Does anyone else think that the gay activists organizing the National Same-Sex Kiss Day (August 3) at Chick-fil-A have missed an opportunity by not holding on the same day as Mike Huckabee’s Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day (August 1)?
(Chick-fil-A donates millions to anti-gay causes and is proud of it.)
JPL
Mistermix, You will enjoy Luckovich’s cartoon today..link
NotMax
August is traditionally regarded as the slowest of doldrums for significant news.
This just reinforces the tradition.
Have never seen, much less eaten at, a Chick-fil-A, but it sounds horrendous. Their product just screams ‘white slime’ (mechanically separated chicken) to this consumer, who avoids fast-food emporia in any case (last time I ate anything in a McDonald’s was 1971).
geg6
My staff assistant is good friends with the local Chick-Fil-A franchisee (which explains why we don’t get along). My office mates always give me a hard time when they get takeout for lunch there and I refuse to participate. The nasty looking food is more than enough to keep me away but I also refuse to patronize a place owned and operated by Christianist bigots. And I say that every time they ask. Then they give me that sour face and I know they think I’m being mean. I don’t care. Fuck them and fuck nasty chicken. I go to Panera instead.
aimai
If you cross the two don’t you get “National Kiss a Chicken” day? So, no, I think it would be a very bad idea. Anyone want to put up a link to “One Defiant Dude” the movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_8UHX8FRGY
Xenos
I first ran accross Chick-fil-a back in the early 90s when I lived in the south. It was notable for only being found in malls, never free-standing stores or at strip-malls, and for being consistently nasty to african-american customers.
Elizabelle
@JPL:
LOL. Love the cows’ spelling skills.
Anya
Chick-fil-A? Sounds disgusting!
NotMax
One of the bus drivers (who were primarily African-American) when I went to high school always went on and on about opening a franchise called Chicken Bandito.
Kind of a shame, really, that it apparently didn’t pan out. Great name.
In fact, caught royal hell from the powers that be for dedicating that year’s yearbook to him (including a multi-page spread) when was editor-in-chief. Once it had been printed and delivered, there was less than nothing they could do about it.
Elizabelle
It’ll be interesting to see Chik’s sales figures over the coming year.
Can’t imagine their crusade will be good for the bottom line.
Jeffro
OT, David Brooks has launched perhaps the most red-herring-filled column of his I’ve ever seen (and considering who we’re talking about, that’s saying a lot). Try and count the number of times he refers to foreign “spree shootings” (and how far back in history he goes) in order to mask the amount of gun death we have in this country.
Comrade Javamanphil
@Elizabelle: It’s a red state based business serving the faithful. They’ll be fine.
Always good to remember that they are not just bigots, though. They are corporate bullies as well.
JGabriel
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If they ever do a movie about discrimination against gays in the early 21st C., I think Michele Bachmann should be played by Ed Harris’s eyeballs.
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Cassidy
I was really prooud of my daughter. Me and the kids were hanging out with my Mom and we were going to grab something ot eat and go to an indoor playground so the younger ones could run, and Chik was the closest. So, my mom suggested we go there. I was on the fence as I didn’t want to patronize it, but the next closest indoor playground was about 20 mins away. My daughter spoke up and said we can’t eat there. They give money to anti-gay organizations. She’s 12.
Quincy
They screen their franchisees for the proper Christian beliefs and lifestyles. I’m pretty sure they’ve received criticism in the past for lack of racial diversity because they can’t seem to find minorities who are their kind of Christians.
Elmo
I adore Chik-Fil-A. But then I love all fast food, from Arby’s to Taco Bell. Living in the Eastern US, I miss Jack in the Box even more than In – n – Out. Chacon a son gout, and deep fried mystery meat on sugar buns is tasty goodness.
But as much as I love it, as much as the smell calls to me whenever I’m near one – and they do have freestanding stores now – I won’t eat there. I’ll eat a McDonalds Southern Chicken sandwich instead (not as good tho).
Ash Can
I’d bet that it would go unnoticed if they scheduled it for the same day. Who pays attention to Mike Huckabee these days anyway?
@NotMax: Good for you. It’s always a great thing to make your high school PTB’s heads explode for all the right reasons.
@Jeffro: Maybe that’s a good thing. If everyone who reads the column thinks, “This guy’s really reaching,” that actually makes a good point.
Ash Can
@Cassidy: That story made my morning. :)
Comrade Javamanphil
@Cassidy: Nice. My 16 and 13 year old insisted we drive further to McDonald’s (which we all loathe but sometimes choice isn’t an option) on a recent Southern road trip rather than stop at Chik-Fil-A. It was as much about the kale lawsuit as their anti-gay stance. Wish I could have found a Popeyes.
Dan
Chik-Fil-A’s food is delicious, and their service had always been great. But I won’t eat there. Fucking bastards denying me my chicken sandwiches with their bigotry….
Walker
@Elmo:
The best guilty pleasure is a Hardee’s breakfast. Mmmm, chicken fried steak on a biscuit.
Southern Beale
Also on the Chick-fil-A thing, the company’s owner came out and said he thought gay marriage was an abomination or some such.
This satiric video featuring cross-dressers always cracks me up …
Cassidy
@Walker: Shit, Hardee’s thickburgers. It’s bad for you. They tell you that. But, man, they are good.
Nicole
@geg6: Your post made me curious to see if Panera does political contributions and if so, to which party, and I found Buy Back Your Vote, which seems to be a pretty informative site:
http://www.buybackyourvote.com/company/panera-bread
jibeaux
@Cassidy: That’s a top tier young lady you’re raising, right there.
I like their food, but I haven’t found it very difficult to give up. Only time I’ve been there in years is when I got a free sandwich coupon for donating blood, and I didn’t spend a penny there. Figured I was sticking it to the man. :)
elmo
@Walker:
Nope. Burger King does a double-sausage-egg-and-cheese croissant. I eat one of those about once a year. Jack in the Box also does a killer (literally) sausage-egg-cheese croissant, but as I say, there aren’t any nearby anymore.
Jack’s Ultimate Cheeseburger, though – I don’t go on business trips out west without getting at least one. ZOMG so worth the shortened lifespan.
cmorenc
@Walker:
Bojangles is the most wonderful breakfast guilty pleasure palace across the south. Quite a variety of breakfast-meat-in-biscuit combos available: country ham, sausage, bacon, eggs and cheese and (bacon/sausage/country ham)…or, you could just add a piece of straightforward fried chicken if you like. They are, however, surprisingly inconsistent about offering another southern classic option: grits instead of fried hash brown potato pucks. Also: I’ve never seen a Bojangles whose staff wasn’t considerably diverse ethnically/racially.
Robert Waldmann
Naming error too. The organization should call itself Dude Fill-A to note the (I suspect deliberate) second meaning of Chick Fill-A which is also a description of heterosexual intercourse.
I seem not to be one of the first thousand people to think of that joke.
https://twitter.com/#!/search/Dude-Fil-A
elmo
@Cassidy:
The Monster Thickburger is something like 1200 calories all by itself. As a short woman, that’s more than two-thirds of my prescribed caloric intake for a whole day. Don’t care. I’m fat specifically and precisely because I love me some fast food. When I bring my lunch for a while and don’t eat it, I lose weight no matter what else I’m doing at home.
elmo
@cmorenc:
Not for breakfast (I prefer sausage and don’t care for biscuits), but Bojangles chicken is a freaking revelation. I will never go back to KFC as long as there’s Bojangles around.
Cassidy
@elmo: Sometimes you just want a burger. I’m not bad about watching my intake. I have no interest in doing the calorie deficit/ cutting thing because I’m a miserable son of a bitch when I do. I do keep an eye on what I eat and how much, so on and so forth. But, sometimes, you just want a monstrous, greasy burger with all the toppings. Have you tried 5 Guys, yet?
Walker
@elmo:
I actually prefer Church’s. Though Popeyes is a close second.
PeakVT
Moved.
geg6
@Dan:
Is it really good, though? When my co-workers bring it back, it looks really awful to me. Just fried crap, with the chicken not looking like any kind of real chicken, and that awful sweet tea (I hate sweet tea of any and all kinds).
Gimme Panera any day. And if I’m really desperate and have to eat fast food, it’s Wendy’s. Their chicken and hamburgers at least look like the real thing. Though I always get a salad there. I highly recommend the Baja salad.
geg6
@Nicole:
That may be, but the food looks and tastes like real food and they don’t make a big deal about how they are the bigotiest bigots out there, like Chick-fil-a does.
geg6
@Cassidy:
We don’t have 5 Guys around here, but if you want a really great burger, even better fries, and even better milkshakes, I can’t recommend Cheeburger Cheeburger enough. Absolutely delicious.
http://www.cheeburger.com/home2/index.asp
Comrade Mary
Make your own Chick-Fil-Gay.
kdaug
Eh, I’ll stick with the chorizo-potato-egg breakfast tacos, with jalapenos and plenty of hot sauce.
That, or a fat plate of migas with verde salsa and a cold beer.
That’s how you get a day started.
Cassidy
@geg6: That’s a relatively small amount for a corporation. I wonder if that’s local or national contributions. I do know that Panera Bread donates whatever bread they have left over at the end of the day to shelters of some sort. It’s nice to know they don’t just throw it out. My cousin manages one.
I don’t think I’ve seen one of those before. If I come across one, I’ll check it out.
Cheeseburger in Paradise. Cheesy Jimmy Buffett decor, lots of the same music, great, low priced drinks and excellent burgers. I reccommend the Hawaiian. It sounds odd, but is delicious.
WereBear
@Walker: At least when I went there, Church’s would give you a jalepeno to squeeze over the chicken.
Nicole
@geg6: I don’t recall judging your patronage of Panera. Let me know where I did?
Honestly, I just thought it was cool that there is a site where one can easily find that kind of info and it was your post that made me curious to look for it. That’s it. As I’m sure you saw, Panera doesn’t give a ton of money to political causes.
If I was trying to be a dick about it, I would have been all, “But PANERA gives to the GOP! Neener neener neener! AND Pennsylvania sux!”
(I read the PSU thread yesterday and you were getting bullied pretty bad by people who then seemed to want to walk it all back in the next thread. Boo bullies.)
elmo
@Cassidy:
Yep. I like 5 Guys just fine. I have expansive tastes.
Cassidy
@Nicole: I didn’t walk anything back. I apologized to geg6 for making fun of small town life using generalized and insulting stereotypes. While I still feel the way I do about small town sports culture(s) and don’t apologize for that, I willingly admit to being out of line. But, you can go here to get a more concise idea of my position on the matter.
Cassidy
@elmo: I like the fries. Fries have always been my weakness.
Elizabelle
@Comrade Mary:
Like it. The recipe looks easy; hearing peanut oil is the way to go.
jrg
@cmorenc: Agreed. Bojangles friggin’ dominates.
I like Chick-fil-A, also. Too bad I won’t be eating there anytime soon.
jayjaybear
http://www.happyplace.com/17056/chick-fil-as-anti-gay-stance-prompts-other-fast-food-chains-to-speak-out-on-gay-marriage
This still makes me giggle.
feebog
We have one opening up in the remodeled shopping center nearest us. They are going to have some real competiion though, Jersey Mike’s is in the same center. Don’t know what the appeal of a fried reconstituted chicken patty is anyway.
geg6
@Nicole:
Oh, I wasn’t thinking you were saying anything about judging me. I was just pointing out that they may give to the GOP mostly, but they don’t make a big deal of what bigots they may or may not be like the Chick-fil-a guy. That’s all.
catclub
@Dan: I feel the same way about Arizona and their canyon.
daveNYC
They make a pretty tasty chicken sandwich, so I’m sad that I won’t be eating there anytime soon. Not that there’s much temptation to do so here. The only Chik-Fil-A in the city is located inside the lobby of an NYU dorm.
Joel
@Elmo: Wow. Jack in the Box. You really *do* love fast food.
satanicpanic
I’ve never eaten there. I have a strict policy of only eating chicken sandwiches on sunday.
catclub
@jibeaux: “Figured I was sticking it to the man.”
Odd thing to say after being stuck with an enormous needle.
But good on you.
Cassidy
Krystals….the White Castle fakes can suck it.
rea
There are limits to what I’ll do, even in a good cause. I’m not kissing Mike Huckabee on August 1.
Nicole
@Cassidy: Don’t recall mentioning anyone by name.
Punchy
Comment 50+ and nobody has mentioned the brilliance and fast food mastery of Taco Johns? 6-pack and a pound? Best food, or bestest?
Yutsano
@Punchy: I’m dying for them to bring back the Santa Fe chicken sandwich. Fried bread, whole grilled chicken breast, and guac. Baaaad for you but worth every molecule.
Nicole
@geg6: I’m interested in the amounts companies give, as I figure the more money they’re giving, the more influence they’re planning to have on public policy.
It’s really satisfying to think that, in the end, Chik-fil-A is pouring millions of dollars into a losing cause.
Maude
@elmo:
We have a new 5 Guys and a Cheeseburger Cheeseburger.
Have never eaten at either. Not for any reason.
The 5 Guys is right across from McDonalds.
elmo
@Joel:
I really do. All kinds. Have you ever had those nasty tacos that Jack in the Box sells two for a dollar? Dripping grease, unidentifiable meat paste in the middle? I love those.
Cassidy
@elmo: Somewhere you just made a foodie cry and made my day.
Mnemosyne
@Nicole:
That website was not nearly as useful as I hoped. I tried looking up Sonic (aka Sonic Burger or Sonic Drive-In) but it came up with five different listings of $2,500 or less, all of which seemed to be personal contributions from owners of franchises. But since Sonic has franchises all over the Southwest, it doesn’t tell me much about what the corporation is doing. And it doesn’t even tell me about what my local franchise is doing because there’s no state information on where the donation came from. I suspect the Sonic owners in Arizona make much different donations than the ones in Southern California, but I have no way to find out.
Feh.
I like Sonic because they have tater tots. I love my tots.
Señor Sluggo
I made this a few days ago and posted it to Reddit… figured it could always use more circulation:
Chick-Fil-A Hates Fags
Cassidy
@Mnemosyne: Have you tried the sweet potato tots? They were surprisingly good. I try everything once.
Origuy
McDonalds’ Southern Style Chicken Sandwich is a pretty close imitation of Chick-Fil-A, though a little smaller.
Hardees and Carls Jr are both owned by C.K.E Restaurants, which was started by Carl Karcher. He was very conservative, and a big supporter of California’s Prop 6, which would have banned gays in public schools. He died a few years ago, but the company still supports Republicans pretty much exclusively.
I eat at Carls, though, from time to time.
El Cid
The Onion is as usual best on this:
Another Halocene Human
@Xenos:
Hmm, should Aug 1 be declared “National Eat At Popeye’s Day”?
They do have better food.
Smiling Mortician
@elmo:
My entire digestive system just ran screaming from the room (please avoid picturing this if you can). Nevertheless, elmo, I am in awe of you.
canuckistani
I wish they had Chick-Fil-A in Canada so I could boycott them. Maybe I’ll take road trip down to Buffalo and eat somewhere else.
AdamK
I prefer Pollos Hermanos. I hear their late founder was gay, but closeted.
Brutusettu
I’m sure all of Chick-fil-A’s workers and suppliers are thrilled that Chick-fil-A has enough cash rolling around to donate $1 million to intolerance of relationships that Chick-fil-A’s owner’s denomination doesn’t approve of.
asiangrrlMN
@Southern Beale: Every time I read about Chick-fil-A doing something incredibly homophobic, I tweet that video. I even did a post about it. The video makes me happy.
@Cassidy: Good job parenting!
I’ve never been to a Chick-fil-A, and now, I never will be. Somehow, I’m not too sad about that.
Darkrose
@Cassidy: Your daughter is awesome, and so are her parents.
Darkrose
@Cassidy: Sonic has sweet potato tots??
I have got to find one, stat.
Thor Heyerdahl
For trips to Canada, St. Hubert chicken in Quebec. For single restos Peters Drive-In in Calgary and Dangerous Dan’s Diner in Toronto.
Origuy
A Willow Bend, Texas Chick-Fil-A franchise is lying for Jesus. After the Henson Company withdrew their association, they posted a sign saying that the Muppet toys were unavailable for safety reasons.