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Eat Chick-fil-A Guilt-Free With 'Chicken Offsets'

Offset money goes to support gay rights

(Newser) - If you love the taste of Chick-fil-A but loathe the company president's recent statements against gay marriage, you may want to head over to ChickenOffset.com , a website that allows you to donate money to gay rights campaigns after you've wolfed down that spicy chicken sandwich. The website...

Chick-fil-A Protesters Stage Kiss-ins

As same-sex couples smooch, lesbians invite chain owner to dinner

(Newser) - It didn't draw crowds quite as big as Wednesday's Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day , but gays and lesbians held kiss-in demonstrations at the chain's restaurants across the country yesterday to protest owner Dan Cathy's opposition to gay marriage. Cops were called to one Hollywood restaurant not because of...

Exec Loses Job for Berating Chick-fil-A Employee

Meanwhile, gay rights activists hold 'kiss-in'

(Newser) - Fun fact: The employee manning the drive-thru window at your local Chick-fil-A does not control its stance on gay marriage. This was apparently lost on Vante Chief Financial Officer Adam Smith, who has been forced to step down after he decided to film himself ordering a water from the controversial...

Politicians Should Back Off on Chick-fil-A

Otherwise, they trample the very freedoms they say they want: Steve Salbu

(Newser) - When Chick-fil-A's president expressed his support for traditional marriage , a number of city officials responded by declaring an intention to ban the fast-food chain from their cities. As a gay man, Steve Salbu disagrees with Dan Cathy's views on gay marriage—but he also firmly disagrees with those...

Thousands Flock to Chick-fil-A's Defense

Gay-marriage foes, backers throng restaurants

(Newser) - Chick-fil-A had a busy day yesterday. Across the country, crowds of gay marriage opponents—and supporters—converged on the chain's more than 1,600 locations for "Chick fil-A Appreciation Day," reports the Los Angeles Times . Huge lines grew outside many restaurants, while gay rights advocates held signs...

Chick-fil-A Fans Rallying: It's 'Appreciation Day'

But critics to counter Huckabee's 'holiday' with their own Friday appearance

(Newser) - Today is just teeming with quirky holidays that some might say overlap in a sort of priceless way. Mike Huckabee's "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" is officially here, and the Washington Post reports that plenty of supporters have RSVPed yes. According to a Facebook page set up to mark the...

Berenstain Bears Get Sucked Into Chick-fil-A Controversy

Bears stuck in 'HarperCollins marriage' with chicken chain

(Newser) - The Muppets may have cut their ties to Chick-fil-A to protest the company's opposition to gay marriage, but the fast-food franchise is about to use Berenstain Bear books to lure customers—and the bears aren't thrilled about it, notes NBC . A statement on the Berenstain Bears website says...

CNN Sorry for Opening Palin Segment With 'Stupid Girls'

Song 'was not intended to be linked' to Chick-fil-A story

(Newser) - OK, so perhaps it was not the best idea for CNN to introduce a segment about Sarah Palin visiting Chick-fil-A with the Pink song, "Stupid Girls." And it knows it. "The music selection was a poor choice and was not intended to be linked to any news...

Palin Grabs a Bite at Chick-fil-A

Makes a point of stopping by after Texas campaign event

(Newser) - Stumping for Senate candidate Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin worked up a Texas-sized hunger and sauntered right into the gay-marriage brouhaha ignited by Chick-fil-A : The former Alaska governor tweeted a photo of herself and husband Todd at a restaurant, declaring, "Stopped by Chick-fil-A in The Woodlands to support a great...

Chick-fil-A Spokesman Dies of Heart Attack

Donald Perry was a top PR exec with chain

(Newser) - A top public relations executive at Chick-fil-A has died of a heart attack amid the company's high-profile fight against gay marriage , reports Georgia's WRBL News3 . Donald Perry, who generally served as the company's spokesperson, died this morning. "Don was a member of our Chick-fil-A family for...

Woman Sues Chick-fil-A for Gender Bias

Meanwhile, Kansas students want outlets off their campuses

(Newser) - As if it didn't have enough controversy on its hands, Chick-fil-A is now facing a gender discrimination lawsuit from a woman who says she was fired so that she could be a "stay-at-home mother," GLAAD reports. In the suit, the woman (who has worked for the restaurant...

Conservatives Flock to Chick-fil-A's Defense

No word on a 'Defense of Chicken Act' ... yet

(Newser) - What will you tell your children when they ask you what you were doing during the Great Chicken Wars of 2012? Since the conservative Christian Chick-fil-A franchise has been pecked at by liberal politicians , protesters , and even the Muppets for opposing gay marriage, now conservatives lending their support to the...

Protesters Spoil Chick-fil-A Opening

Meanwhile Chicago franchise owner urges Rahm to eat there

(Newser) - Fast food lovers had camped out all night for the grand opening of a Chick-fil-A in Laguna Hills, California, but their plans were foiled this morning as gay rights protesters descended on the restaurant, and company management made everyone disperse, NBC San Diego reports. The chicken chain has suddenly become...

Chicago Politician Moves to Block Chick-fil-A Opening

Joe Moreno calls anti-gay-marriage views 'bigoted'

(Newser) - The latest fallout from Chick-fil-A’s anti-gay-marriage announcement : A Chicago alderman is attempting to block the fast food chain's plans to come to his ward. The restaurant already got zoning for the location in the Logan Square neighborhood, but needs approval from the City Council to move forward. Alderman...

Muppets Cut Strings to Anti-Gay Chick-fil-A

Henson Company says it will donate Chick-fil-A dough to GLAAD

(Newser) - Sesame Street is not brought to you by the letter A anymore, at least not as in "Chick-fil-A." The Muppets and the Jim Henson Company have pulled out of a promotional campaign at the popular fast food franchise after Chick-fil-A's president said the company is opposed to...

Huckabee Launches 'Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day'

He's incensed after 'vitriolic assaults' follow anti-gay admission

(Newser) - When Chick-fil-A boss Dan Cathy recently confirmed that the fast food chain is against gay marriage , quite a backlash ensued. Comedians mocked, Boston's mayor vowed to ban the restaurant in his town, and the Jim Henson Company even stopped making toys for Chick-fil-A children's meals. Fortunately, Mike Huckabee...

Chick fil-A Boss: Yep, We're Anti-Gay Marriage

Company gave some $4M to protect 'biblical family unit'

(Newser) - If there was any doubt about the political stance of Chick fil-A's owners, the company president and COO hopes to put the flap to rest. Yes, Chick fil-A is absolutely opposed to gay marriage, Dan Cathy has announced. "We're guilty as charged" when it comes to supporting...

Free Food Contests Pay Off for Chains

Advertising exposure trumps paltry cost of gift certificates

(Newser) - That year’s worth of free food you just got from a Denny’s or Chick-Fil-A promotion isn’t hurting the chains a bit—in fact, it’s the most effective advertising they do. For one, you don’t actually get a year’s worth. It’s usually just a...

Even Celeb Chefs Enjoy Fast Food

They admit their last indulgence to Esquire

(Newser) - Sure, fast food gets a bad rap. But even famous chefs cop to eating it, and Esquire has the details. You may notice a certain theme:
  • Alton Brown: Chick-Fil-A, last week
  • Tyler Florence: In-N-Out double-double burger, the other day

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