What Did Cathy Say?

We have been wondering what Cathy, the CEO of Chick-Fil-A said that stirred up the gay rights people and the pols.  What follows is what was said.  


Judge for yourself, however, it appears as if he spoke from the heart and from his religious orientation. If 


If Gays and their supporters are upset with his opinions, they do not have to patronize or work for the company. If there are enough people who don't, it will have its own impact. However, for mayors to decline building permits (which in most cities they cannot do on their own) is very anti-capitalistic, anti free speech, and very dictatorship-like.


To make things even worse, what he said was not anti-gay, it was supportive of traditional marriage.  He never said he did not want gays patronizing his stores or working for his company, he said that marriage has always been between a man and a woman.


This is a tempest in a teapot brewed by marriage hating, liberal, socialist nincompoops. We are very supportive of Mr. Cathy having the right to express his opinions. That is what America is all about.


Conservative Tom

Here's the actual interview CNN and others cited from the Biblical Recorder and that was carried by the Baptist Press:

“We don’t claim to be a Christian business,” Cathy told the Biblical Recorder in a recent visit to North Carolina. He attended a business leadership conference many years ago where he heard Christian businessman Fred Roach say, “There is no such thing as a Christian business.”

“That got my attention,” Cathy said. Roach went on to say, “Christ never died for a corporation. He died for you and me.”

“In that spirit … [Christianity] is about a personal relationship. Companies are not lost or saved, but certainly individuals are,” Cathy added. “But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles. So that is what we claim to be. [We are] based on biblical principles, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us.”

And here's what Cathy says about marriage:

The company invests in Christian growth and ministry through its WinShape Foundation (WinShape.com). The name comes from the idea of shaping people to be winners. It began as a college scholarship and expanded to a foster care program, an international ministry, and a conference and retreat center modeled after the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove.

“That morphed into a marriage program in conjunction with national marriage ministries,” Cathy added.

Some have opposed the company’s support of the traditional family. “Well, guilty as charged,” said Cathy when asked about the company’s position. “We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. …

“We are very much committed to that,” Cathy emphasized. “We intend to stay the course,” he said. “We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.”