Chick-fil-A (Photo credit: Adam Kuban)
Calling it an opportunity to support traditional family values the Montana Family Foundation will open a Chick-fil-A drive through in Billings for one day in September. The chicken will be available for one day only in Billings’ west end on Saturday, September 8th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This one-day drive-thru event is called Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day 2.0.
For a suggested donation of $20 per person the public is invited to attend this fund-raising event where hot Chick-fil-A chicken, coleslaw and chocolate chip cookies will be available to the first 1000 people.
Jeff Laszloffy, President/CEO of the Montana Family Foundation said, “A majority of the citizens of Montana share the same conservative values as Dan Cathy and solidified them as the law in 2004 when Montana voted to amend its Constitution to define marriage as being exclusively between one man and one woman in this state.”
“Since Chick-fil-A doesn’t yet have locations in our state most Montanan’s were unable to participate in the national event in August. So we created Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day 2.0 on Saturday, September 8th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and invite the Treasure State to join the celebration and help support the Montana Family Foundation’s efforts.”
Yeah, this completely sucks- and it hurts my heart. But here’s something I love:
From the KTVQ Facebook comments on the story:
“Twenty dollar donation? Why protest across the street when you can be much more effective: they want people to donate twenty dollars to their deplorable organization. They will serve 1,000. Simply get in line, be polite, and pay .01 for the meal.”
Sounds like a plan.
Who’s in?
Update: The Facebook event page for the hate is here.
Update 2: A Counter Rally is being planned- check it out here.
Related articles
- Chick-fil-A Introduces New Hate Sauce – New Yorker (blog) (newyorker.com)
- Chick-fil-A And The Conservative Appropriation Of Christianity As An Anti-Gay Wedge (thinkprogress.org)
- Is Chick-fil-A Anti-Gay? ‘Guilty As Charged’ Says Its President (patheos.com)
- My Two Cents on Chick-Fil-A (Which I Wouldn’t Give Them) (bilerico.com)
- Christians Say Chick-fil-A Under Siege by Militant Gays (radio.foxnews.com)
- Chick-fil-A and the Ironic Allegation of Bigotry (wellspentjourney.wordpress.com)
From Eternity To Here 
It is not enough for conservative ” family values” people to disguise their bigotry, but they need to take it on the road too? If this is REALLY REALLY about first amendment, then why is MT Family Foundation the sponsor? Hmmm . . . .
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I’d rather have a Popeyes! http://popeyes.com/
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[…] Hate (Officially) Comes To Billings For A Day (dgsmith.org) Share this:DiggEmailPrint Pin ItShare on TumblrLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. This entry was posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Montana and tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Domestic partnership, Fair is Fair, help, lawsuit, LGBT, love is love, marriage, Montana, relationships, Same-sex relationship, stories of discrimination, United States. […]
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well Montanna is ANOTHER state in this hateful,bigoted country to avoid like the plague of Hate and white trash it is
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I don’t think that’s the answer- there are good people here. The nasty people just tend to scream the loudest.
D Gregory Smith, MA, LMHC________________ 406.596.2013Page: dgsmith.org Twitter:@dgsma
> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 13:55:11 +0000 > To: dgsma@hotmail.com >
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