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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day draws huge crowds in Rockwall
There are rumors of a “kiss-in” at Chick-fil-A locations around the country on Friday by gay, lesbian, and transgender supporters.
Photo by J.J. Smith
The line was long outside Chick-fil-A in Rockwall on Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.
Did all 38,000 Rockwall citizens eat at Chick-fil-A for breakfast and lunch today to show their support for traditional marriage and the right to free speech without retaliation? It sure seemed like it.
Located at 2835 Ridge Rd. in Rockwall, the Chick-fil-A franchise owned by Tim and Melissa Moseley drew huge crowds for breakfast and lunch.
There was standing-room-only inside the restaurant at 10:30 a.m., with a long line of about 30 people outside waiting to get it in and holding umbrellas at 12:30 p.m.
About 40 cars were in line waiting for drive-through service, stretching all the way around to Lakeside Bank and behind Chick-fil-A. About 50 more cars were parked in the Target parking lot of people walking to and from the restaurant.
Moseley said business was much better than usual this morning, and extra staff had been called in to serve customers throughout the day. He said he and his family decided to return early from vacation when they heard about the event.
“We appreciate all of our customers from the Rockwall area so very much,” he said. “Business is normally very good every day. It is even better, so far today. We try to serve all of our customers with respect and courtesy. We were a little surprised when we first heard about all of this and decided to return early from vacation.”
Rockwall residents Cristy Ayala Feimster and Eleni Kaperonis said they were eating at Chick-fil-A today to show their support for traditional marriage, Christian values, and the right to free speech.
“We eat there several times a week. We support their Christian values and their delicious chicken nuggets,” said Feimster, an art teacher and the married mother of one little boy.
“It is refreshing to walk into a fast food establishment and be welcomed by people with warm smiles and personable dispositions," Kaperonis said. "As a family, we are able to relax and enjoy our meals. The restaurant is clean and so is the music played over the PA. Christian or not, who wouldn’t appreciate that kind of business? Chick-fil-A is a class act in my opinion!”
Kaperonis is married and works as a recruiter. She said she believes in traditional marriage and believes we should stand up for our values.
The event is being hosted at the suggestion of talk show host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to support the owners of the popular fast-food chicken chain after they were criticized and attacked last week by gay marriage supporters.
CEO Dan Cathay had told a reporter that Chick-fil-A is a Christian business that treats everyone with respect but supports traditional marriage. After that statement was reported, the Mayors of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other elected officials nationwide said the restaurant is not welcome in their cities.
“I have been incensed at the vitriolic assaults on the Chick Fil-A company because the CEO, Dan Cathy, made comments recently in which he affirmed his view that the Biblical view of marriage should be upheld,” wrote Huckabee, on his event Facebook page.
“The Cathy family, led by Chick Fil-A founder Truett Cathy, are a wonderful Christian family who are committed to operating the company with Biblical principles and whose story is the true American success story. Starting at age 46, Truett Cathy built Chick Fil-A into a $4 billion a year enterprise with over 1,600 stores. At 91, he is still active in the company, but his son Dan runs it day to day as CEO. It’s a great American story that is being smeared by vicious hate speech and intolerant bigotry from the left.”
There are rumors of a “kiss-in” at Chick-fil-A locations around the country on Friday by gay, lesbian, and transgender supporters to protest Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. No word yet if Rockwall is being targeted.
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This won't hold up in Federal Court. The Constitution is clear - separation of church and state. S
esther925, anonymous:
"No word if Rockwall is being targeted"? You make it sound like a crime is being plotted. Shame on you.
Personally I wouldn't want to kiss anyone in a place that is so full of hate and bigotry. If the people who showed up today REALLY are there for a stand of freedoms, then they ought to think about extending those freedoms to their fellow humans.
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BrandonR, anonymous:
I'll never get the hypocracy of Christians. It's fine for them to lambast homosexuals all day long and rationalize it with Bible verses but when the left points out such bigotry, it's an attack on their freedom of speech and personal liberties. Huh?
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terrireader, anonymous:
I live 5 minutes from the Rockwall chick-fil-a and drove past it twice today, once at approx 1:00 PM and again 30 minutes later. No crowd, no line, this story is bogus.
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Russ Vandeveerdonk, verified:
I know there is lots of news,...but not even a mention of August 2, 1985, 137 people died at DFW Airport on Delta Flight 191? One of the three biggest DFW news stories in history here,...27 years ago today marks the anniversary. Just venting,...should have done something today to commemorate that event which I was a huge part of,.....................
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
I support the 1st Amemdment and despise politicans and activists who are intolerant towards it.
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damn yankee, anonymous:
I support your right to misspell "Amendment".
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razorphreak, anonymous:
"I'll never get the hypocracy of Christians. It's fine for them to lambast homosexuals all day long and rationalize it with Bible verses but when the left points out such bigotry, it's an attack on their freedom of speech and personal liberties. Huh? "
Yea...the hypocrisy of Christians. Never mind the hypocrisy of non-Christians who hate on Christians for what they call "hate." Don't see the bigotry in that?
I don't mean to throw out the fallacy but still, this has been a complete non-issue since at no time has the BUSINESS of Chick-fil-a ever been discriminatory, have their practices been discriminatory, nor have they ever once been accused of anything even remotely discriminatory. And thanks in part to other overreactions towards the CEO's opinion, yesterday was a bigger non-issue than the first. I guess we'll throw tomorrow in as another non-issue as well...
What a world we live in where your opinion can no longer be shared freely because of who might disagree.
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John Turner-McClelland, verified:
It is hate when profits are donated to organizations who actively lobby the federal government to not condemn a Ugandan law that calls for the execution of homosexuals, tries to "pray away the gay" with unscientific bs, etc etc.
Or as the ignorant right wingers who ate their yesterday call it -- "free speech and just an opinion".
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Jason Rice, verified:
But today is neither "Chicken for God Day" nor "Kiss Somebody In Front of Minimum Wage Counter Staff Day" so I will be celebrating with a peach shake.
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twinwillow, anonymous:
I love their burgers.
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BrandonR, anonymous:
I don't have an issue with anyone's opinion, just "opinions" that actively campaign against equal rights for all US citizens. How is this excruciatingly simple point so hard to comprehend for religious people? Don't like gay people? Fine, but don't go out and protest and vote for laws that give prevent equal rights. Seriously, you're no better than the Confederacy fighting to retain slavery or men campaigning against women suffrage.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
Defining marriage being between a heterosexual couple is no more disenfranchisment than defining what "handicapped", "native Ameican", "black" or "veteran" is......it doesn't deprive gays of anything.....why do gays feel the need to destroy the traditional meaning of marriage?
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BrandonR, anonymous:
Are you serious or are you just that delusional? Defining marriage as only being between heterosexual couples doesn't deprive gays of anything? Am I just being swooshed right now?
Ahem. IT DEPRIVES GAYS OF THE RIGHT TO MARRY! And all the tax and other benefits that come along with it. Defining marriage as only between heterosexual couples is a thinly-veiled violation of the separation of church and state and you know it. It's just religious people trying to make everyone conform to their religious beliefs. Period.
The real question is why do YOU think that two people of the same sex can "destroy" the meaning of marriage. Again, nearly half of marriages end of in divorce so it's not exactly like marriage is a sacred institution anymore. Not to mention traditions are stupid and overrated. If we stuck to tradition we'd still lock retarded people in mental hospitals, enslave blacks, and confine women to the home and kitchen. At some point your thought process has to evolve here (you know, just like humans did despite what that big book-o-fables told you).
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razorphreak, anonymous:
"It is hate when profits are donated to organizations who actively lobby the federal government to not condemn a Ugandan law that calls for the execution of homosexuals, tries to "pray away the gay" with unscientific bs, etc etc. "
As to the "pray away the gay," there is no hate in that. While a bit more extreme in the Christian approach, it would still require a willing participant. Either way, I don't see hate.
As to the Uganda, I've read various reports on this, one suggesting the protest of the bill was not to remove but to rewrite. So far, I cannot find much in the way of "proof." Snopes.com agreed... http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexual...
And to the company they donated to, Exodus International, they had since come out saying they "felt duped" and had since recanted.
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razorphreak, anonymous:
Stories like these are the bigger issue to be honest and I knew they would come:
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/...
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damn yankee, anonymous:
> As to the "pray away the gay," there is no hate in that. While a bit more extreme in the Christian approach, it would still require a willing participant. Either way, I don't see hate.
They don't all require a willing participant. Folks under the age of 18 don't really get a say in where their parents send them for summer camp.
And the "there's no hate in that" sort of varies from group to group. Some really do think they're trying to help young men and women. But really, they're just putting them into a state of denial. You can't cure gay, or pray it away, no more than you can pray away heterosexuality. (I'm open to being proven wrong. If you're straight, simply establish a long-term romantic relationship with a person of your gender, and start enjoying the sex. I'll eat my words.)
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John Turner-McClelland, verified:
It is psychological damage and abuse to make a child or even an adult believe there is something inheriantly wrong with their sexuality and that it can be cured with therapy and marriage to someone they do not love or have any attraction to. Recently, even some of the founders of Exodus have admitted they were wrong and can not deny their homosexuality. So now they are ex ex gays.
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damn yankee, anonymous:
We need to go deeper. I believe that we can find an ex ex ex gay.
I forget who said this, but someone suggested that the true way to measure whether someone really believes in ex-gay therapy is to ask them whether they'd want an ex-gay marrying their daughter.
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Jason Rice, verified:
At some point, you just have to accept you're bi.
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BrandonR, anonymous:
Did someone say ex ex ex gay?
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Jason Rice, verified:
"Planned for August"
Brilliant punchline (yet not a spoiler) - nice NICE find....
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