>> IS CHICK-FIL-A GAY?
FOR A LONG TIME THEY DIDN'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE, AND I COULDN'T EAT
THERE.
SO NOW A TENNESSEE FRANCHISE IS UNDER FIRE FROM A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVES BECAUSE THEY SPONSORED AN LGBT FILM
FESTIVAL IN NASHVILLE.
IT IS CALLED THE LEVEL GROUND FILM FESTIVAL AND THERE IS NOW A
CHANGE.ORG PETITION IN THE WORKS TO TRY TO INFORM CORPORATE
THAT THIS FRANCHISE OWNER THAT THIS PERSON IS OUT OF BOUNDS.
THEY REFER TO IT AS "CONTRARY TO CHICK-FIL-A'S CORPORATE STANCE
ON CHRISTIAN VALUES REGARDING MARRIAGE AND STEWARDSHIP."
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS IS HAPPENED THAT SOMEONE AT
A LOCAL CHICK-FIL-A FRANCHISE HAS STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
" THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INDICATION OF A POSSIBLE
CHICK-FIL-A ABOUT-FACE DOT IN JUNE, A LOCAL RESTAURANT DONATED
200 SANDWICHES AND SIDE DISHES TO THE IOWA CITY PRIDE
FEST'S PICNIC."
THE RESTAURANT OWNER, AGREED TO THIS ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING
TO LOCAL REPORTS AFTER BEING APPROACHED BY EVENT ORGANIZERS.
>> THERE IS A WHOLE 743 SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION.
>> I LOVE TALKING ABOUT THE GAY AGENDA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GAY AGENDA IS AND I AM ALWAYS HOPING
THAT THEY WILL SAY WHAT IT IS.
UNTIL THEN I JUST FEEL LIKE IT IS A PARTY THAT I HAVEN'T
BEEN INVITED TO.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
AM I NOT GAY ENOUGH BECAUSE I HAVEN'T CUT MY HAIR YET?
MY PARENTS LIVE IN KENTUCKY AND IT IS NOT ONE OF THE MOST
LGBT FRIENDLY STATES, BUT YOU HEAR STUFF LIKE THIS.
THEY ARE THINKING ON THEIR OWN AND MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICES.
THEY WILL BE FINE.
GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.
>> LET'S UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OFF, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE, RIGHT?
THE OWNER OF CHICK-FIL-A OVERALL HAD SAID THAT HE WAS
OPPOSED TO GAY MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT WASN'T BIBLICAL.
WHAT DOES GIVING THE 200
SANDWICHES HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH GAY MARRIAGE?
WHAT IS GOING TO A FILM FESTIVAL HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH GAY MARRIAGE?
OH, NOTHING, YOU JUST HATE GAYS.
HE STARTED A WHOLE PETITION BASED ON THIS.
>> ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK ABOUT
A LOT IS THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMOPHOBIC WHO ARE ALSO GOOD PEOPLE.
YOU CAN BE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE BUT I'M NOT AGAINST GAY PEOPLE.
AND THAT IS OKAY, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU
ARE HOMOPHOBIC.
THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE A BAD PERSON, YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN?
BUT THEN THEY DO THINGS LIKE THIS WHEN THEY ARE TRYING
TO LITERALLY RUIN THE GAY PARTY.
THEN YOU LOOK LIKE A CRUMMY PERSON.
I THINK THAT WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS WHEN PEOPLE SAY WE
ARE NOT HOMOPHOBIC, WE JUST DON'T CONDONE GAY PEOPLE.
YOU ARE, JUST ADMIT IT.
I DON'T HATE YOU.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOUR HEART HAS TURNED TO STONE.
IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU ARE HOMOPHOBIC AND THAT IS WHO
YOU ARE.
>> YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY A BAD PERSON BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE GOT BRAINWASHED INTO THIS.
YOU CAN GO TO HELL FOR 1000
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY NEVER EMPHASIZE.
THEY EMPHASIZE THE PART ABOUT GAYS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
OUT OF DISCRIMINATION.
IT'S NOT HATE AS MUCH AS IT IS US VERSUS THEM.
>> A LOT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS DON'T DIE BECAUSE WE NEED
YOU IN OUR RELIGION.
A LOT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER YOU EAT
AND DON'T PUT GROSS FOOD NEXT OF FOOD YOU ARE GOING TO EAT.
DON'T BE GAY BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN HAVE MORE BABIES FOR
OUR RELIGION.
THAT IS MY INTERPRETATION OF IT.
I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL AS MOSTLY JEWISH.
THAT IS MY ATTEMPTED AND IMPARTIAL READ OF THOSE BOOKS.
>> THE ISRAELITES HAD TO HAVE ENOUGH SOLDIERS TO BEAT THE
CANAANITES.
>> WE HAVEN'T INVENTED THE COOKBOOK YET TO TELL YOU
HOW LONG TO COOK IT.
>> SO, IF YOU GREW UP IN THAT ATMOSPHERE YOU DON'T KNOW
YOU ARE BEING HATEFUL.
YOU THINK YOU ARE BEING A GOOD CHRISTIAN BY BELIEVING
THESE THINGS, SO, I GET IT.
YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY A BAD PERSON, BUT YOU ARE HOMOPHOBIC.
IT IS DISCRIMINATING, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
DON'T GIVE CHICK-FIL-A TOO MUCH CREDIT.
IT WAS TWO LOCAL OWNERS OF FRANCHISES THAT MAKE THESE
DECISIONS, IT WASN'T CORPORATE.
WE HAD THAT BAN ON CHICK-FIL-A AND PEOPLE WENT AND GOT THE
LAST THING THEY COULD EAT FROM CHICK-FIL-A BEFORE THE BAN.
>> I HAD CHICK-FIL-A LAST WEEKEND.
I DON'T EVEN REALLY LIKE CHICK-FIL-A, BUT MY FRIEND
WANTED SOME SO I DID EAT IT.
I DON'T THINK WHEN I MARRY MY WIFE ONE DAY THAT AN
EXECUTIVE FROM CHICK-FIL-A WILL PHYSICALLY STOP ME FROM
WALKING DOWN THE AISLE.
I WILL BE FINE.
THEY WILL BE FINE.
>> YOU REMIND ME OF THE VEGETARIANS THAT WHEN THEY
GET DRUNK THEY EAT MEAT.