The Chick-fil-A restaurant in Peachtree Corners has always been a popular spot - on Wednesday, which had been designated as "Customer Appreciation Day" - it was even more so.
"We've had a record sales day," said Wayne Farr, the owner and operator of the restaurant located on S.R. 141. And the day wasn't even over. When Patch caught up with the busy owner it was 5 p.m. and the dinner hour had hardly begun.
"We've already broken the store's sales record, and we still have five hours left in the day," he said.
The crowds flocking to the restaurant have been great said Farr, "We've had a wonderful day. Everyone has been so nice."
Aug. 1 was designated "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.
He did it in response to the outcry against the company because of comments made by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy. A Facebook page created by Huckabee calling for the support said the former governor was incensed at the vitriolic assaults on the Chick-fil-A company because Cathy had affirmed his support for the biblical version of marriage.
Huckabee asked that no one carry signs, make speeches or openly demonstrate, but rather simply show up and eat - and show up in Peachtree Corners they did.
"We've had a blessed day," added Farr.
In response to Huckabee's call for support for Chick-fil-A, another group, Fund for the Public Interest, has called for a National Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A on Friday.
As of Tuesday, only 8,550 people had responded "yes" and 2,638 gave a "maybe." Although it did have more of a head start, "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" had more than 500,000 "yes" responses by that time.
What do you think of the fallout from Chick-fil-A owner Dan Cathy's remarks? Should a business owner be allowed to express his/her opinions without repercussion?
The Marriage & Family Foundation - oppose any form of recognition of gay couples, including domestic partnerships and they oppose non-discrimination laws for the LGBT community. Exodus International - Practice the most degrading form of "ex-gay" therapy. They do horrible harm to gay people. Family Research Council - Lobbies against LGBT Rights and their mouth piece is Tony Perkins, a person that has said some of the most awful things about gay people that you can imagine. These are just a few of the organizations that the Chick-Fil-A people donate to and these people don't only advocate against gay people.
it’s simply a google-search away, Ground Chuck ... and why do you have a dog in this issue anyway? From your name I am guessing you are a cow person ---
Wha---? What "god"? the God that promises human rights for all or the Cathy-God that worships selective bigotry?
Would you go to the big-chicken-place if they were donating money to the KKK or clandestine groups promoting child slavery??? … it's the same kind of discrimination
This is not about free speech. You and I both have the right to say what ever we want to. In this town there's a adult oriented business across the street from our Chick-Fil-A. I LOVE that..... that's free speech at it's finest and I applaud it.
before you infer your presumptions about anyone’s lack of education, let’s look at yours shall we? Considering that you feel that 2 MILLION DOLLARS (going toward hate speech) is a pittance, I can only feel like your math education has failed you or else you are the “Queen of Versailles” (My research finds the sum closer to 5 MILLION, but with your command of numbers --- why quibble over three million between klansmen, right?) and since you are such a fan of the chicken my dear “Patty” ... and the chicken uses cows as their mascot... I hence dub thee CowPatty on these boards for now and evermore! You and GroundChuck will be very happy in your Corner of Hate ...