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wow. everyone is a bit stirred up. didn't mean to cause a train wreck. i lived in the south and i have many friends that worked at chick fil a and yes, there was a mandatory prayer period at the birmingham locations and yes the owner donated to Focus on the Family to keep Same Sex Partners from receiving equal state benefits and yes a Muslim man sued the company for being fired for his beliefs and yes the franchise owners are screened to make sure you are married and christian. so, i don't have a big problem with them..i just won't eat there (like Cracker Barrel or Dominos).

i just believe food journalism that fawns over where a chicken came from or whether or not a piece of lettuce was attended to properly should also keep in mind other social issues. that's all.

bafflednyc at 4:12PM on 01/03/08

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betty. i would be happy to post all the links to the mr. cathy's remarks (including his latest and widely circulated remarks that he prefers to hire married people only) ... check out forbes. i will post them to an outside server and alert you so as not to bore the whole seriouseats.com community.

and for the record, a lot of southern states do not have protection for gay employees...i lived in alabama and georgia and you can fire a gay person at will. and trust me when i tell you that a friend of mine lost all of her shifts at chick fil a for refusing to pray.

these are not scare tactics. i just think, like you, informed eating is important. it gets my goat that we have sit ins over foie gras and free range, but not larger social food issues.

bafflednyc at 10:17AM on 01/03/08

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betty. i am not slinging mud. it is a known fact that chick fil a is open about firing gay employees. that employees are required to church. that the company and its founder is a HUGE supporter of Focus on the Family (you know that really sweet org that is anti homo, anti choice, anti immigrant). and did we discuss mr. cathy's covenant marriage concept?

i honestly don't think you can have a discussion about food anymore without noting the facts surrounding it. it is juvenile indeed to think that we can spend 3000 words in an essay on the impact of organic spinach but we cannot discuss an organization that supports homophobia, anti-divorce, pro-life, etc...

betty if you want to eat their chik fil a's...go ahead, i just want people to be informed.

bafflednyc at 9:29AM on 01/03/08

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curious. y'all know that the chick fil-a founder is a religious wing nut right? he will fire a gay dude in a heart beat, and is open in his hatred for other religions. maybe you should stop eating his stuff. please.

bafflednyc at 4:57PM on 01/02/08

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Serious Sandwiches: Chick-Fil-A's Chick-n-Minis

wow. everyone is a bit stirred up. didn't mean to cause a train wreck. i lived in the south and i have many friends that worked at chick fil a and yes, there was a mandatory prayer period at the birmingham locations and yes the owner donated to Focus on the Family to keep Same Sex Partners from receiving equal state benefits and yes a Muslim man sued the company for being fired for his beliefs and yes the franchise owners are screened to make sure you are married and christian. so, i don't have a big problem with them..i just won't eat there (like Cracker Barrel or Dominos).

i just believe food journalism that fawns over where a chicken came from or whether or not a piece of lettuce was attended to properly should also keep in mind other social issues. that's all.

bafflednyc at 4:12PM on 01/03/08

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bafflednyc: my little brother has worked at Chik-Fil-A for several years now (down South) and they could care less whether they go to church or not. I called him up and asked him if he there were any gay employees and he said that there have been a handful working there over the years and no one really cares about their sexual orientation. No one has ever been fired for being gay and no one shoves religion down anyone's throat.

They are closed on Sundays so employees may attend Church IF THEY WISH and they play Christian music over the speakers and use Veggie Tales toys in the kids meals, but that is hardly over the top.

It sounds like you have something personal against them and that's pretty sad.

Chik-Fil-A is HUGE where I live and I adore their food (and their cleaning practices......they clean more than any other establishment I have ever seen...that place is SPOTLESS) and they have absolutely delicious nuggets and waffle fries. I love the little mini's too!

elderberry44 at 1:37PM on 01/03/08

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Oh how I miss the chicken littles. A few years ago, my friend was still able to get them at a KFC in her hometown in Indiana. She would get a bunch and bring them back to Philly for us. I guess they soon realized that they were like 15 years behind on not serving them and stopped. The mini's are a decent substitute though I always crave them on Sundays when chick-fil-a is closed. Sigh.

jessward at 11:24AM on 01/03/08

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we love us some chick-fil-a. too bad we crave them most when they are closed (sundays).... chick-fil-a and cookout (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cook_Out_%28restaurant%29&oldid=181137241) are some serious eats...

samedog at 11:10AM on 01/03/08

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Adam, you should seriously be entering this right now: http://chick-fil-a.vitrue.com/index.html

Nobody is really sweating the Chick-n-Minis. YET. And the prize is 40 months of combo meals for freeeeee!

Erin Zimmer at 11:01AM on 01/03/08

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My friend Slide used to have a saying to the effect that, "two things will kill a good party; Clocks and cards."

It's been my observation that two things can kill a good discussion board; Politics and Religion.

There are plenty of forums devoted to these specific topics, should you be inclined to discuss them. On a food forum how about "To each their own." and just leave it at that?

srhcb at 10:20AM on 01/03/08

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betty. i would be happy to post all the links to the mr. cathy's remarks (including his latest and widely circulated remarks that he prefers to hire married people only) ... check out forbes. i will post them to an outside server and alert you so as not to bore the whole seriouseats.com community.

and for the record, a lot of southern states do not have protection for gay employees...i lived in alabama and georgia and you can fire a gay person at will. and trust me when i tell you that a friend of mine lost all of her shifts at chick fil a for refusing to pray.

these are not scare tactics. i just think, like you, informed eating is important. it gets my goat that we have sit ins over foie gras and free range, but not larger social food issues.

bafflednyc at 10:17AM on 01/03/08

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I appreciate the fact that food isn't just food anymore, and that people care about the social issues surrounding the culinary world. However, if you truly want people to be informed, don't say that "the chick fil-a founder is a religious wing nut" (your exact words, and certainly not factual in nature) and give people proof that is based on documented evidence. You say that "employees are required to [go to] church"--where did you get this information? I knew many people who worked at Chick-fil-a, and they did not have this requirement. You say that "chick fil a is open about firing gay employees"--where are the lawsuits? If they are, in fact, open about this policy, where can I find it written or stated? I know that the Cathy family is very conservative and religious, and I'm not disputing that fact or saying that everyone should agree with their beliefs (for the record, I don't). My point: we should certainly engage in discussions about the important issues surrounding food, but we should strive to do so intelligently and responsibly (rather than with vague contentions and scare tactics).

bettyjoan at 9:47AM on 01/03/08

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betty. i am not slinging mud. it is a known fact that chick fil a is open about firing gay employees. that employees are required to church. that the company and its founder is a HUGE supporter of Focus on the Family (you know that really sweet org that is anti homo, anti choice, anti immigrant). and did we discuss mr. cathy's covenant marriage concept?

i honestly don't think you can have a discussion about food anymore without noting the facts surrounding it. it is juvenile indeed to think that we can spend 3000 words in an essay on the impact of organic spinach but we cannot discuss an organization that supports homophobia, anti-divorce, pro-life, etc...

betty if you want to eat their chik fil a's...go ahead, i just want people to be informed.

bafflednyc at 9:29AM on 01/03/08

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Curious indeed, bafflednyc. Curious that I, a liberal Jewish woman, frequently interacted with the Cathy family (I dated a guy who was one of Truett Cathy's Sunday school students and family friends) and never found them to be anything but kind, generous, and accepting. Curious that EVERYONE I've known who has worked at Chick-fil-a--gay or straight, male or female, Christian or not--has reported only positive things about the company and its treatment of employees. Curious that Chick-fil-a was tireless in its support of charitable organizations (not just religious ones, either) in the various communities in which I lived. And most of all, curious that you would sling juvenile insults and accusations when the poster and commenters were merely talking about how tasty the chicken is. If you want to inform readers about FACTS, go right ahead--but leave the cheap shots at the door.

bettyjoan at 8:59AM on 01/03/08