Go Chick-Fil-A!

For those of you who haven't heard/read or aren't aware of the news, Chick-Fil-A and it's CEO Dan Cathy have come under attack after the latter publicly gave his opinion on gay marriage saying:

"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 want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that."

This caused a national uproar and the company has since been under fire, with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel even planning on preventing Chick-Fil-A from expanding in their respective cities. And this is is the sad part of the drama. Why crucify a man for being honest? It's okay for other corporations such as Starbucks to publicly support gay marriage but it's "bigotry" when Chick-Fil-A has the opposite stance? I personally don't have anything against gay people. In fact, I've always had gay friends and they're usually always the ones who give me a good laugh. I have yet to meet a homosexual male who is not funny. But it's another story when someone's freedom of speech is threatened. Can someone not speak his mind without the disagreers crying out loud? Just like everyone else, Dan Cathy is entitled to his own opinion and belief. If you don't agree with him and don't want to support his business, then don't eat at Chick-Fil-A. No need for war.

To show our support for Dan Cathy and his company, Brandon and I attended the Chick-Fil-A appreciation day which was today, August 1st. Earlier that day, the one closest to where we live had crazy long lines, both inside and at the drive-through. We waited to go there until 7 hoping it already slowed down, but nope, it was still packed.

Inside, it was like there was a Justin Bieber concert going on, except that the store was full of oldies who were friendly and courteous, instead of screaming teenagers.

And outside, there was a non-stop flow of cars at the drive-through.

What surprised us was that we got our sandwiches faster than we expected, in about 20 minutes or so. We were expecting to wait for at least half an hour. Kudos to the Chick-Fil-A staff for the great service despite the probably hundred times more pressure for them that day!

Spicy chicken sandwich, mmm...