{"id":100061,"date":"2012-07-19T16:06:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=100061"},"modified":"2012-07-19T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T23:06:11","slug":"chick-fil-a-steps-out-of-gay-marriage-debate-after-stirring-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/07\/19\/chick-fil-a-steps-out-of-gay-marriage-debate-after-stirring-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick-fil-A Steps Out of Gay Marriage Debate After Stirring Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fast food chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A caused controversy today after its president, Dan Cathy, openly opposed gay marriage, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/money\/la-fi-mo-chick-fil-a-gay-marriage-20120719,0,5713061.story\">LA Times<\/a> is reporting. After the controversy arose over the restaurant&#8217;s stance, it released a statement, saying that &#8220;going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A spokesman Don Perry released a statement via email, saying that leaving the policy debate means &#8220;not proactively being engaged in the dialogue&#8221; on gay marriage. Perry didn&#8217;t comment whether or not the restaurant would continuing donating to causes that oppose gay marriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The chain restaurant has also won acclaim after Cathy expressed his opposition, and told the Baptist Press that Chick-fil-A was &#8220;guilty as charged&#8221; in supporting the &#8220;biblical definition of the family unit.&#8221; He added &#8220;We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A has been accused before of supporting an anti-gay agenda with donations. The restaurant has denied those claims, however. But Cathy&#8217;s father, S. Truett Cathy, who founded the restaurant, opened the chain with biblically-based principals.<\/p>\n<p>The company believes in operating debt-free and devoting a percentage of its profits back to the communities. Cathy&#8217;s opposition comes after Chick-fil-A said its practice is to treat everyone with honor, dignity and respect, regardless of their beliefs and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Written by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/movie-reviews-in-new-york\/karen-benardello\">Karen Benardello<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chick-fil-A-Gay-Marriage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chick-fil-A-Gay-Marriage.jpg\" alt=\"Chick-fil-A Opposed Gay Marriage\" title=\"Chick-fil-A Opposed Gay Marriage\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chick-fil-A-Gay-Marriage.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chick-fil-A-Gay-Marriage-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fast food chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A caused controversy today after its president, Dan Cathy, openly opposed gay marriage, the LA Times is reporting. After the controversy arose over the restaurant&#8217;s stance, it released a statement, saying that &#8220;going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government.&#8221; Chick-fil-A 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