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Chick-Fil-A customers pack restaurants here and around the country in a show of support for the company's President's stand on same sex marriage. Things have died down this evening, but these are just a few of dozens of franchises around the country where customers showed up to make a political statement. From Cool Springs to Bowling Green, Kentucky, Chick-Fil-A restaurants saw customers lining up to buy chicken sandwiches. The President of the restaurant chain, Dan Cathy, was criticized for his support of the Biblical definition of a family. Gay rights activists called for boycotts, but supporters made Wednesday Appreciation Day.
"They started out as a Christian company, and they have Christian values and since they started out that way, they have every right to support marriage between a man and a wife, and a woman," says Cool Springs customer Dawn Van Ryckeghen.
"We're not worried about their opinions," says Chris Sanders, Tennessee Equality Project. "It's all the money they're investing in efforts to deprive gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of their rights."
Supporters of same sex marriage are backing what they call National Same-Sex Kiss Day on Friday. They're encouraging participants to photograph a kiss inside Chick-Fil-A and post it on the internet. As always, we want to hear what you think. Join the conversation on the FOX17 Facebook page.
"They started out as a Christian company, and they have Christian values and since they started out that way, they have every right to support marriage between a man and a wife, and a woman," says Cool Springs customer Dawn Van Ryckeghen.
"We're not worried about their opinions," says Chris Sanders, Tennessee Equality Project. "It's all the money they're investing in efforts to deprive gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of their rights."
Supporters of same sex marriage are backing what they call National Same-Sex Kiss Day on Friday. They're encouraging participants to photograph a kiss inside Chick-Fil-A and post it on the internet. As always, we want to hear what you think. Join the conversation on the FOX17 Facebook page.
Wednesday, August 1 2012, 10:34 PM CDT
Tennessee News
Man charged with faking marriage to visit inmate
May 22, 2013 13:32 GMT
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) -- Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.
The Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/14QBr9L ) reports investigators discovered the ruse after the May 14 visit by 32-year-old Robert S. Hicks of Elizabethton. Hicks was arrested Tuesday on a charge of criminal simulation. He was jailed at the Washington County Detention Center in lieu of $10,000 bond, pending a court appearance Wednesday.
Information from: Johnson City Press, http://www.johnsoncitypress.com
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