By now, many of you will have heard of the controversy surrounding the family-owned fast food chain Chick-fil-A. Dan Cathy, the billionaire owner of the business, gave an interview to a Baptist publication and appeared on a devotional radio program where he spoke of his views on gay marriage.<\/p>\n

“We are very much supportive of the family \u2014 the biblical definition of the family unit,” he told the Biblical Recorder. On the radio, he observed: “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.”<\/p>\n

Instantly, there were all sorts of calls for boycotts of the chain, just as there were public displays of support for the chicken shop, most notably by vigorous heterosexuals Sarah and Todd Palin, who posed for photographs holding up big bags from Chick-fil-A.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s America, you know.<\/p>\n

In an attempt to quell the PR damage that had been done Dan Cathy took to social media, fielding live questions on Twitter.<\/p>\n

This is what followed:<\/p>\n

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Rank69: Dude, if you\u2019re so straight why is your last name a girl\u2019s name?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: It was my father\u2019s name and I inherited it, so I didn\u2019t have a choice.<\/p>\n

Rank69: Do gay people have a choice as to whether they\u2019re gay or not?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: Of course, just like you have a choice to eat at Chick-fil-A or McDonalds!<\/p>\n

Rank69: If you could choose your last name what would it be?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: The Man.<\/p>\n

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HelenofTry: How do you know what God thinks?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: I read the Bible.<\/p>\n

HelenofTry: Did God write the Bible?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: It was more like a joint effort between the mortal and the divine.<\/p>\n

HelenofTry: So God had a ghostwriter?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: A Holy Ghost writer! \u00a0: )<\/p>\n

HelenofTry: But if you\u2019re just accepting what the Holy Ghost writer says, you\u2019re not thinking for yourself, right?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: We make some tasty chicken!<\/p>\n

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AAAXX3: Why is Snoop Dog changing his name to Snoop Lion?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: I don\u2019t know but he should change it to Snoop Chick-fil-A!<\/p>\n

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CuriousChristain3: There are no girls in the Godverse, right?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: I\u2019m not sure I understand.<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian3: Well, God didn\u2019t have a wife or a mother, it was just him up there.<\/p>\n

DanCathy: The Lord is our Heavenly Father.<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: That\u2019s my point, there\u2019s no Heavenly Mother. He must have been lonely.<\/p>\n

DanCathy: I think God keeps very busy and probably doesn\u2019t feel lonely.<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: Ok, but if God made Adam in his own image and he had no reference for what a woman looked like, where did he come up with the idea of Eve?<\/p>\n

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Why didn\u2019t she look like another Adam, only with a hole instead of a rod?<\/p>\n

DanCathy: Our mission is to create loyal fans; we plan to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the political arena.<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: If Eve were more like Adam, by which I mean stronger, she could have helped fight off the dinosaurs.<\/p>\n

DanCathy: The Lord knew what he was doing.<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: I guess so, he was probably a billionaire like you.<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: Still, you\u2019d think God could have given women 6 arms or something so that they\u2019d be better helpmates for their husbands.<\/p>\n

DanCathy: 6 is the number of the beast.<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: Right! This brings me to chickens.<\/p>\n

DanCathy: We\u2019re proud to make the best chicken in the world!<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: Well, God made the chicken, you just cook it.<\/p>\n

DanCathy: Yes, you\u2019re right!<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: How did God come up with the idea for a chicken!? It looks demonic!<\/p>\n

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DanCathy: Well, our chicken at Chick-fil-A is divine!<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: Was the girl (eve) chicken made from the rib of the boy (Adam) chicken? How did that work?<\/p>\n

CuriousChristian: And what was God thinking when he made a lobster?! Man alive, those things are crazy looking!<\/p>\n

DanCathy: We want to thank you all for your loyal patronage of Chick-fil-A. God bless America!<\/p>\n

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