Long lines of customers along with protestors converged on Chick-fil-A restaurants all across the country today. The unusual attention was in response to former presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee,
calling today (August 1st) "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day". This came after Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A's president and son of founder Truett Cathy, made comments about traditional marriage and same-sex unions two weeks ago. I have stated before that I am a huge fan of Chick-fil-A. I believe that they are the absolute best fast-food restaurant for customer service. Their business model and example should be followed by other restaurants and businesses. They also make a pretty good chicken sandwich. This is not a blog post on the merits of gay rights or traditional marriage. Rather it is an essay on how we need to be more civil in our responses to other opinions and beliefs. Too often in our present-day society, people use polarizing speech and go to extremes to push their agenda or make their argument.
