The Definitive Gallery of Bigots Lining Up for Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day Is that the line for the release of the iPhone 5?! Not quite. It’s August 1, the Mike Huckabee–sponsored “National Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.” The baptist minister, former governor of Arkansas and strong proponent of cow illiteracy called on supporters of “traditional marriage” to rally in support of the restaurant, following president and COO Dan Cathy’s recent remarks. And now a half-million bigots who aren’t Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum have flocked (pun intended) to their local hate-chicken chains. Enjoy these photos of the madness as customers waited in lines to pack their distended gullets with gobs of chicken, cheese, bread and soggy pickles. (Please excuse the blurriness of some of these photos; the hands that took them were very greasy.) @KHOU, Houston, Texas @PastorSJCamp, Palm City, Florida @GreenvilleNews, Greenville, South Carolina For a complete list of Chick-fil-A counter-protests, check out GLAAD. @CNNbelief SEE MORE: • Boston’s Mayor Sends F**k-You Letter to Chick-fil-A; Also, Chick-fil-A’s PR Reps Are Idiots • Antoine Dodson Is Gonna Have a Chick-fil-A Sandwich @DMRegister, Des Moines, Iowa @SpringfieldNL, Springfield, MO @WCBINEWS, Mississippi\ @jayjaydouglas Denton, Texas @Meganlanea17, Lynchburg, Virginia @Nromanrose @Brooklyn_14 @AaronDWolfe, Bentonville, Arkansas @alicia_cronin @DD_LucyBerry, Decatur, Georgia @Catlin Dowell, Isle of Palms, South Carolinaa @MarleyMegan15, Enterprise, Alabama @NPoe33, Hamilton, Alabama @MetroBOS Burlington, Massachusetts @Timburkey, Indiana @RhodaPickett, Mobile, Alabama Greg Seals Greg Seals is a writer, and sometimes funny person. Indulge his sense of self-importance and follow @GregSeals.
Attendee 01.08.12 @ 6:08 pm The question remains, why didn’t thousands of protesters organize to show up too so they could clog the lines and just ask for cups of water? Seriously missed the train on that one people.
getawaysticks 01.08.12 @ 6:59 pm I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not standing outside in 110 degree heat with 99% bigoted assholes.
Watts D Matter 01.08.12 @ 8:23 pm It seems both sides aren’t even arguing over the same thing, a civil marriage is not a religious marriage.
Diego001 01.08.12 @ 9:24 pm Please correct. The Chick-Fil-A in Massachusetts is in Burlington, not Boston. Boston does not have a Chick-Fil-A franchise.
Angela Kay Harris 01.08.12 @ 10:26 pm You people just don’t get it do you? Most of this had less to do with what the CEO said and what you thought or didn’t think about marriage and more to do with the idea that government officials threatened a business over a difference of opinion. It’s a freedom of speech issue, and you’d all be screaming to high heaven if a public official came out and threatened to ban a business from his city for their support of same sex marriage. Chik-fil-A does not refuse to hire or serve homosexuals, and no one forces you to eat there if you choose not to because you disagree with what their CEO says and believes. But when the government gets involved and starts telling a business that it cannot operate based on a private citizen’s opinion then we are verging on the fascism you all claim to fear. That’s why all those people ate at Chik-fil-A.
R Mendez 0 02.08.12 @ 7:58 am Damn thats a lot of assholes. Oh well, they could have a million people go to that place and it will still suck. Not just about the homophobic issues but literally the food sucks. I don’t know why this place is getting it’s 15 minutes of fame.
Matthew 02.08.12 @ 9:03 am Chick-Fil-A does fund numerous groups that support “traditional marriage” and even one group that calls to “export homosexuals to Africa” where they can be tried and jailed for being homosexual. There’s a difference between speaking your mind and believing in something and actively attempting to suppress the rights of a group you don’t believe is worthy of human civil liberties. Homosexuals didn’t start this fight nor do they want it but we have to at least TRY to fight for our rights.
OhTheHumanity 02.08.12 @ 9:43 am And in related news, sewers are clogged in several Chick-Fil-A locations.