Subway stands with Chick-Fil-A ?

On Wednesday August 1st, an overwhelming amount of the citizens of America celebrated "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day", a day declared by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in response to the public stance taken by Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy a couple weeks earlier.

Dan Cathy affirmed in an interview with the Baptist Press his support for "traditional marriage" and his pledge to run his restaurant business with "biblical principles" most of which are a smack in the face of LGBT people. So the LGBT community responded with calls for a boycott of the chain. However the heterosexual community and its religious zealots and as many conservative opinion peddlers you can shake a chicken strip at banded together in support of the restaurant chain by lining up for hours for a chance to buy a meal at Chick-Fil-A. The record breaking day of sales for the restaurant chain is like having all of society respond to a minority with a resounding "Fuck You"! We don't give a crap about your rights, we officially declare you gay people SECOND CLASS CITIZENS!

Well in the days leading up to this Chick-fil-A appreciation day photos surfaced showing other restaurant chains with their message boards that said they were in support of their competitor. Many of those signs appeared to be photoshopped creations but this blogger is here to tell you about one sign that was honest and true.

(Click to view LIVE VIDEO of this sign taken to prove this is not photoshopped. video posted via I-Phone on Facebook)

The SUBWAY located at 20 East Cruselle Street in Roberta Georgia posted on both sides of their street sign that they "stand with Dan Cathy and Chick Fil A".

The restaurant is located about 25 miles west of the closest Chick-Fil-A in Macon Georgia. This Subway franchise promoted another restaurant and likely shares the same "Christian" values. Or more honestly, they have an anti-gay point of view.

Perhaps fair minded people, if there are any left after the massive showing of "support" for the hateful Chick-Fil-A company, may want to contact Subway and ask why any of their restaurants would want to support discrimination by publicly supporting Chick-Fil-A.


Or you could choose to get your cheap sandwiches somewhere else.

Chicken Sandwiches Served with Hate?

In July 2012, the fast food chain Chick-Fil-A faced additional opposition from the Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) over public comments by CEO Dan Cathy expressing his support for "traditional" and "bibical" values in regards to marriage. This is seen in the LGBT community as being against same-sex marriage. This backs up earlier news of the chain's financial support of organizations for marriage between one man and one woman. This is seen mostly as "hate" by the LGBT community and is frequently expressed in opposition to Chick-Fil-A. There are calls for boycotting the chain and efforts exist to prevent the chain from expanding into new areas or to have them removed from some locations.

As a member of the LGBT community and a customer of Chick-Fil-A for decades I am certainly concerned about the issues with the chain and this blog will address those issues in many posts over time. But this is the first of many posts talking about Chick-Fil-A and its alternatives. This is a comparison of my average experiences that include Chick-Fil-A

Sunday, July 22, 2012: Well it's Sunday and Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday so IF I wanted to eat something out that wouldn't be an option today. But I was out and about and facing an hour of driving on the interstate I stopped by a KFC drive-thru and ordered one of their chicken sandwiches. Something that can be easily eaten while driving. I ordered a combo of 2 KFC "Stackers", a side order of their potato wedges and a medium drink. I always prefer a sweetened Ice Tea but getting that from KFC is always a crap shoot. Either its too sweet, too warm because they just made a batch or getting spoiled because the batch they made is several hours old. So my drink of choice was a Sierra Mist and it was a disappointment.

And so I placed my order, spent less than $5 dollars and continued on my drive. 90 minutes later I am at a supermarket close to my home and just before I reached the checkout I felt a VERY sudden urge to use the restroom. I hate using public bathrooms but luckily I was at a supermarket that is known to have VERY clean restrooms. So I pushed my shopping cart aside and quickly made my way to the restroom. And not to get graphic, lets just say I was in the right place at the right time. Had I been anywhere else I would have been in pain or in fear of messing myself. I did what I had to do and resumed my shopping. This was less than 90 minutes AFTER consuming food from a KFC and it is not the first time experience for me. Any time I eat something from Kentucky Fried Chicken usually requires a bathroom visit within 2 hours. If it is a sandwich I have eaten by KFC, the need for a restroom comes much sooner with slightly extreme results pending.

Compare to earlier this month (Before Dan Cathy's confirmation of anti-gay policies), I went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. I ordered a deluxe chicken club sandwich combo that came with their famous waffle fries and I ordered a large sweet Ice tea. The Tea was just right. Perfectly chilled and on ice and when I asked for lemon in my tea I got what I ordered.

My Chick-Fil-A order was at lunchtime and I continued with my day feeling great and no issues were had. There was no rush to find a restroom and no ill feelings at all.

For me a gay man in 2012 to admit that I ate at Chick-Fil-A can be seen by some as my supporting hate. Well here is a comparison of "hate". One sandwich tasted horrible and forced me to interrupt what I was doing to go to the rest room. The other tasted pretty good and I suffered no effects after eating it.

One chain is known for anti-gay donations and we don't know anything about KFC, its franchise operators or its CEO's donations for or against LGBT concerns. But some of my fellow LGBT community members would suggest I purchase food from KFC over Chick-Fil-A.

But in this case, the physical HATE came from eating the KFC sandwich. Something I have never experienced at a Chick-Fil-A.

I had an even worse experience after eating a KFC "double down" sandwich. I had to rush to find a rest room only 45 minutes after eating and almost didn't make it. That means I experienced a little more direct "hate" from KFC than Chick-Fil-A

I'm just being honest about it.

From "Yes I'm Ready" to "Another Man" beating her time. It's "their" sancticity of marriage.

With the debate about same-sex marriages kicked back into overdive after the ban on same-sex marriages was overtuned in California and the fact that there are many who STILL believe in protecting an illusion they call the "sancticity of marriage" between one man and woman, the songs I am going to post in honor of the birthday of its artist stand as lasting tributes to so-called "traditional marriage". At least what the community of heterosexuals have made of it.

This is in no way in disrespect to Barbara Mason, born August 9, 1947 in Philadelphia. She was a talented performer whos songs started out with the innocence of her youth and grew into the bold and scandalous honesty of how some relationships were as an adult. Relationships and marriages that included adultery and even when one partner turned out to be gay. Listen to the classic songs of Barbara Mason and see how "traditional" relationships have progressed over time.


"Yes I'm Ready" Barbara Mason (1965)
The young woman is ready for love and ready to learn.



"Oh How It Hurts" (1967) as Barbara Mason sings about the hurt of a relationship that failed.



Then Barbara Mason's songs progress from the innocence of a young girl to being the "other woman" in adulterous relationships.

Barbara Mason's 1975 hit "From His Woman To You" was in response to Shirley Brown's "Woman To Woman" where the singer confronts the woman her husband is cheating with.



Then as we enter the 1980's Barbara Mason had a hit song prouldly proclaiming that "She's Got The Papers but I've Got The Man". Again as the "other woman" in a adulterous relationship, this song was released in response to the 1981 hit "She's Got Papers On Me" by the late Richard "Dimples" Fields featuring Betty Wright.



Then the tables are turned on Barbara Mason. It turned out that now SHE was being cheated on. Her man found himself "Another Man" or as the 1984 hit dance song lyrics go "Another man is beating my time, another man is loving MINE".

Another Man by Barbara Mason


Barbara Mason's song about discovering her man was in a gay relationship was scandalous for its time. It played on some stereotypes and a song like that could not be released today because the modern politically correct world might deem this song "homophobic". But to some "older" folks gay and straight, this song stands as a classic dance song from an old school "diva".

Happy Birthday Barbara Mason, keeping it real musically since August 9, 1947.

And for you in the heterosexual community, when you have those legal papers for your relationships you might want to consider that you have had your exclusive privledge for decades and the legacy many of you left behind isn't really all that sanctified. You need to shape up your own legacy before you accuse the gay community for wanting to "ruin" your traditional privledges of legally recognized marriage.

Lets make California the beginning and overturn same-sex marriage bans across the United States.