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Dan Cathy, Chick-Fil-A President, On Anti-Gay Stance: 'Guilty As Charged'

Though Chick-fil-A has come under considerable fire for its documented support of anti-gay Christian organizations, officials for the fast food chain have remained mostly tight-lipped about the controversy — until now.

In a new interview with the Baptist Press, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy — the son of company founder S. Truett Cathy — addresses what the publication describes as his franchise’s “support of the traditional family.”

Cathy’s somewhat glib response: “Well, guilty as charged.”

He went on to note, “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 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.”

Cathy then reiterated his stance during an appearance on “The Ken Coleman Show,” Good as You blogger Jeremy Hooper reported.

“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,” Cathy said in that interview, which can be heard here.

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  2. athreateninghaiku reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    i’ve known this for years, dude, i’m surprised it’s news. they’re not open on sunday cause they’re christian as shit....
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    This is slightly off topic, but in case people want another reason to hate them, I figured I would add this. At my local...
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    lmsus: and I can not eat chicken sandwiches with an extra side of gay hate
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  12. ancientrelic reblogged this from minhorrible and added:
    Sigh…those nuggets! I will miss them.
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  15. annemphillips reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    The only arrogant person in this situation is you, Mr. Cathy.
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  18. cuibird reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    He may not understand marriage or freedom, but he does understand chicken sandwiches. Can’t win ‘em all, I guess.
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  21. endenogatai said: Well, I never liked Chick-fil-a anyway, guess that gives me another reason not to support their buisness.
  22. mshoneysucklepink reblogged this from lettersfromtitan and added:
    And guess what…it’s not laced with crack, it’s just marinated in pickle juice before it’s fried. Here’s a recipe for...
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    They’ve always been very Christian-y (closed on Sunday’s) and apparently pretty good to their employees (never heard a...
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    Their reasoning for not supporting gay marriage contradicts itself. They say government shouldn’t define marriage, yet...
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    Aaand this is why I haven’t eaten there in over 4 years, and will continue to never eat there again. I miss those waffle...
  30. justagirldemi reblogged this from icedwhitemocha and added:
    welp. guess i’m not eating their anymore. Oh well. I’ll get over it.
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  32. writebetwixtthelines reblogged this from lettersfromtitan and added:
    Exactly why I don’t eat at Chick-Fil-A anymore.