Supporters and protesters flock to local Chick-Fil-A restaurants

I went to two locations in Tulsa and one had lines around the building, both vehicular and pedestrian, the other mall location had run out of food long before I arrived. I was amazed at how many people came out in support of Chick-Fil-A and feel blessed that there were other people supporting the rights of the CEO's values and opinions. It is interesting that groups of people are accused of hatred and bigotry because they have different values, and support what they believe. Which is a culturally accepted form of hate. I have Christian values which I don't expect others to embrace, but maybe accept as the way I am. I accept others by the tenants of my faith, but in no way have to embrace their lifestyles. During my evening visits I didn't encounter one protester at either location.

All these people out defending the right of free speech, where were they when the Occupy Tulsa protesters were having tear gas sprayed down their throats during their free speech exercise? Hypocrites.

people need to be in air .

The statement above is a blatant lie, the CEO did not speak out against gay marriage, he spoke for families and Bible values, I have the exact speech unaltered of what he said if anyone is interested I will post it, at no time did he speak out against gays nor was he asked anything about gays, you people are journalist, you're not supposed to make up false stories. Shame on you.

There was 4 and sometimes 6 protesters for the LBGT, this wasn't about gays, it was about the 1st Ammendment, and the right to express an opinion without the mayors of Chicago and Boston banning a restaurant from opening in their cities because it was owned by a Christian. Mr. Cathy did not say anything about gays, he wasn't even asked about them, he said, in a meeting of his peers, that he supported families, and lived by the bible principles, anyone who thinks Mr. Cathy was bashing gays need to read his actual statement, it has been re-written by certain media groups in an effort to fire up the left, but it backfired, there was simply thousands upon thousands of people at Chick Fil-A on 71st and Mingo all day, and only 4-6 protesters, proves that Americans overwhelmingly support the 1st Ammendment and Christian values, it was 113 degrees, and no one complained, no one got angry, no one was rude or loud, it was so peaceful, friendly people just there to support Chick Fil-A and eat good food. Not one person broke a window, knocked over a trash can, and not on person crapped on a cop car. Isn't it amazing to compare this to OWS?

anonymous...i left work at 1:15ish and i got stuck behind the line of cars and saw a crazy amount of people all around the store and the news crews it was actually quite the annoyance with no ac runnin tryin to get home after a days work

Just a lil note on both sides of this fence....on one hand i absolutely agree with the freedom to express and have your own OPINION...and we all know opinions are like (bleep) we ALL have em and they ALL stink but as a born again christian and a firm believer in God...my relationship is with God and only he can truely judge me...Dont judge others because they sin differently then you...and WE ALL SIN....He has a right to his opinion that gay marrage is wrong just as others have the right to have the opinion that it is ok...personally im str8 but who am i to judge who should go before God and make the promise to stand by eachother for the rest of thier lives...look at the divorce rate today, maybe if more people could just agree to disagree and compromise the divorce rate would go down...you dont have to beleieve its right to take that vow before God but you could also say at least they dont want to "live in sin", If you dont like gay marrage dont marry someone of the same sex its that simple...just sayin =-)

Your story doesn't give an exact number of protesters. How many protesters were there? My wife and I were at the Chick Fil A on 71st and cars were lined up on 71st, in the parking lot by Texas Roadhouse and the drive thru was completely backed up. It was 115 and people were being polite, I saw NO protesters at that location and that was between 4:45 and 6 p.m.

No one is telling muslims or any other religion they can't open a store in Chicago or New York, only this man Cathey because he is a Baptist and closed on Sunday, he has no religious symbols in his restaurant, and he doesn't deny employment to anyone, gay or otherwise. The same set of rights LBGT people quote to gain the right to marry anyone they want is the same set of rights this man is depending on to run his business and believe what he wants. I spent 2 hours in the heat to buy the food,mostly because I believe in the 1st ammendment, but also because I like the food, however the fact that thousands showed up and waited in the 113 degree heat to support this man, while only 4-6 stood out by the driveway to protest shows you what the majority of Americans believe. Cathey has never said he hates gays or anything like that, and as far as his donating money to religious organizations....why don't you all protest Target, Best Buy and other stores who give money to Muslim Terrorist organizations? Do you all REALLY believe they will be kinder to gays than Christians are? LOL Well....yeah, you probably do now that I think about it. No one came out today to wait in the heat to bash gays or hurt them, or deny them the right to marry anyone they want, we just believe in the rights of everyone, including Christians, just because you don't agree with the lifestyle and are a Christian does not mean you hate gays, it just means you are living your life the way your faith teaches. BTW I know several gay people who work for Chick Filet, here in Tulsa, and they are treated just like all the other employees, Surprize Surprize!

FREEDOM: Freedom of speech,Freedom to live your life the way you want,Freedom to love whomever you want!***FREEDOM***