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Business as Usual ... So Far ... at Suwanee Chick-fil-A on Aug. 3
A manager said police have been briefed on the situation to prevent potential problems.
It was more about illiterate cows and customers during the midday lunch session Friday, Aug. 3, at a Suwanee Chick-fil-A store.
Still, the latest round in the political and lifestyle controversy surrounding the restaurant company had company officials on guard.
Jim Woodard, a manager at the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Moore Road at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, said Friday that he had discussed the situation with Suwanee Poiice, to be sure things do not get out of hand.
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"Just so they (police) are aware of what's going on," Woodard said.
The situation, of course, is the so-called Same Sex Kiss Day that was proclaimed for Friday, Aug. 3, by a gay/lesbian advocacy group. This was to answer for Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day on Aug. 1, proclaimed by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
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Both events were outgrowths of a controversy that ensued after a statement by Chick-fil-A executive Dan Cathy in a Baptist publication. In the interview, Cathy said the company was "guilty as charged" of supporting the biblical definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
On Wednesday, the company had.
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