An Open Letter to Chick-fil-A on Today’s ‘Kiss In’

Posted by in Blog, Featured, News on August 2, 2012 9:40 pm / 6 comments

Dear Chick-fil-A,

Tomorrow, many of those who wanted your restaurants boycotted, shut down, or closed over your CEO’s personal views on same-sex marriage are planning a ‘kiss-in’ at your restaurants. The plan is that same-sex couples go into one of your restaurants and take a photo or video of themselves kissing.

While the rationale behind this could just be an attempt to disrupt business, make a scene of some kind, or just a way to express their sadness over their failed boycott, I suspect there is a  bigger goal in this for some of those planning to attend: to obtain video of any reaction they don’t like and try to use it as ‘proof’ Chick-fil-A is some sort of hate-filled company that discriminates against gays. Don’t fall for it.

While providing any of those attending with the same level of respect and excellent customer service that you provide to all your guests would likely ruin their protest by itself, I suggest you take it a step further.

Just kill them with kindness. Hand out water to them, maybe pass out a sample of nuggets or a dessert of some kind. Hell, you could even have a couple of employees on the clock to take the pictures they want so badly.

I’m not suggesting you allow anyone to disrupt your business, I’m just suggesting you do the exact opposite of what they’re hoping for and cut their legs out from under them. These protesters want an elicit a reaction from your employees that they can then take and scream that they were right and that your business has a disdain for the gay community.

You’ve already won round one without lifting a finger. If you handle tomorrow’s ‘Kiss-In’ in this manner it will be the end of any credibility these people have on this matter. They know there’s no evidence that you’ve ever discriminated against customers, employees, or vendors for any reason. They’re hoping to create that perception tomorrow. Don’t let them.

 
 

6 Comments

  1. Brian Jones says:
    August 2, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    A letter recommending CFA takes a kind and decent approach to the protesters. I’ve got a feeling CFA doesn’t need to hear this. Still, great ideas.

  2. Alessandra says:
    August 3, 2012 at 7:10 am

    Hi Tommy! You are *right* on target! That’s exactly what the people who want to normalize homosexuality want – to put on their victimhood circus while they are trying to stifle everybody else’s fundamental rights.

    Don’t fall for it, CFA people.

    These people who are too deformed to establish a heterosexual relationship are going to do all kinds of “Pride” parade stuff to provoke the staff at their “kiss-in.”

    They still can’t believe what happened on Wednesday. 5 million people came out to CFA.

  3. Jennifer Joyner says:
    August 3, 2012 at 10:09 am

    Why do you want to “cut their legs out from under them”? I find this letter deplorable. Bigotry is an ugly thing.

  4. B Hopkinson says:
    August 3, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Wow, Jennifer!! You must live in the most literal world anyone has ever known. You are referring to a figure of speach in your quote. I’ll type slowly so that you u n d e r s t a n d.

    It means that by taking away the reaction they want, they will get nothing in return. They will have no basis to complain against a Corporation for one persons PERSONAL view.

  5. Gary says:
    August 3, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Dear Jennifer,

    I agree: bigotry is an ugly thing. But ignorance is even uglier, and unfortunately it’s far more common in today’s society.

    Just for the record, “bigotry” refers to the obstinate or intolerant devotion to one’s own opinions and prejudices. It does not refer to “anyone who disagrees with my opinion.” In fact, many of those who have championed today’s kiss-in the loudest have shown more overt hatred and bigotry toward Christians than the purportedly intolerant Christians have shown towards them.

    Makes you wonder, that.

  6. F. Ritzklenner says:
    August 3, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    @Jennifer Joyner: ” That’s exactly what the people who want to normalize homosexuality want – to put on their victimhood circus while they are trying to stifle everybody else’s fundamental rights.”

    …and that’s probably why we want to “cut their legs out from under them”. We’re SICK of this. They can’t take away our right to our opinion just because it hurts their feelings. If they weren’t so adamant about shoving it in everyone’s faces, I’m sure that they wouldn’t get their feelings hurt quite as often.

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