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Chick-fil-A president says company opposes gay marriage | ajc.com
That's their prerogative. It'll either bite 'em in the ass, or not.
Chick-fil-A has taken a stand against gay marriage, and the reactions are rolling in.
Company president Dan Cathy told a Baptist website the Atlanta-based restaurant chain is "guilty as charged" in its support of traditional marriage.
"We are very much supportive of the family the biblical definition of the family unit," Cathy said in article published Monday by the Baptist Press. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
Chick-fil-A has been under fire from gay rights groups since early 2011, when it was revealed that an independent operator in Pennsylvania supplied food to an event sponsored by a group formed to defeat same-sex marriage initiatives. It was also reported that Chick-fil-A's WinShape Foundation did not admit gay couples to marriage counseling.
One longtime observer said he was not surprised by the comments by Cathy, son of the restaurant's founder Truett Cathy.
"It could be that they've determined that they already have this identity, so let's just own it," said Lake Lambert, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University and author of "Spirituality Inc. Religion in the American Workplace." "But I think it could present challenges to them as they expand outside of the South."
That's their prerogative. It'll either bite 'em in the ass, or not.