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ATLANTA (AP) — Chick-fil-A supporters are eating at the chicken chain’s restaurants as the company continues to be criticized for an executive taking a public position against same-sex marriage.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, declared Wednesday “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.”
A spokeswoman for the Rev. Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist ate a Chick-fil-A lunch, including a chicken sandwich and waffle fries, at his North Carolina home.
Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press last month that the Atlanta-based company was “guilty as charged” for backing “the biblical definition of a family.”
Gay rights groups and others answered with calls for boycotts.
Opponents of Cathy’s stance have planned “Kiss Mor Chiks” for Friday, asking people of the same sex to show up at Chick-fil-A locations and kiss each other.
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Quinten Plummer | The Valdosta Daily Times The drive-thru line and exit line snaked around the Chick-fil-A on Inner Perimeter Road Wednesday afternoon, as patrons ate at the restaurant to show their support for free speech and CEO Dan Cathy’s recent remarks on the definition of marriage.
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Quinten Plummer | The Valdosta Daily Times Vehicles crowd the over-flow parking lot next to the Saint Augustine Road Chick-fil-A Wednesday afternoon, as the parking area around the restaurant was full. The surge of visitors to the restaurant came following a national outcry in support of free speech, in light of CEO Dan Cathy’s recent remarks.
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