FlashHarry: once again, i love, love, LOVE that conservatives can't leave shiat alone. they could have let this story die, but they are physically unable to. they MUST have the last word, even if it means parsing it in an extremely, ahem, clintonian way.

KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS, CONSERVATIVES. IT CAN ONLY HELP YOUR CAUSE.

I did not have sexual relations with that chicken.

Like that?

That Chick-Fil-A - you didn't build it.
Somebody else did it for you.

Because the Ancient Hebrews were trying to establish a society by pumping out a greater population so that they could both grow as quickly as possible and defend themselves from local enemies, actually a "traditional marriage" in the Old Testament sense involves me banging like three or four wives except for when I kick them out of the house when they're menstruating.

So yeah, that's a pretty sweet deal for me.

Cathy wasn't asked specifically asked about gay marriage nor did he say anything about it

From the original article:

Some have opposed the company's support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position.

"We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.

Yeah, I can't imagine what they were talking about. "Traditional family?" That could mean ANYTHING.
If you say there is opposition to that support, I can't imagine who might be involved.



"We don't claim to be a Christian business," Cathy told the Biblical Recorder in a recent visit to North Carolina. He attended a business leadership conference many years ago where he heard Christian businessman Fred Roach say, "There is no such thing as a Christian business."

...

"In that spirit ... [Christianity] is about a personal relationship. Companies are not lost or saved, but certainly individuals are," Cathy added. "But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles. So that is what we claim to be. [We are] based on biblical principles, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us."

...

The company invests in Christian growth and ministry through its WinShape Foundation.

They aren't a Christian company - the company is just run on "biblical principles," they ask God for help with partnerships they have (and apparently he gives it - thus 'He has blessed us') and just happens to invest in Christian ministry.

:facepalm:

Note to the Weekly Standard: the Ninth Commandment applies to you as well.

So the game plan is to hold their hand one inch away from face and say "I'm not touching you!" like my brother used to do. When he was 7.

/goes well with Mitt's "I'm rubber, you're glue" strategy

Nadie_AZ: Jackson Herring: Nadie_AZ: My opinion of the site fell when I saw this:

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that ad has been showing up on fark too so...

That's depressing.

I was wondering if anyone else had seen that. It's driving me nuts; I want to read Fark, but I can't stand looking at that guy. Maybe I just need need to take a break, for a few days...

EnviroDude: Media makes shiat up to paint negative pictures of conservatives? Say it ain't so.

it was Romney's campaign who edited the quote

We say "love your brother"

Well, we don't literally say it.

We don't literally mean it.

/how much more bigoted could it be? none. none more bigoted.

randomjsa: That's not much better but really, if you know anything at all about the press, and about liberals, and particularly when you combine the two.

So the statement had to be taken and twisted

Those liberals at FreeRepublic have "twisted" his words too!

Some have opposed the company's support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position.

"We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.

"We operate as a family business ... our restaurants are typically led by families; some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that," Cathy emphasized.

"We intend to stay the course," he said. "We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles."
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I love Chick-fil-A. Who else in business does it quite like the Chicks restaurants. "Guilty as charged!" Awesome.
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One is opening in my town next month, so I'll finally get a chance to patronize their store.
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Bring back the Blue Law...
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God Bless Mr. Cathy!

I really wish I liked their food. I may just have to try harder.

Love the company and their ideals and courage and honesty, though.
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While already a fan of Chick-fil-A, we'll now go out of our way to patronize this restaurant!
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This is how our institutions and leaders must respond. No mincing words or parsing meanings. No shading truth or inclusive language. Straight-up and out front, baby!

Way to go Chcik-fil-A!

"We don't claim to be a Christian business," Cathy told the Biblical Recorder in a recent visit to North Carolina

Then why are you closed on Sunday?

Yes, how dare the LIEberal Mainstream MSM Media make our Perfect Patriotic Heroes of God's Own Right look like braindead, bigoted, terminally inbred jackholes by directly quoting them with full context.

This post could apply to about 3/4 of the threads on this tab, but I'm putting it here for now.

rufus-t-firefly: Cathy wasn't asked specifically asked about gay marriage nor did he say anything about it

From the original article:

Some have opposed the company's support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position.

"We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.

Yeah, I can't imagine what they were talking about. "Traditional family?" That could mean ANYTHING.
If you say there is opposition to that support, I can't imagine who might be involved.



"We don't claim to be a Christian business," Cathy told the Biblical Recorder in a recent visit to North Carolina. He attended a business leadership conference many years ago where he heard Christian businessman Fred Roach say, "There is no such thing as a Christian business."

...

"In that spirit ... [Christianity] is about a personal relationship. Companies are not lost or saved, but certainly individuals are," Cathy added. "But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles. So that is what we claim to be. [We are] based on biblical principles, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us."

...

The company invests in Christian growth and ministry through its WinShape Foundation.

They aren't a Christian company - the company is just run on "biblical principles," they ask God for help with partnerships they have (and apparently he gives it - thus 'He has blessed us') and just happens to invest in Christian ministry.

:facepalm:

Note to the Weekly Standard: the Ninth Commandment applies to you as well.

Why, it's almost as if he's saying corporations aren't people.

I wonder what will do more damage to society gay marriage or the health problems caused by fast food.

Pocket Ninja: I'll just leave this here: Link

I'll add this:

"It's very clear in Romans chapter 1, if we look at society today, we see all the twisted up kind of stuff that's going on. Washington trying to redefine the definition of marriage and all the other kinds of things that we go-if you go upstream from that, in Romans chapter 1, you will see that because we have not acknowledged God and because we have not thanked God, that we have been left victim to the foolishness of our own thoughts, and as result, we are suffering the consequences of a society and culture who has not acknowledged God or not thanked God-he's left us to a deprived mind. It's tragic and we live in a culture of that today.""
- Dan Cathy

"...I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say '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 have the audacity to define what marriage is about"
-Dan Cathy

He didn't mention same-sex marriage, so obviously he isn't talking about same-sex marriage.

Maybe he's just angry that we "redefined" marriage when we legalized interracial marriage and waited until recently to bring it up.

Amazing how fast the pious backpedal and dissemble when they find their worldly goods threatened by the social response to the things they say.

randomjsa: So the statement had to be taken and twisted until it became some fire breathing homophobic rant against homosexuals for two reasons

Says the guy who twists Obama's statement to mean he hates small business.

torr5962: What horseshiat. Write a story when a gay employee is refused hire. CNN is acting like this guy is Kirk Cameron and Tim Hardaway wrapped into one.

I just know I am gonna tear up some waffle fries in about an hour.

If you're OK with your money going to anti-equality groups, then that's fine.

AkaDad: randomjsa: So the statement had to be taken and twisted until it became some fire breathing homophobic rant against homosexuals for two reasons

Says the guy who twists Obama's statement to mean he hates small business.

Speaking of which...

randomjsa:...the statement ... became some fire breathing homophobic rant against homosexuals...It was the perfect chance

So, Dan Cathy took that perfect opportunity and turned a simple interview into a homophobic rant?

Surprised to see randomjsa making that argument.

So he did say that.

fark off submitter

I support the traditional relationship between the toe of my shoe and the guy who wrote that article's ass.

I'm not saying I want to kick him in the ass. I'm just saying I support that traditional relationship to the exclusion of all others.

rufus-t-firefly: "We don't claim to be a Christian business," Cathy told the Biblical Recorder in a recent visit to North Carolina. He attended a business leadership conference many years ago where he heard Christian businessman Fred Roach say, "There is no such thing as a Christian business."

They aren't a Christian company - the company is just run on "biblical principles," they ask God for help with partnerships they have (and apparently he gives it - thus 'He has blessed us') and just happens to invest in Christian ministry.

I'll defend him on this point only. The full quote makes it clear that he doesn't buy Romney's corporations-are-people-my-friends bullshiat:

"He attended a business leadership conference many years ago where he heard Christian businessman Fred Roach say, "There is no such thing as a Christian business."

"That got my attention," Cathy said. Roach went on to say, "Christ never died for a corporation. He died for you and me."

Epoch_Zero: keylock71: What does the bible say about feeding chickens steroids?

"Though it be fine enough for the son of God, our LORD, even it be fit for thine feathered creatures. Go forth, and consume His well-toned breasts." Fingerlickens 4:55
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I've always wondered why the iconic Christian image is a skinny, victimized man.

I'm aware of the usual explanation of Christ dying for our sins, and all, but the take-away image is still a crucified Jesus not a mighty resurrected Jesus rolling the boulder away from his tomb. Why the emphasis on victimhood?

*clicks link*
*sees alert: "This domain is controlled by the Murdoch Family."*
*Safely disregards entire article*

/Love that Firefox plugin

Cyberluddite: KEEP
FUUKKIN THAT
CHIKIN




This +1 was on your Daddy's wrist when he was shot down over Hanoi. He was captured, put in a Vietnamese prison camp. He knew if the gooks ever saw the +1 it'd be confiscated, taken away. The way your Dad looked at it, that +1 was your birthright. He'd be damned if any slopes were gonna put their greasy yella hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something.

His ass.

Five long years, he wore this +1... up his ass. Then he died of dysentery, he gave me the +1. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of +1 up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, Cyberluddite, I give the +1 to you.

Trayal: /Love that Firefox plugin

Wait, what plugin is that? Does it have a Chrome version?

djkutch: Lying liars lying.

wtf, you'd figure they would just keep it short and sweet and not mention any details instead of lying about it.

Fluorescent Testicle: Wait, what plugin is that? Does it have a Chrome version?

It's called Murdoch Alert - I don't use Chrome, so don't know if there is a Chrome equivalent or not. If it exists, it shouldn't be difficult to find.

Headso: djkutch: Lying liars lying.

wtf, you'd figure they would just keep it short and sweet and not mention any details instead of lying about it.

That's one of those 'Christian values' they run their business by.

Ctrl-Alt-Del: Cyberluddite: KEEP
FUUKKIN THAT
CHIKIN


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This +1 was on your Daddy's wrist when he was shot down over Hanoi. He was captured, put in a Vietnamese prison camp. He knew if the gooks ever saw the +1 it'd be confiscated, taken away. The way your Dad looked at it, that +1 was your birthright. He'd be damned if any slopes were gonna put their greasy yella hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something.

His ass.

Five long years, he wore this +1... up his ass. Then he died of dysentery, he gave me the +1. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of +1 up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, Cyberluddite, I give the +1 to you.

I chortled

If you have never or rarely frequented the establishment then your "boycott" is full of fail. I don't got to a fast food joint because of their positions on issues so I won't not go to one because of them either.

kingoomieiii: FlashHarry: so, we have three options:

1) he said it and meant it
2) he didn't say it and supports gay marriage
3) he didn't say it explicitly, but he implied it and is too much of a pussy to own up to it

4) The context of the quote wasn't literally, explicitly "gay marriage", but the phrase "We support the biblical idea of marriage" mean, with a perfect 100% overlap, "I am opposed to gay marriage", so that's what the fark he meant anyway

Regardless, there was no condemning. Saying you don't support something isn't a condemnation.

djkutch: Lying liars lying.

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... wow, farking seriously?

If you are going to spout off a controversial political or religious opinion don't be surprised when people don't agree with you and don't want you associated with them. He can absolutely say and believe anything he likes he just is not protected against the consequences of that speech in the public arena.