Days of Our Lives Star Melissa Reeves Tweeted Support During Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day
NBC's Days of Our Lives may have made great strides in supporting the LGBT community by penning a powerful coming out story for Will Horton (Chandler Massey), but apparently one of the soap's top stars would rather eat chicken than see gay people afforded equality. Melissa Reeves, who has played the mega popular role of Jennifer Rose Horton Deveraux on the sudser on and off since 1985, tweeted support for Chick-fil-A on Wednesday.
The fast food chain has been under fire for years, due to the millions it has donated to anti-LGBT rights causes. Most recently, Chick-fil-A's COO Dan Cathy confirmed his stance against gay marriage in an interview with the publication Blblical Recorder, resulting in calls from civil rights groups to boycott Chick-fil-A. I guess Reeves sees absolutely nothing wrong with the chain working so hard to deny 10 percent of the population their civil rights. She tweeted:
Reeves is absolutely right. She should be able to express her freedom of speech any way she sees fit. Just like I am free in this country to turn the channel from Days of Our Lives anytime her character comes on my screen — which is exactly what I plan to do.
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2 August 2012
41 weeks 4 days
1)Definition of Rights - legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement. So yes, it's a right that is being denied.
2)Chick Fil-A does discriminate against gay people by donating money
to organizations that discriminate and try to destroy the rights
of gay people.
3) Well until a few years ago African American people where not allowed to use the same restrooms, water fountains and forced to the back of the bus.
Some laws are just plain wrong along with hating people or discriminating against a group of people for something they can't change. Brings the Jewish genocide to mind.
4)Hello! We're talking about marriage, not living together. Being married
gives you rights to make decisions for your spouse medical wise and other rights that married people have.
5)Seriously?!! Your analogy is flawed. Just because someone is lazy and won't study is not the same as being denied a right for who you are.
I don't know who you talk to but if you are smart and can reason,
I will listen. Boycotts are a form of protest in case you don't know.
The other stuff I don't agree with, death treats, being nasty and such.
xoxo
15 January 2009
4 hours 43 min
@Everyone: Melissa, from where I sit is on the side of free speech. So am I. No one has to agree with what the Chick-fil-A, head said. But Americans have the the first amendment freedom of speech even when anyone doe not agree.
So it is very hyperbolic to suggest that Melissa Reeves is against gays if she has simply implied that she is pro free speech.
5 July 2008
3 hours 26 min
CFA gives $$$$ to a group that supports that bill. So yes CFA does support it even if its indirectly as doers anyone who eats at CFA since its their monies CFA uses to support FRC who inturn supports the Uganda bill.
27 July 2011
3 days 21 hours
2) Chick-fil-A does not discriminate against gay people. Gay people are allowed to eat and work for the company, and express them freely.
3) Marriage is a term defined as a man and woman sharing their life together. States have every right to decide whether or not that can be CHANGED to include a man and a man, or a woman and a woman.
4) No one is stopping gay people from living together, having a family and being happy. Because of that EVERYONE HAS EQUAL RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
5) Some states just feel that the term marriage does not apply to gay people. I would have liked to be the valedictorian in school, but my grades didn't qualify me. I was born that way though, so shouldn't I be able to be valedictorian too? Shouldn't I be able to be a starting quarterback in the NFL too?
I love how gay people claim others are close-minded, but then refuse to accept any position different than theirs. Anytime anyone disagrees it is followed by death threats, boycotts and more utter nonsense.
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No matter if you put it in caps lock or put it in 100 font, everyone in America does not have equal rights. That statement and the rest of your post is devoid of logic and truth.
1 April 2011
5 days 12 hours
I'm proud of Melissa and Chick Fil A for standing up for what they believe. It's about free speech. The Gay Rights Lobby made this a controversy and it back fired on them and bit them in their collective butts!
Chick Fil A appreciation day was an overwhelming success around the nation. Thank goodness this country hasnt allowed the radical leftist agenda to bully them into submission.
17 June 2009
1 day 4 hours
i like the Chick-Fil-A original chicken sandwich, but that's pretty much the only thing from the menu i like. their other offering don't quite stack up to the other fast-food chains.
4 May 2009
1 day 10 hours
Politics aside, I avoid Chick-fil-a just because the food is atrocious.
23 June 2010
5 hours 1 min
It's interesting that the homophobes on this thread are trying to claim that this isn't about gay rights, only free speech. It's simply not true, but it does suggest that homophobes are hesitant about being honest with their hatred and disgust for gay people. Progress, of a sort.
17 February 2009
23 weeks 5 hours
I just remembered why I shouldn't be here...
It's been fun! Peace out.
15 April 2011
1 week 15 hours
It makes me sad when celebrities wrap themselves in the flag or their religion to espouse intolerant viewpoints. There's already too much of that going on.
5 April 2011
16 hours 34 min
Hmm- I am hoping I say this correctly.. I grew up in Sn Franciso with a very hippie mama and a mega conservative father. I have had and still have many gay friends. They have always understood my view point and still love me for it. I do not believe in gay marriage just because of my heavy church upbringing. My natural gut reaction is to think marriage is between a man and a women. However a bigger belief for me is civil rights. It is not my place or any others place to make a judgement on how someone chooses to live their lives. I also don't think gay marriage is an issue to be voted on- civil rights are just that rights. What if at this moment law makers decided to give it another go around and see if women really had a right to vote..
Saying that I do believe the chicken issue here for some people is just a freedom of speech issue. They have a right to give their money to who they want and we have the right to not visit their business. She has the right to say what she wants and we have the right to not be her fan..
Also on that note if you are going to limit where private sectors send their money then I think the same should be done for unions who donate to put their people in office. How is that not buying a vote..
27 January 2009
5 days 8 hours
It really is all about FREE SPEECH....I know many gay people..family members too...bottom line is we should all be allowed to speak freely and those that hide behind the fact that is not free speech...bull...where is the ACLU ...awfully quiet...hypocrites too!!!...we are blessed to live in a free country and many stars exercise their right to speak freely ...The audacity of those that don't like it is ridiculous!!!...I hope that those small minded people will change their minds & realize what it is all about...if not let them remain small minded and live in their sad little world!
11 March 2010
15 weeks 3 days
Screw her. I'll be changing the channel too. Her character is boring as hell anyway.
20 August 2009
4 days 4 hours
I always love how people hide behind their freedom of religion when they want to feel better about their hate. I am a Christian and I want people to have equal rights. CFA can do and say anything they want, but that doesn't mean I have to support them. If the rumors about MR are true then she really doesn't care about the sanctity of marriage and should just stay out of this debate. And from what I can tell, her gay fans are more hurt than angry that she would say what she said on twitter... The same way any of us would if someone supported a group that wanted to take our rights away from us.
27 July 2011
3 days 21 hours
Chick Fil A appreciation day was an overwhelming success around the nation. Thank goodness this country hasnt allowed the radical leftist agenda to bully them into submission.
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And I'm proud of you for proving in one post that you haven't a clue!
16 October 2008
3 weeks 1 day
I believe in gay rights, free speech AND Chick-fil-A! If you don't agree with the way the owner of Chick-fil-A chooses to spend his own money, by all means don't patronize his restaurants. There are many businesses/organizations I refuse to support. I don't resort to threats/bullying/name calling.
1 December 2010
1 week 1 day
Maybe Carly could come back for the GF role.
I want to "believe" that MR did not make this statement as it hit too close to home. Her tweet (if it was her) was related to a business and we are reading between the lines... However if true, I supported her as a fan when the rumours spread about why she left Days while Jason Brooks was on and I do feel that she was the heart of the show.
If her statement was against equality, then I could never think of her the same way. We always loved MR and Jennifer but this was below the belt.
Acceptance of yourself and others is a big step MR.
20 May 2012
7 weeks 9 hours
Some people should learn to keep quiet on certain issues, you look a little stupid preaching the sanctity of marriage when it's a well known fact you couldn't even respect your own.
14 December 2008
6 days 16 hours
That beautiful Jennifer Rose is a Christian fudementalist? That hurts my heart! Still it sounds like she went through a horrible time with her ex-husband. No one deserves that!
Transfigurationtonic: Interesting name for a fundementilist.
4 May 2009
4 hours 4 min
I have read that tomorrow kiss-ins are planned at these restaurants and if I had a man I would go to the one 40 minutes from where I live and fucking do this.
I bet Melissa will get really hot and twisted when these happen tomorrow.
To quote the final GL opening: Only love will save the world...
22 January 2011
4 hours 17 min
And this gay former fan of Melissa Reeves will be exercising my right to free speech by asking my seven hundred facebook friends to tweat, email, etc. to demand that NBC, Sony, and Corday Productions fire her.
17 June 2009
1 day 4 hours
this post:
3 July 2008
2 hours 57 min
@thebookerman: Do you even know what you are talking about? Honest question! So you are telling me that Chick-fil-A and it's CEO are not discriminating people!? The company is supporting right-wing conservatives who think that homosexuals and pedophiles are basically the same and that rather have a death sentence for gay people - you are telling me they are not discriminating gays? It's just their opinion? You got to be kidding.
This company is threatening people with who they support!!!! Look at the organizations that are tied to Chick-fil-A. It's one thing to not support gay marriage. It's another to want gay people locked away and what else.
And IF he is following his Christian beliefs than I think that God would be very disappointed in him. Having your values is one thing. Hating on a group of people is another. Haven't read anything that says God wants you to hate gays or that God wants you to "pray them away".
For someone with no opinion - as you say - you have a very strong one. As some said before, your comments can be seen as homophobic and ignorant. Because you are not seeing the issue. You try to defend someone that proved to be a bully and racist.
As I said, it's one thing to be against gay marriage. But that's not the entire story with Chick-fil-A. They are against gays!!! It's proven through comments and the people the company and their CEO - outspoken - support. That's the issue.
2 August 2012
41 weeks 5 days
What I have been reading here is people believe that she is not entitled to believe how she does. That is wrong. Everybody is entitled to their beliefs, it is a given that not everybody will agree, so what, move on and get over it. It also appears to me that the gay individuals who have posted are out for blood, how does that make you any better than the people you feel have wronged you in some way? She should lose her job? Her life?!?! Wake up people, there are way more important things (in my opinion) going on in this world than a daytime television actresses personal opinion. I would like to see people as worked up about the hungry, abused, neglected kids all around us & doing something about that rather than about what one chicken sandwich guy said or believes.
29 March 2010
9 hours 8 min
How is that the homosexuals want the freedom and rights that as humans they ARE entitled too, but the minute someone disagrees with their lifestyle that person becomes the devil?
They gays have their right to belief in what they believe, but so does everyone else. Boycotting the show Melissa Reeves is on because her belief system is different than that of the gays is incredibly hypocritical. Homosexuals are now able to get married (at least here in all of Canada...not to sure about all the states), you can't watch a single show without homosexuality being promoted or discussed, which helps educate the public who may have been ignorant about that particular lifestyle before, and then you have a few religious people who come out in support of a restaurant without saying anything negative about homosexuality and suddenly they're homophobic, give me a break.
It's not fair for homosexuals to complain about their rights, when they complain about others expressing their rights.
4 May 2009
4 hours 4 min
Frightening...
For those who think it's ok for MR to endorse this shithouse, read about just what that shithouse supports.
If you still find it ok, my sympathy card is in the mail.
23 June 2010
5 hours 1 min
For the record, there has been one (ill-advised) death wish and one wish for her to be fired--hardly the majority of comments disagreeing with her.
22 January 2011
4 hours 17 min
Being gay is not a choice, a lifestyle, nor a belief. It is an identity. When you support those who actively seek to deny or deprive someone of the rights they are entitled to as human beings, you do not deserve anyone's respect or consideration.
2 August 2012
41 weeks 5 days
One of each (personal threats) is one too many. I am not couting but I think there is a greater number of posters that disagree than agree with her. Looking at the bigger picture this CFA controversy has been blown out of proportion and there are more important issues out there we need to worry about.
12 October 2011
11 weeks 5 days
And when you deny people the right to make laws and have an opinion you are denying an even more fundamental right.
No one is stopping people from being gay. Not Chick-fil-A, not anyone.