians could separate themselves from thinking they are God. It ruins my religion and makes people hate us when God truly was all loving and all accepting.

Rick, you are missing the point. From everything I know, Chick-fil-A is a wonderful place to work, and they treat their employees great - including providing lots of college scholarships. A gay person has every right to work there and not be the subject of humiliation or discrimination just as an African-American or a Jew (Insert your own race or religion here) has the right to work there free from discrimination.
I happen to be Irish, and in my home I have a sign which was a prop in the movie "Driving Miss Daisy" which was set in, and filmed in Atlanta. The sign was hanging on the wall of the factory her son (played by Dan Ackroyd) owned. It was an actual sign of those times" "NO IRISH NEED APPLY".

What you are saying makes a point, and is indeed a valid statement, yet we don't know what situation these employees are in. There case could be that they don't really need this job to survive and are just earning extra money, or they are living paycheck after paycheck on a that small salary. So in the case of them having any financial trouble, also having your job not accept who you are makes it a little harder. By no means am I saying that they do not have the option to quit/resign, but there are many possible reasons of why they might still need the job. If I had to work to live like most people do, but my job wasn't o.k with a certain group of people that was relevant to me, I honestly don't know what I would do. Quitting might just be as hard as enduring and pushing forward. You have to see things from other's perspective, you shared your example but other people may have it harder or better than you. Either way these comments seem quite trivial noticing it won't really change the company, or the worker's decision.

There is no such thing as a perfect place to work. How is it reasonable, then, to demand that people either not complain about the parts they don't like, or that they quit over one thing the company does, without taking into consideration the whole picture? Most people who work in fast food (at least, at the level we're talking about here) do so because they cannot, at least for now, get anything "better," or because they need to work the odd hours. And by all accounts, as fast food goes, Chick-fil-a is overall far better to work for than most. The "closed Sundays" thing alone is a particularly big deal; even if you're not Christian (or are but don't go to church), in that line of work a set day off, much less one on a weekend, is otherwise virtually unheard of.

Looking for a job elsewhere may well be a good idea. Quitting without already having one lined up isn't. Sure, McDonald's, etc are "hiring," but that doesn't really mean much; only that they have an opening once in a while and like to keep a big stack of applications at hand.

Thank you, and sorry for the misconception. In no way was I trying to undermine females in any way. I was just defending a point.

Thank you.

That people present the need for ongoing procreation as a reason to oppose gay marriage (really, far more than that) in a world that's vastly overpopulated is amazing. Especially when they provide no plausible mechanism by which the issuance of civil marriage licenses would lower the birth rate.

You are correct, no one ever said life was easy, in fact everyone knows life is a difficult struggle. Despite whether things seem fine or not, a company should in no way leave a message that imposes they will not accept a group of people. Quitting in the mind of some people is never an option, where for others it is necessary. Assume some one is looking for a job, they notice a "Now hiring" sign, it has been months since their last job so they really need this one. After they learn more about the job they realize the viewpoints of the company and themselves conflict. Now this makes their decision to take the job even harder. Having any negative message discourages others of diverse backgrounds to apply for jobs they really need. Now I surely did not want to stray into the hypothetical situations, but people that are not the "average" American have it hard enough as it is, and everyone should feel openly accepted in the job they want to apply for, especially if they are qualified. Everyone has their hard times and things like this make it harder, but I guess I will save the pity party for later.

Saying that homosexuality is destroying traditional family values is simply outrageous. There are numerous "traditional" values that have been put down because they have been against equal rights. Being an African-American I can't see how my commented would have been offensive. If people can't see how the rights of African-Americans were relative to the conversation then they are not mature enough to enter the conversation. Not so long ago a black male could not marry a white woman, that has changed. Besides the point I think you might still have some personal growth to go through. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, so I surely respect yours. Yet people do not choose to be homosexual. Because if for a second you believed that homosexuality was not a choice, your whole argument would be severely flawed. Animals in nature run on instinct, some engage heterosexual activities others homosexual. The evidence is undisputed, yet people are tunnel visions can never and will never see the full picture. I am a homosexual African-American Christian and I'm proud of who I am. Obviously your viewpoint will not change and neither will mine. I believe a homosexual has the same chance to go to heaven as a heterosexual does, and I also believe EVERYONE should be treated equally. Saying homosexuals are trying to destroy family values is like saying me eating a doughnut is destroying a diet's values. In no way am I or any other homosexual are trying to hypothetically force feed our values.

I agree with you. I am fully in favor of protecting our Constitutional rights and that is why I want ChickfilA's protected. I have read more on this and do not think the politicians in Boston should be allowed to keep the company from doing business there. This is a very dangerous move and cannot be taken lightly. What's next? Companies should not be banned from communities because of what they believe as long as they are not hurting anyone. It seems like the only group getting discriminated against are the conservative Christians these days and if we don't come together and protect our rights we will lose them. Do you know that they are trying to regulate what a pastor can teach from the pulpit? What happened to separation of church and state? It exists when they want to take prayer out of schools as well as all mention of God, but not to protect the church. I homeschool my children so that I can raise them with my values and prepare them for what they will face as adults. I agree that is our responsibility as parents. I also agree that what homosexuals do does not harm me either, I just don't like that they are trying to impose their beliefs on all of society. I sent a reply to Bandon with more detail on the subject.

Who ever said that? Think you clicked on the wrong post.

I hate to disagree with you, but I believe you are way off base here. The Constitution says that the Federal government will make no law establishing a church. In fact, Massachusetts had a state church at the time of the Revolution. That amendment applies only to the government imposing its will on the people, not private business. If a private business wants everyone walking through the door to carry a bible, that is their business. If you don't like it you have the FREEDOM to go somewhere else. I believe many of the employment laws are discriminatory by making business' hire people they find incompatible with their beliefs.

"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782

We are a diverse nation, you don't have to get along with everybody, nor do you have the right NOT to be offended. Be nice, be respectful of differences (even if you disapprove of their choices/lifestyle) and let people pursue their own happiness (don't make me provide it because I own a business). Respectfully yours

Ed,
For the record many of our laws and government actions are based upon the Bible and Judeo/Christian values. You can merely look at a dollar bill or a quarter and figure that out.

"...acting in th every same manner as those they dislike..."
I guess over fifty years of persecution will do that to a person ... And let's face it, the scorched earth policy was invented by non-gay Newt Gingerich

There was nothing hateful when I made this comment, at least...

uhm ... the answer would be --- a proper civil union with the benefits and protections under the law that “all you regular married peoples have” ...

you wont find that on “the patch” but t’s a simple google search away --- keep on thinking there, 'bob'...

I will marry a woman the day that you "choose" to enter into a relationship with another man.

I think you're having problems with your comprehension skills, or lack there of. They, gays, are free to marry a member of the opposite sex, as am I. They are not free to marry a member of the same sex. Nor am I. You have epically failed.

now, what about my (ahem) comprehension skills are having a problem, ‘bob’?
it seems to me you have defined the current problem that persists in all but eight states ... wow, it’s almost like you’re on the side of the gay movement now...! thats great ... ‘bob’ is now on the right side of history

The great thing is that it doesn't matter to me what appeals to you. I don't need your approval for anything.

You know, 'bob' ...
It is said "ignorance is blessed" and you surely have a reaping of blessing ...
Now go on with yourself, the Wrong Side of History is calling you ...
"cheers"

But you are afforded the exact same rights that alll Americans enjoy. I don't care if you go away or not, just leave us alone. More than likely your lifestyle will catch up with you eventually.

Again, tell me what right I have that you don't.

wow ... ‘bob’ ... ya got a mind like a steel bear trap, ya sure do... (LoL)

Actually I am highly educated, “bob” ... how else would I be able to produce all these snarky comments that bother you so...?
and I suggest you and "the bishop" get comfortable with the 14th Amendment ... thats what will be used to overturn all of the hateful state laws against gay marriage and it will wash over the land like rainbow of skittles while your ilk cower in the dark corners of hate... “baa-baa” now ...

Ray, you show just how educated you really are with your snyde comments and your attempt to proport that Gays will win. As long as I have breath in my body and I represent a large number of Godly men who stand against the same sex marriage fight, we will win because "Traditional Marriage will over-ride gay marriage any time simply for the reason that we can produce with our wives natural children who will carry on our fight and yet gay couples can not have children naturally at least men can't give birth to babies and I don't see that happening any time in the future. God's Word is clear on this issue.

1 Cor 6:9-10

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

The bible is clear, the Wages of Sin is Death and unless you the homosexual repent and turn from your Deviant lifestyle, then the Gift from God will not be Eternal Life.

Lev: 20:13

If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

I am simply telling you that our National Ministry will never condone, or support Gay Marriage. Nor will we ever perform a same sex marriage as long as I am the Senior Bishop.

as the Adam West version of Batman used to say:
“Poor deluded fool...”

Well said Bishop, but I fear your argument falls on deaf ears. Ray is a raging radical homosexual that refuses to allow anyone that is contrary to his perverted beliefs get through his deluded beliefs. He will answer to a higer power one day.

Bishop.Harry

Just because a man is gay does not mean he can not impregnate women. So your argument that you with your wives will create bigoted children to take over the world is a false argument. Since God made gay men more genetically prone to look after themselves and go to the gym, your wives are more attractive to them.

I am teaching my children to love all people. Become who God made them to be gay or straight. Enjoy life and stay away from Christians who pro port to be God loving and act exactly the opposite of what God would have done. Instead be a Christian who doesn't judge and loves all.

And some of you should thank Budweiser everyday that your wife would ever have sex with you at all.

As for the argument above.....heterosexual men are far more disproportionately the aggressors in sex crimes both on children and women.

When you have no valid argument. Name calling and words like disease ridden crop up.. glad the Christians are here to carry on God's word.

oh PUH-Leeeeeze.... "bishop" ...
Leviticus? you make roll with laughter …
when is the last time you had shrimp or lobster?

get your head out of the past and that decrepit book of fables…

Name calling by someone that says they are a bishop. HA! How loving. God must really be proud of you! My dog is closer to being a bishop than you.
After reading all of these comments, this is what I took from it. Most of the people that said they were a Christian just in passing were loving and not judging. The ones that were screaming I AM A CHRISTIAN, I am up holding Gods belief were anything but loving and extremely judgmental. So the know it all Christians were doing anything but up holding the true Christian beliefs. HMMM
The Bible has been and always will be up to an individuals own interpretations.
That doesn't make one more right than the other. Just as Christianity is not the only religion. So it does not make it more right than any other religion. Believe or not believe whatever you want. It is not ANYONE'S right to push their beliefs on others. The sooner some of you realize this the better off we all will be.

Btw, Harry, I know your secret. Bishop is your last name. So stop pretending to be something you are not, a bishop or a Christian.

Very well said. We live in a day like Sodom and Gomorrah and people want to justify their sins. Gays call themselves Christians, but want to continue in their sins. As I see on here, they twist the Word of God to justify it. How can anyone suggest that Jesus was gay. He was perfect, and totally free from all sin. He is our example. Anyone who suggests anything else is clearly deceived and not a Christian/follower of Christ. I admit I have sin in my life, as do all people, but I recognize it as such and repent, and ask God to help me. There are some great scriptures on this discussion that make it very clear how God feels. The people on here do not want to hear the truth. It's the Truth that sets you free and they are not willing to give up the sin and walk in freedom. You can't change until you recognize your need to change. At that point God will meet you and help. I too, will stand for traditional family values as long as I'm on this earth and am teaching them to all of my children. That means five more warriors for the kingdom of God.

"… That means five more warriors for the kingdom of God …"
Gasp --- five kids? Ever hear of overpopulation? You must be one tired babymaker!

But --- You realize, of course, that statistics show that 1.75 percent of your offspring will turn out to be gay … so much for the warriors theory …? LoL at you...

Thank you Bishop, You say more about yourself than I ever could.

"I fish with red worms every Saturday…"
fishing, huh? hmmmmm… what else are you doing with those wormies, hhmmmmm?

"I pray that with your rederick we don't see many souls lost…"
I pray that with your redNECK that we don't see ANY souls listening to your crazy yakking…
now go on… I hear the Wrong Side of History calling you…

Magda,
that's a great story about "Lot and his daughters" …
do you know the one about the "The Princess and the Pea" or "Three Little Pigs" or "The Lion and the Mouse" ?

Please continue to regal us with fairy tales on this thread…

For a basic stance on preserving traditional marriage, try this: “As reported in Salvo magazine, “what’s in contention is whether the government should force everyone to recognize such “marriages.” Far from being a liberating thing, the forced recognition of same-sex “marriage” is a governmental intrusion of monumental proportions.”
“Same-sex couples, or any other combination of people, animals, and inanimate objects, can and do “marry” in this way. What the law in most states currently does not do, however, is force third parties—individuals, businesses, institutions, and so on—to recognize these “marriages” and treat them as if they were exactly the same as traditional marriages.
Freedom of choice is precisely what the advocates of same-sex “marriage” want to destroy; they want to use the government’s power to force everyone to recognize same-sex unions as marriages whether they want to or not.
The effects of such coercion have already been felt in some places. Adoption agencies, for example, like any other organization, ought to be able to choose whether to give children to same-sex couples, or not. But in Massachusetts, where same-sex “marriage” has been declared legal, these agencies have been forced to accept applications from same-sex couples or go out of business (of helping the innocent, unfortunate, orphans).”

Christians and social conservatives have looked and acted weird, intolerant, sex-obsessed, or just plain mean since the days when Georgia’s own Newt Gingrich “ran” the republican party ...
The Cathy family just makes them look worse...
and if you 'helped them run out of food' --- one wonder just how much you consumed ... gasp!

John, I'm just going out on a limb here, but re-marriage in the Catholic church is dominated by opposite sex participants. And the government isn't forcing the Catholic church to recognize this re-marriage, it's their option. Also, I don't see this as a campaign against gay marriage. It is an effort to maintain the definition, interpretation and purpose of the Biblical traditional marriage. Your name sounds familiar but I can't place you.

Gasp again, “Phillip” ...
I have many, Many, MANY reasons to believe that republicans are crazy and the reasons have been piling up over the years ...
so Gasp right back at ya again...

That is disappointing, Ray...
I’ve been following this thread for the last few days and Your comments have always been much more “cool” than this one...
Losing your touch?

John, I've never worked fast food but my brother did--I recall him managing Tasty Freeze stores though, one may have been in Commerce.

OK. My feelings about "the gay workers” at Chick fil A are the same as for the "non-gay workers". I go to the restaurant chain because it consistently provides me with what I want to buy in the atmosphere where I want to buy it in. The employees are well-trained, courteous, efficient and generally pleasant people to interact with. The gay employees quoted in this story told accounts of their interactions with a miniscule percentage of what I would call atypical customers. Some of those customers are likely unpleasant, rude and/or insensitive wherever they choose to go, and this fabricated outrage scenario was apparently a convenient outlet for them to display their character flaws. I imagine nearly all of the employees handled similar situations with the grace, patience and dignity that Rachel at the Tucson store, when accosted by customer Adam Smith, demonstrated.