Actually Bookerman I dont drive or have a car so I dont buy gas. So dont put names on me.

Also I would persume a lot of people do drive cars. Gasoline is a necessity to drive cars Given 13% of the gas that we get comes from Anti gay places and we have no clue what gas ends up at what gas station, its hard to boycott. Im sure if we knew it was gas station A & C that did that, there would be boycotts as well

My point is with CFA we know they give money to anti gay groups that want Gays to go away & some want us DEAD. So if you know that for sure, why give that place money. Yes Eating is needed or you die but you dont neec to eat at CFA to live.

First off, Rosa Parks was discriminated against. She was told she was not allowed to do what she saw others doing.

What has Chic-Fil-A discriminated?

If I were born during that era in history, I would've completed supported everything that they were doing because it was unequal. And as I keep saying, if this was a fight against THE LAW then fine!! But CFA has nothing to do with the law. It just seems TO ME, that because gay marriage isn't legal in all 50 states that "we" are attacking other people that don't have much to do with the matter at hand. I'm sure Rosa Parks wouldn't have minded had that bus driver just internally "THOUGHT" that blacks should sit in the back. BUT, because it was an actual RULE, then she took a stand. My point is, there's a difference between opinion and law. Cathy's OPINION has nothing to do with governmental LAW. So why attack one man's opinion when the matter at hand is about the law??????????????
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thank you it is no where near the same thing as civil rights!

13% of gas is from anti gay groups unfortunately we dont know which stations. If we did im sure people would not go there

However we know CFA gives money to Anti-Gay groups who want Gays dead. So anyone who goes there and spends money helps that cause. Since U go there and know they back this, IMHO your no better than the ones that want to kill gays and If your gay and go to CFA, your helping someone who wants YOU DEAD for just being YOU. That's twisted. Thjere is no way to make that sound good. Stop trying.

Prove it, show me where they say they want gays dead. I have never ever read that, i have read love the sinner hate the sin. I have read about trying to help them NEVER have i seen anywhere about wanting them dead. i think that is melodramatic hyperbole.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-uganda-gays-idUSBRE85R0XR20...

It was started by folks of the ex-gay movement which is another anti-gay group CFA gives their monies to

It's weird...because like a while ago, when Kirk Cameron put his foot in it over his views of homosexuality, there was a backlash from fellow child stars of his generation who told him to get real - that homosexuals were the same types of people who dressed his hair, applied his make-up, made him laugh on the set, etc., So I am trying to think how, if in all actuality Melissa Reeves did tweet this, how she evaded gays and lesbians who are plentiful in the business she works in for as long as she has, and that's all the way back to 1984! Why should it honestly bother her? I don't get it. I hope it all turns out not to be true, because I'd really hate for her to become the Anita Bryant of daytime and get a pie in her puss.
Erik

Also I would persume a lot of people do drive cars. Gasoline is a necessity to drive cars Given 13% of the gas that we get comes from Anti gay places and we have no clue what gas ends up at what gas station, its hard to boycott. Im sure if we knew it was gas station A & C that did that, there would be boycotts as well

My point is with CFA we know they give money to anti gay groups that want Gays to go away & some want us DEAD. So if you know that for sure, why give that place money. Yes Eating is needed or you die but you dont neec to eat at CFA to live.

But that just furthers your hypocrisy and how you really don't care about the issue. If gay marriage is so important you would support NO company that did anything to prevent it from happening.

Gandhi refused to eat because of what he believed in. If this is such an important issue no gay person should buy gas, should ever get on an airplane or get on a bus.

No, bottom line this is just another thing for an overly sensitive minority group of people to whine about. Don't you have better things to do with your life than constantly complain?

OMG overly sensitive minority group? Hello Kettle Meet Pot!

Bookerman since you seem to over look it, I dont care about Mr Cathy's stance on Gay marriage. Im pissed off that CFA gives money to groups that are anti-gay and in the past have supported things that try to fix, exile and in some instances call for gays to be killed. That is the ISSUE.

You may not support my right to marry or not want my marriage to be called marriage and ok I can live with that, BUT when you give money to CFA who intiurn uses that money to support anti gay groups that want to harm gays for being who they are, that is not acceptable and not free speech. If you give CFA your money then you are at the very least indirectly supporting these anti gay groups ideas and practices.

She could be of the kind who doesn't mind, she just doesn't think they should be allowed to be married. Or she could just not care. We don't know, because she hasn't said a word, except for her husband who's just said his wife is a fine, real Christian woman.

Point is, she supported a company that is under fire because of statements made, things have been revealed, and it's pretty much impossible for her to avoid it. She chose, on a day where people were flocking TO Chick-Fil-A to support their views ON gay marriage, to go to Chick-Fil-A and then tweet about it. She could have easily taken one of the tons of tweets she got asking WTF was going on and said "I support love and the right to love and marry the person you love, but I also enjoy Chick-Fil-A's food. I should have voiced it differently." She did nothing.

Bookerman, are you a Chick-Fil-A franchise owner? Because as another poster pointed out, for someone who claims to have no feelings pro or anti-gay, you sure are arguing like you have a personal stake in whether gays/lesbians boycott this company.

Can I ask a question - I find this whole issue very perplexing in that on the one hand I support gay marriage and I believe in basic human equality. On the other hand, I also understand that for some people this is a religious belief and i appreciate their right to believe as they choose even if I disagree, esp. when its an individual like dan cathay who SEEMS not only to talk the talk but also walk the walk (ie he isnt preaching for family values and bedding a mistress in private at least that we know of).

I have tried to find out the financials because while I think he has every right to give to groups that support traditional marriage as an expression of his religion (again even if I personally dont agree) the whole Uganda issue troubles me immensely - that goes beyond IMHO freedom of religion when you are talking about killing people simply for being who they are.

Ive seen the number 5 million tossed around and the number 1.9 mil in terms of what chic fil a gives to "hate groups". The ONLY break down I could find seems to be this -

WinShape has received a substantial amount of funding from Chick-fil-A: in 2010 alone, WinShape received $8,067,161 from Chick-fil-A Inc. [WinShape 2010, Publicly Available IRS 990 Form via Foundation Center, accessed 6/27/12]
WinShape Gave Over $1.9 Million To Anti-Gay Groups. In 2010, WinShape donated $1,974,380 to a number of anti-gay groups:

•Marriage & Family Foundation: $1,188,380
•Fellowship Of Christian Athletes: $480,000
•National Christian Foundation: $247,500
•New Mexico Christian Foundation: $54,000
•Exodus International: $1,000
•Family Research Council: $1,000
•Georgia Family Council: $2,500
[Winshape 2010 Publicly Available IRS 990 Form via Foundation Center, accessed 6/27/12]

Now I can understand the FRC issue because FRC as one of its many issues lobbied against the uganda bill and i know exodus tries to among its activities "retrain" gay individuals to be straight - both of which i find objectionable but what is it that these other groups do in particular that is in question. Is it just that they are for people that share mr. cathays beliefs or do they fall more in the exodus/frc category and if so how? (im not asking to be anti this or pro that, I just want to fully understand the issue). If its just 2K out of an organization then i have to say that would be troubling because its so little compared to winshapes overall budget and is probably little in terms of the frc or exodus budget (in other words if winshape didnt give the 1K I doubt exodus would have been forced to shut its doors and we dont know if it was a targeted gift to fund projects that arent objectionable.)

http://colrebsez.blogspot.com/2012/08/most-chick-fil-giving-highly-lauda...

IF its only 2K then I hate to say it but bookermans argument (even if done in a way that lacks understanding for what the other side feels) may have merit. While its true that its difficult to really pick out one gas station that gets foreign oil, because it appears that most either get their gas from the persian gulf or they use persian refineries, it does appear that you CAN pick out who the greatest offenders seem to be - exxon mobile and texaco/chevron. Its also pretty easy to pick out the companies that are more minor offenders such as sunoco and hess. I would argue no group is required to target ALL objectionable businesses in order to legitimately target ONE (ie rosa parks didnt need to stand at the drinking fountains, public toilets and restaurants in order to be justified in standing on the bus) BUT it does seem a little hypocritical if you target a company that gives 2K in objectionable donations when gas companies from countries that literally stone gay people get a pass. Which is the bigger offender?

I will say this about MR - her affair seems to be a thing of the past and one that she apparently regrets. If she has asked for gods forgiveness, and Im sure she has, she has been forgiven. She also seems to have been forgiven by her husband. That mistake doesnt disqualify her from having a personal opinion and I think its sad that people are throwing that back in her face. I know I wouldnt want someone to use mistakes I made five or ten years ago and who i was then against me as a human being now because hopefully in that time I have grown and my maturity has made me a different and better person. I also dont think her personal opinion warrants death threats or attacks on her personally. All she has said in this tweet is that she supports this mans right to express his religious beliefs. Any issues she is unaware of is something she should be respectfully educated on not castigated for - just because someone doesnt get it doesnt make them a person deserving of derision. Shes a human being and should be treated the same way each of us wants to be treated, not only because thats the decent thing to do but because it teaches by example.

@EricasEvilTwin: This happens in the black community where we have habit of wanting to target cops or a non-black person killing an African American male. But the stats show that the greatest threat to black life is another black person themselves given that black on black murders far-outweigh any murders from outside sources. So I see the point you are making totally. In this way both my community (African Americans) and those of the gay community are mirroring similar selectivity of outrage.

For me I dont support CFA for giving money to anti-gay groups. I dont care how much money one group gets over the other, it still goes to fund what that group stands for which is discrimination, reperative therapy & in some cases backing those who want to see Gays Dead.

Apple let me ask this - lets say i believe in the concept of using animals for medical research BUT at the same time I advocate for healthy eating and as a big celebrity peta is aware of my commitment to that issue. Peta asks me for a donation to get vegan hot dogs introduced in to major sporting events (which peta actually has done with nascar). WHile I disagree with the group on medical testing, I give them 1 k as a targeted gift FOR their campaign to encourage nascar attendees to try vegan dogs. A few years later peta releases some animals designated for HIV research and along comes and HIV group and slams me for helping to block important medical research. They turn around and LIST as proof of my activities this 1K donation to PETA even though it was really for the vegan burgers.

For this reason the amount WinShape gave and what they gave it towards I would think is VERY relevant. Im not saying I disagree with you Im just saying I need to know more about what it is that folks are objecting to given the serious allegations that have been made. If this guy is just giving to support traditional marriage, even though I disagree, I do understand his right to his faith.

Faith or not, I do not support the alienation of a minority over the agenda of an organized religion. When harm comes to another person at the hand of an individual or group due to what they believe then people thinking in their right mind need to step in. I thankful we have a supreme court since their ruling must be according to law and
Not their personal beliefs. Sometimes a person just needs to see the forest through the trees to do what is right.

Erica
Im sorry but now a days its just to easy to look about groups and see what they practice. So i find it hard to swallow they dont know what their money is going to support

Apple you have missed my point. Just because you give to a group doesnt mean you give to the groups entire mission. I can give a dedicated donation to say PETA (in my example for vegan hot dogs) without necessarily supporting the mission of PETA in its entirety. You dont seem to be questioning the relatively small amounts of money that we APPEAR to be talking about - 2 K - and if we are only talking about two thousand dollars then it seems that chik fil may in fact be a target only because they believe in christianity when there are far bigger offenders all over the place (ie: I would think companies that take millions of dollars worth of product from a nation that condemns people to die for their sexual orientation such as perhaps exxon.) If this guy is only being targeted because he espoused a support of what he considers to be his faith then yes, i have a problem with that.

Tom what if Cathay turned around and argued that in fact as a christian HE is the minority and you are attempting to discriminate against him? Wouldnt that be accurate? this is the problem im having with all of this - while on the one hand I support lgbt causes i also support freedom of religion. right now this situation to me reads like folks are asking citizens to discriminate against one or the other - discriminate against someone based on sexual orientation in support of CFA/Dan C. or discriminate against someone based on religion in opposition to CFA/Dan C. Im uncomfortable with both positions. The "smoking gun" if you will is if there is demonstrable proof that he directly supports the idea of killing gays in Uganda. that goes past simple religious freedom, rising to the level of IMHO almost an accessory to murder. Saying he gave a modest sum of money to an organization that does a million things INCLUDING arguing against the uganda bill in its current format isnt quite a "smoking gun"

OK, first of all people, what needs to be answered is the "Why buy gas if you want to stand up for gay rights so much". Um, we buy gas because we need it to go places. Not everyone has a car BTW. But obviously, we all have rode in the car's of others. Transportation is a means of survival in society. With that being said, the biggest OPEC offenders are not and should not be supported, at least by me and MILLIONS of others who are knowledgeable on the issue.

The best way to handle a situation such as that is by contacting our FOREIGN AFFAIRS council and bringing attention to the injustices brought fourth against gays in the Middle East. Which is exactly what is happening. Not buying gas from Exxon, which BTW is another homophobic company that most gays will not visit, will not change matters in the Middle East. Not buying gas does not make a point because ultimately, we're living in the United States. We cannot directly influence culture overseas by not buying gas.

We CAN however directly influence culture in this country by not supporting individual companies that are anti-gay. Which is what is happening here. INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES are what is the focus. INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATORS are the focus. INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS are the focus. If you are doing harm against the gay community, you should not be supported. End of. There are no two sides to that. Free speech works both ways, and at the end of the day, one can support free speech and also NOT support that speech. Criticism of bigotry is not stifling free speech.

Being anti-gay is wrong. That's what some of you don't seem to realize. It's not an "opinion". It's a belief system that gays are inferior. It's a belief system that homosexuality is deviant and perverted. It's a belief system that LGBT citizens shouldn't have certain rights. It's WRONG to think these things and it is TOTALLY just and even appropriate to speak out against such negative things being said against a community that does nothing to warrant such condemnation.

Sorry Erica but CFA gives to Exodus which tries to make gay people straight and iot was exodus members who talked to Ugandas about Gays agenda and the Kill Gay Bill was born from that.

I think CFA may be ignorant, hateful but not stupid. They know what exodous does when they gave the money.

CFA gives 1.9 Mil to gay hate groups. I dont care if one gets a mil and one gets 2 K its still used to promote their hate of gays

Religion does not justify being anti-gay! Why do people continue to blur the lines of this issue! No-one would EVER justify racism, sexism, nativism, anti-semitism with religion, so why is it when it comes to homophobia, it becomes suddenly OK to be anti-gay because it's an "opinion" and "faith". It is WRONG. Being anti-gay is WRONG.

Also, people need to stop believing the lies that CFA is not actually giving money to anti-gay organizations. First of all, no-one knows the true number of donations CFA is giving to these anti-gay organizations. Secondly, organizations such as Marriage & Family Foundation and Exodus are anti-gay organizations. Marriage and Family is an OFFSHOOT ORGANIZATION of National Organization of Marriage, which is a certifiable anti-gay hate group. So let's stop the buck there. These are blatant hate groups. Giving one dime to these groups is wrong. One dime to an anti-gay organization is one dime to organizations who seek to destroy the gay community.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/08/03/the-christian-rights-anti-sex-cam...

People need to read this article. The National Organization of Marriage has a plan to literally destroy the gay community in Africa and the United States. Family Research Council's goal is to "promote and protect" the traditional family unit. Their president is Tony Perkins who has said SPECIFICALLY the biggest threat to America is the homosexual agenda. The Family Research Council has taken their hate to Africa and helped to draft the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill.

No-one should have to justify why one shouldn't eat at Chick-fil-A, though. Anyone with principle should have the common sense not to eat there. I can't believe anyone would defend this company in this day and age. It's actually heartbreaking and completely disgusting to watch.

http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=12595&MediaType=1&Category=26

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has said that Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy confided to him that the company earned $30 million on Appreciation Day and said that he would donate that money to “the charitable organizations they support.”

In a Fox News appearance, Cain claimed that gay rights supporters are protesting Chick-Fil-A's opposition to gay marriage to gain attention.
“This is simply an attempt on the part of the gay community to try to leverage their beliefs on another institution, a private company, since they can't seem to get enough attention. That is what this is about,” said Cain, a onetime GOP presidential frontrunner.

Wednesday's Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day called on conservatives to patronize the eateries to support Cathy, who created a firestorm of protest when he said that gay marriage is “inviting God's judgment on our nation.”

“Dan's sales were in excess of $30 million on that day, which is almost twice his previous high,” Cain said. “They are going to take a lot the excess profit they got on that day and contribute it to the charitable organizations they support in even bigger numbers.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit our video library for more videos.)

According to EqualityMatters.org, Chick-Fil-A's charitable arm, The WinShape Foundation, gave nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2010, more than any other year for which public records are available.

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So actually what is going on is now Dan Cathy, and the social conservatives, are now ratcheting up the hate. Dan Cathy is now going to spend millions more in funding the hate groups he supports. He's taking the money gained on Wednesday during the appreciation of homophobia day, and throwing it in the gay communities' face.

We'll see how people defend that. That's flat out being crass and divisive. Basically saying "Na Na Na Na Queers!!!!"

These people are very, very anti-gay. And that is NOT OK and it will NOT be OK, no matter how anyone tries to spin it.

David Robertson, thank you for your posts.

Whoa. Absolutely stunned by the level of name-calling and toxicity in these comments. I could only read about three pages before having to stop.

It's shocking that we (society) can't have any sort of calm, rational discussion about a hot-button topic like this one. All I'm seeing in the comments are words like "bigot," "hater," and "zealot," in reference to Melissa Reeves' tweet. If you disagree with her? Fine. If you want to boycott all her scenes? Absolutely fine. That's absolutely your right to. But it's beyond common decency to call her names and act as though you know her thoughts.

I don't care how passionate a person is about this issue -- name-calling and death threats should NEVER be tolerated. In fact, aren't these bullying tactics EXACTLY what some of you are asking people to avoid, with the gay community??

Missy Reeves is a human being. And look at how people are demonizing her -- a human being -- while demanding "basic human rights" and "tolerance" for other people. That seems incredibly ironic.

Ironic, No! She knew exactly whats she was doing when she sent out her tweet, wink. Now that she is taking fire for her comment, she can take what she dished out. Her comment came from a place of pushing her bible thumping agenda over the basic rights of millions of people. David Robertson summed it up perfectly, now that the heat is turned up, she will have to take it. I do not in any way support death threats nor do I think she should be fired, but she deserves the "free speech" coming her way.

There is no discussion needed on this issue. You are either in support of the gay community or you are not.

With all of this said, I do agree that some OTT name calling and death threats are wrong. However, bigot is not an insult, it's a representation of what a person displays themselves as being. Same with hater.

And Mr. Cathy has not stated he supported the killing of gays.

Also, the allocation of finances to groups Dan Cathy has supported and continues to support are enough of a statement on what he thinks regarding the gay communities' place in society, here and abroad.

^Yes, but the controversy is that certain politicians were threatening to prevent him from receiving a business permit. So you are going to punish a man for what he thinks? It sounds fascist.