Thousands of same-sex couples across the country on Friday gathered outside Chick-fil-A restaurants for a “kiss-in,” just two days after the company reportedly set a sales record when customers flocked to the restaurants to show support for the fast-food chain president’s opposition to gay marriage.
The debacle ignited last month when Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy, in an interview with the Baptist Press, said his company backed “the biblical definition of a family,” and in a follow-up statement said that same-sex marriage is “inviting God’s judgment on our nation.”
The “kiss-in” demonstrations on Friday came just two days after former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister and Fox News pundit, declared Wednesday a Chick-fil-A “appreciation day.”
Some images from Friday’s demonstrations:
Chick-fil-A has come under fire from LGBT activists and advocacy groups since it was first reported last November that the company has donated millions of dollars to anti-gay organizations, hate groups, and organizations that advocate for reparative therapy.
When questioned about the donations, Cathy replied, “Guilty as charged.”
More images from the “kiss-in” demonstrations are here →
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So stupid!!
like times 10,000,000. or more.
just get over it e cant every one on our side ppl can feel how they want to just dont spend ur money there easy as that
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bring the gays out!!
I want to say its obnoxious. Cause it is. But then I want to say its like, well fuck you guys this is love. I cant really find the middle ground here. But tbh I wouldn’t want to be kissing my love in front of that place.
It’s not just about not eating there.. They are making a point. I love how people like these restaurant chains, can voice their opinions all they want- but if someone objects- They need to get over it, and move on. SORRY! But Freedom of Speech goes both ways- it is not just entitled for one specific group of people. Brush up on the law, before you make negative remarks! Thanks!
chick-fil-A sounds like a stupid name……..I would put behind the A, two S’s (Chick-fil-Ass)…sounds gay to me, lololol
good for them! show those chickens what’s up!
It ain’t about freedom of speech, it’s about a business funding genocide.
Love is love and the lonely and arrogant will forever be alone.
Very sad how a place with such a good product can do this.
I’m not happy with the actions either side had gone through with. I think we should BLACKOUT chikfila. No mention of them… never again is ideal but at least for 24 hours.
These are SO frieking CUUUTE! Keep ‘em going!!! <3
I’m loving all these pictures!
So freaking cute and so going to knock gay people down a peg in our fight for equality.
This might be hot.
There is a difference between freedom of speech and stupidity. Grow up people and stop going down to there level. Me and my partner are just as upset about the whole ordeal but we are not going to prance around in public and act ignorant. Seriously. Get a life.
This does nothing, but make us look immature.
And what good is this going to do? What’s the point here? I don’t understand what the goal is, because this isn’t going to change anyone’s minds or beliefs. If anything, it’s just going to annoy people and push them further in the direction that they are already going.
I was very disappointed in the Tk area. only One’s i seen there was my friend and her wife
WHAT EVER FLICKS THERE BIC, I’M HAPPY FOR THEM, I DONT LIKE CHICK -FIL -A FOOD, IT SUCK.
Everyone just go support your local Starbucks on Tuesday, August 7th. To support marriage equality and family values that include ALL families!!!!!
I think this is nasty, but everyone has their own opinion
Why is it nasty, shona????
Why is it nasty, shona?
Shona, you can imagine how we feel when we see “breeders” kissing on TV, the Movies, in the streets, at work, etc. OMG, yuck!
To each his own!
Kissing in itself is nasty. Sex is really nasty if you think about in a certain way. That’s why we have showers and mouthwash.
Maybe that’s why its so fun then :)
1 there is always a point especaly when its a buissness known to fund anti everything they need to stop doing that, 2 people have a right to stand up against oppression and segrigation wich is what these right wing wankers are funding 3 LGBT and whoever else fits under or in that umberella are takeing a well needed stand for our rights as humans and not second class citizens or treated like shit
I’m 100% in support of love. However most of the LGBT people that I know don’t have a Chick-fil-A anywhere nearby. I would prefer to see people doing something positive, like supporting Starbucks and Target and JCPenney and all the other corporations that have supported LGBT or that have used gay couples in their ads or had gay spokespeople. I love all of the awesome pics, but I think Chick-fil-A has gotten enough free publicity.
Umm, where’s the dis-like button? In my opinion this is falling to a level that we are above,and, furthermore I wouldn’t give them the honor. They will answer to the group views in due time.
we would kiss every gay in the city if we could ! <3 Bear Dyke!
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
- Albert Einstein
Let the bigits show their true colors with the hateful rhetoric…way to go LGBT! Perfect!
http://www.causes.com/causes/599913-lgbt-rights/actions/1592817
I am so delighted that Chick-fil-A stood up to being bullied. Not just that, had the decency to hand out free water to those intolerant of their views. It is refreshing to see an American stand up for a belief and not be beaten into silence by thuggery. Tolerance is no longer enough, now approval is demanded. Excuse me? It cuts both ways.
To those people calling this childish, immature and stupid, or a variant thereof – you’re apathy is one of the things that’s allowing this to continue to happen. This is not as simple as not spending our money there – this is about standing up for our very right to exist. Since Cathy funnels the money into organizations that want us killed or reprogrammed.
Also, if you are continuing to call it a ‘lifestyle’ can you please check your homophobia at the door? I’m getting a little tired of you folk. Being queer is no more a lifestyle then being straight is. Lifestyle infers choice, and although I won’t deny there are queer folk out there that will claim for them it’s a choice, and I will support them in that, for most of us, we don’t think or feel it is.
@Lorraine Pace – there’s no way to sugar coat this. You’re a fool. You’re calling us, and these protesters bullies, when it’s queer kids, or kids that are perceived to be queer by their peers that are taking their lives. When it’s Cathy funneling his money into groups that want us killed.
You say that tolerance is no longer enough, and I will agree with that, it’s not. But it insinuates that this company is tolerant. Which at no level here have we seen any sort of tolerance. Had they been tolerant, or even indifferent too gays none of this would have happened. None of us would be standing up to be heard and counted by a group that wants to silence us. Permanently.
Finally, although I respect Cathy’s right to spend his money where he wants and to say what he wants. I do not have to respect where he spends it and what he says. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences and I hope that this means in the long run, that Chick-Fil-A goes down for this. I do not, and will not, respect the fact that with the way he’s spending his money he’s telling me he wants me dead.