Unlike the cities of Boston and Chicago, Laguna Hills did not place a
ban on the opening of Chick-fil-A in its area. But perhaps it now
wishes it had.
A new store in that town was greeted this morning by protestors from
the Orange County Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center, holding
signs and calling for boycotts of the chain whose President has come out
against gay marriage.
Aside from simply saying his company was
"guilty as charged" when it came to supporting the "biblical definition
of marriage," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy has donated millions to
the Marriage & Family Foundation and the Family Research Council.
The
issue first came to attention when Ed Helms Tweeted his reaction to
that news and said Chick-fil-A had lost him as a customer.
The The Jim Henson Company has also severed
ties with the store, who tried to stem the tide of publicdisdain by
releasing a statement that read: "Going forward, our intent is to leave
the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political
arena."
So far, as today demonstrated, it has not worked.
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