There’s a huge divide between those for and against Chick-fil-A CEO’s stance on Gay marriage. Even Antoine Dodson feels some kinda way about still loving the company’s famous chicken sandwiches and he’s an openly Gay male.
[READ: Antoine Dodson Wants You To Know Something About Chick-Fil-A! VIDEO]
But most agree that a recent viral video currently circulating went way too far!
Adam Smith, a Tuscon Arizona man, posted an online video of himself going through a Chick-fil-A drive-thru and ordering only the free water.
What he did to that poor Chick-fil-A cashier got him a ton of criticism and also got him a spot on the unemployment line.
Details + video below…
VIDEO: Man Picks on Chick-Fil-A Employee
“Chick-fil-A is a hateful company,” Smith tells the employee.
“I don’t know how you sleep at night,” Smith adds at another point. “This is a horrible corporation with horrible values.”
The employee never loses her composure and even wishes Smith a nice day. He then responds:
“I will. I just did something really good. I feel purposeful.
[Sidebar: If by “purposeful” he means “lost his job” then yup… he won!
Smith got a pink slip from his gig as chief financial officer of Vante, a Tucson medical manufacturing company, after the video made the rounds.
Vante’s CEO, Roger Vogel, issued the following statement regarding the incident:
“Vante regrets the unfortunate events that transpired yesterday in Tucson between our former CFO/Treasurer Adam Smith and an employee at Chick-fil-A,” the company said in a statement. “Effective immediately, Mr. Smith is no longer an employee of our company.”
We hope that the general population does not hold Mr. Smith’s actions against Vante and its employees,” the statement continued.
Vogel said he wasn’t weighing in on either side of the debate, which began when Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said he supports the “biblical” definition of marriage. Same-sex marriage advocates blasted the company, which in turn prompted a national outpouring of support for the chicken chain on Wednesday. (source)
Welp… Are you eating ‘Mor Chikn” these days?



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Yep, with extra pickles!
Fuk Chik-fil-A.. I like KFC better anyways
you know damn well kfc doesnt even compare when it comes to chick fil a ur a loser a embarrassed loser hahaha
Un huh!
This was dumb. Who knows that employees beliefs? But it was also a fairly mild protest. I don’t think he should have been fired. Unless his employer sides with chik-fil-a’s views….then I understand the firing.
I agree it was a mild protest and he shouldn’t have been fired but I guess all that damn postings/emails and it going viral at work probably got him fired. Why didn’t he just write a letter? Or speak to the manager instead of the cashier..
Why did he video tape it? He could have got away with it if he didn’t pull out his stupid phone.
EXACTLY!!!! WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN THAT VIDEO TAPING & TWITTER ARE THE DEVIL AND WILL REWARD YOU WITH A PINK SLIP OR A JAIL COT NEXT TO YOUR NEW LOVER. LOL!!!! HE SHOULD’VE JUST VIDEO TAPED HIMSELF SAYING WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO & WHY BEFORE AND AFTER GOING THROUGH THE DRIVE-THRU NOT TRAMP ON THAT EMPLOYEE’S RIGHT TO WORK IN PEACE OR BE VIDEO TAPED W/O HER CONSENT WHICH SHE ASKED HIM TO STOP DOING & HE IGNORED HER. SO IF SHE HAD THROWN SOME OF THAT GOOD CHICK-FIL-A LEMONADE ON HIS AZZ & PHONE/VIDEO CAMERA BREAKING IT THEN IT WOULD’VE BEEN HIS OWN FAULT. HE’S A TOTAL IDIOT & WAS REWARDED FOR IT………JENNY JONES!!!
AND I STILL DON’T GET WHY THE LGBT COMMUNITY ARE IN SUCH AN UPROAR ABOUT WHAT HE SAID OR WHAT ORGANIZATIONS THEY SUPPORT WHEN ALOT OF CHIC-FIL-As ACTUALLY HAVE BIBLES ON THE COUNTER. NOW IF THAT ALONG WITH THEM BEING CLOSED ON SUNDAYS ISN’T A CLUE ON THIS CORPS BELIEFS I DON’T KNOW WHAT COULD BE. AND IF YOU KNOW A PERSON OR CORP HAS BEEN SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS AGAINST YOUR LIFESTYLE OR BELIEVES THEN WHY HAVEN’T YOU BEEN BOYCOTTING AND URGING YOUR COMMUNITY NOT TO WORK THERE. WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT HATE MONEY & FOOD? LOL!!! IT SEEMS ITS OK TO DO IT IN THE DARK BUT IF YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE LGBT COMMUNITY AGAINST THEIR BELIEFS OR WANTS THEN ITS A TOTAL ‘NO, NO’. I’M NOT SHOPPING OR WORKING AT ANY PLACE I KNOW HATES BLACKS AND SENDS MONEY TO BANKS THAT STILL PRACTICES REDLINING OR TO THE KKK FOR NEW ROPE & TREES TO LYNCH BLACK FOLK. I WOULDN’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEIR CEO TO SAY SOMETHING PUBLICLY FOR ME TO TRIP. SORRY BUT FOLKS ARE NOT GOING TO STOP EATING THOSE SANDWICHES, HOT WAFFLE FRIES, NUGGETS, SALADS AND THOSE ICE CREAM CONES ESP IN THIS HOT SOUTH NO MATTER WHO’S MAD OR WHAT IS SAID. LOL & SMH!!!!…….JENNY JONES!!!
I HOPE THE LGBT COMMUNITY THAT HE WAS TAKING A STANCE FOR WILL BE PAYING HIS BILLS UNTIL HE FINDS HIM A NEW JOB OR EVEN GET HIM A NEW ONE SINCE HIS JOB WAS HIS SACRIFICIAL LAMB IN A JOB SHORTAGE FOR THEIR CAUSE. LOL!!! TOTAL IDIOT W/ A FREE WATER!!!……JENNY JONES!!!
Jenny Jones…I have read your post on two different topics today and I like the way you think!!!
I’m sure Vante is a big time Republican ran coorporation.
a republican ran corporation? that sides with Christianity? have a seat at your local library and read up on Republican views/beliefs… then you may make a comment.
Some people should pass up their seat on the wagon every now and then. What an idiot …
Oh yeah, but hold on the waffle fries, trying to watch my diet.
Heck no, I aint eating anymore chicken. They still expensive but all that talk about the spicy chicken got me tempted. The man is person and he has a opinion. He voiced just that just so happen he is CEO of a company. THe guy who drove through the drive thru voiced his opinion and wasted his own time, he shouldn’t have been fired for it, but then again..not my company. When did people get so sensitive. Wear fur,here comes PETA,talk about the bible, here comes the Jewish, say the N word, here comes the NAACP, talk about being gay, here comes the rainbow coalition, etc. Geesh! Opinions are that people..I support the biblical definition of marriage AND I don’t hate Mr. Dodson are anyone else. I just don’t engage in the activity. The problem is the gay community wants the world to say..yeah this is alright and its just not going to happen. Stop trying to change people mind. Get over it!
Get over what? Wanting the same rights as other people? Get over legislation that reinforces/supports their rights as human beings to love who they want and not worry about being relegated to second class status? It’s easy in this day and time to act as if it’s ok to use the bible to hold another group of people down because of their sexuality and have people who should know better jump on the bandwagon. But none of us should forget the bible and some of its’ text was used to justify slavery as well as 2nd class status of women of ALL colors. I’m not saying anyone has to change their beliefs to suit others or live their life to please others but why not practice a little love and compassion? None of us alive know what God’s true plan is or even if the bible’s text is real…we believe based on our faith. If homosexuality is wrong I’m sure God is more than capable of taking care of his/her own business, if I believe the bible and it’s mandates my only job on this earth is to love my neighbor, not judge and forgive as God has forgiven me for my multitude of sins. BTW we don’t live in ancient times we can now scan the brain with the use of PET and MRI and actually see the difference in the brain of heterosexual and homosexuals. And if anyone has ever had a child, friend, family member, etc that identified with being either gay, lesbian or transgendered they can tell you it’s NOT just some decision they made based on any current fads. I can’t imagine if I were a lesbian and because I knew I would garner all sorts of hatred disguised in love it would make me want to not live my life to the fullest, have a true relationship with another woman, etc. Just like I can’t change being black and female; without the appropriate changes in legislation my behind would still be treated like an animal or less than creature without the same rights as others in our society. My doorstep is not always clean and I choose to sweep around my own before I go next door meddlin’ in what I might not really understand because it’s not happening to me.
A little more love please.
I agree with Curiousone. Black people have forgotten that it hasn’t been long since we have been able to legally marry, 1896. We were jumping a broom to make it legal in our eyes. I personally think we as a culture should be ashamed of ourshelves. We marched for inalienable rights and to be treated equally and fairly but we will not offer the same for others. Please note, it’s only been since 1967 that interracial couples were able to marry legally as well. I’m excluding other cultures and religions that was restricted as well. I find it ridiculous that the same people who were discriminated against not only verbally but legally can preach on the pullpit against other rights in the name of God. God is for everyone and commands us to love and not to judge. They just want the right to marry and be in a legally bond relationship which comes with protection. Any dope can walk up and get married. Ironically two illegal people can sneak in this country and be able to marry legally because they are of the opposite sex. They are American citizens with natural human rights. Plus we all know the people have destroy family values and marriage through their poor actions of cheating. The divorce rate and some straight folks don’t even get a change to marry anyway because no one wants them yet they want to prevent someone else. SMH
The only person that you can change is yourself. You can’t change peoples views, opinions are ideas. If they are lawmakers and make laws you can’t change the basis for what they do. So I will say again get over it. Judging someone is not gonna to change someone else’s behavior, so why do people still do it. I don’t know. I am saying live your life and live the way you choose until GOD convicts you to do something different or send someone in your life who challenges what you believe. I live in Alabama so I know all about the history. My parents, aunts, uncles rode with best and went up against Bull Conner but that history is not gonna define me. I know where I came from but its no indication into where I am going. Interracial marriages was a problem but the problem fixed it self, IN SOME PLACES, with time. So why would I worry about what happened years ago. No matter what the government says or what laws are passed, as long as you have different individuals running different companies, corps, they are going to run it how they want. Life is precious, why waste trying to change someone’s view. The bible is the most debated book yet and yes it was used to condone slavery but generations later, someone challenged the context and changed the laws but slavery still exist, it has just manifested itself. I am kinda incoherent on this post as I don’t remember everything that was stated in both previous post and I thank you for your comment but, imo, the definition of marriage is not going to change. I don’t think it should and I have gay cousins, a bunch of them. I love them no matter what. If they ask me my opinion, they will get it but it doesn’t change how we interact with eachother. That spirit in them is not for me to deal with. Are they upset about the gay marriage thing..NOPE..they are doing what they want to do regardless. I have not met one homosexual or lesbian who really cares enough about what others think about their situation.
Sidenote: Divorce was never a part of GODs plan for family, it was allowed and now Look at all the problems we have today because of it.
Black people dont need to understand anything but how to continue to be black and successful. This issue has NOTHING to do with race and I wish people would stop trying to confuse the two. Find another analogy but that one wont work. Being black is in my DNA…my genes… being gay is not. Blacks were treated less then human…often the house dog was treated better then the blacks so please stop it!!! They jumped the broom because that was the only option based on the color of their skin. Be gay if that is your choice…fight for your rights if that is your choice but leave that comparison out of it. God will ultimately deal with us all one day…AND as I said before GOD commands us to love the person NOT the sin…
Oh and CuriousOne..one of the only things I am good at is loving but just because I love you don’t mean I agree with you. Who am I to hate and spread hate..I will be measured by just that when I get to the pearly gates. So sisters and brothers on this post. If you don’t here it from nobody else, Know..Shekera from Alabama loves and pray for you all.
SORRY BUT GOD’S WORDS & ACTIONS HAVE 2000 YRS PLUS ON LGBT RIGHTS AND VIEWS SO KILL QUESTIONING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE WORDS IN THE BIBLE OR GOD’S POWER TO DO ANYTHING B/C GOD GIVES US FREE WILL BUT LET’S US KNOW IT COMES WITH CONSEQUENCES THAT YOU WILL ANSWER TO ON JUDGEMENT DAY. AND I’M SO SICK OF PEOPLE WANTING TO COMPARE LGBT ISSUES TO SLAVERY & THE CIVIL RIGHTS. UNTIL LGBT ARE TAKEN FROM THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY, SOLD & FORCED INTO SLAVERY, WOMAN RAPED, FAMILIES SEPARATED & INDIVIDUALLY SOLD, LYNCHED & EVEN KILLED FOR LOOKING AT A WHITE WOMAN THEN STFU WITH THE COMPARISONS. YOU HAVE ABOUT ATLEAST ANOTHER 100 YRS OF LIVING IN YOUR AIR CONDITIONED HOMES, DRIVING WHIPS, WINNING GRAMMYS & EMMYs, BEING CEOs/OWNING COMPANIES AND PROTESTING WITHOUT BEING ATTACKED BY DOGS, BEATEN, KILLED,HOSED DOWN &/OR BEING LOCKED UP BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN DARE TO COMPARE YOURSELVES TO SLAVERY OR THE CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT. AGAIN STFU!!! SMH!!!…….LAST NERVE TOTALLY PISSED OFF AKA JENNY JONES!!!!
These executive types thinks they can’t be touched. What is the likelyhood of someone harrassing him on his job, when he had one?
Maybe he got fired cause his company saw it as harassment towards the young woman? I saw it that way, he had no business taking it out on the cashier tho! Just my opinion. Heck raccoon stats get u fired now a days!
OMG..some people are so ignorant. And all this fuss about something like this is ridiculous. I worked for Chic-fil-a in highschool and that was great way to get me started on my work path. Any company or business closed on Sundays more than likely is a CHRISTIAN Based organization. They are closed so that families can worship together on Sundays and another place that comes to mind is Hobby Lobby so what they gone do boycott them for their beliefs. All of this is so crazy. I am Christian and I don’t necessarily agree with the lifestyle but do I support Hate groups no. I think the CEO who has been a Christian all his life doesn’t hate gay people but he just doesn’t agree with it. Considering the fact there are some gays who have worked for the company in the past (where I’m from) doesn’t mean the company will mistreat any one. That employee and everyone else that works there shouldn’t be bashed for working there or mistreated because really that is defeating the purpose. U bash us so we bash back?? What do really accomplish by doing such. If that had happened to me while I was still working there he would have been wearing that water and I would have called it a Baptism. She obviously could care less she has bills to pay just like the next person so he was wrong.
As a former Chic-Fil-A employee in High school he would have been wearing that water and I would have called it a temporary baptism.
BOL drive thru baptism! I’ll be eating more chicken as long as they aren’t supporting harm of fellow humans im good. As far as the guy im glad he was fired I see this bully mentality becoming more frequent with adults berating children or someone else they feel is beneath them.
If he did not agree with the companies policies he should have called someone higher up and not harass this poor kid at the drive- thru. He was so smug and condescending. I’m sure he could see her discomfort and he did not care. Him losing his job was harsh because he did not mention who he worked for. Telling someone to work elsewhere because of their company’s views/policies is mean and easier said than done.
LOL! thats what he gets. simpleton.
Gyrl I don’t eat that!!!
Well he better go back and get a job application, dumbass!!!
Ha-Ha! Take that! What he had to say was far more hateful than anything the CEO had to say…
Yes ! Actually just had some, lemonade stay on point!
He would have made a better impact by writing a letter rather than harassing that poor girl. I loved how she said she felt uncomfortable with him video taping her. She was very professional. It could have gone another way with another type of employee and then the employee would have gotten fired instead. People are funny.
Well, I guess he can work for Chik-Fil-A now.
Funny how he told the cashier to leave her job and today he doesn’t even have one.
I think I’ll have a chicken sandwich tomorrow..
And if he did this on company time, it just makes the basis of his termination stronger. There were better ways to get his point across. She should mail him an application.
I would die of laughter if she would do that!
im so over this chic-fil-a thing it has been blown way out of proportion, its nothing wrong with having a opinion. Everyone doesn’t have to accept or support sexuality. The only thing ppl have to do is treat you as a person good. If chic-fil-a wasn’t hiring ppl or not serving ppl because of their sexuality that would be a different story. Besides boycotting chic-fil-a over an opinion is not going to guarantee myself a job when i graduate college, or make the economy better for when my younger sisters get older. There is alot of really important things that needs to be taken care of then being angry at someones opinion.. im just saying!
Who cares it’s just chicken joint either you eat there or you don’t!
No matter what side you are on, you have to give respect to the young lady. She handled the situation with respect and dignity making the situation calm and under control. You know for a fact that if it were your average disgruntled employee this video would have been Rated R and far worse than how it turned out. I hope Chick-Fil-A gives her some kind of bonus for being a model employee!
LOVED the way the young lady handled herself in the video…some people need to take note…had she responded with an attitude and "went off" on the man should could have very well been fired also.
While I dont agree with the comparison of being gay and being black (a gay person can wake up and decide who their sexual partner will be…man/woman…it can even change from day to day a black person cant decide that they wont be black…Race and sexual preference is two totally different things dont confuse the two.
Ultimately we will all be subject to judgement one day so I am not here to judge a person lifestyle although I may not agree with it. I can love you but I dont have to love your sin…that pretty much goes with anything.
No boo, gay people dont just "decide" to be gay, just like black folks dont "decide" to be black. Both are born that way.
I guarantee you were sexually abused by a male or female in your life or witnessed your mother or another loved one be physically abused leading you to dislike the opposite sex… YOU NEED TO STOP WITH ALL THIS I WAS BORN THIS WAY CRAP…. no one is born gay… you all are just confused individuals i do not hate any person gay straight ect. but i have my opinion and i disagree with you lifestyle… ijs
But a GAY man can decide is he wants to be with a woman at some point…which could make him bisexual or even DECIDE to no longer be gay…i have seen it time and time again. There is NO GAY gene…I dont care how your brain is alined. I cant wake up and DECIDE to be anything but the best black woman that I was born to be…its in my gene’s…my DNA. YOUR gene’s and DNA links you to a race NOT a sexual preference…PLEASE let’s be clear on that… stay in your lane and I’l stay in mine but it is NOT the same lane…
Thank you. Gays can stop being gay whenever they want. Name a black person who has been able to stop being black.
Crickets.
Yes boo. People do decide to be gay. The woman who played Miranda on Sex and the City said on The View she’s CHOOSING to be gay. And a friend of mine told me that is father was gay and when my friend was a kid people in his neighborhood told him he was gay because his father was gay. My friend said he was not gay but went along with it anyway cause he didn’t know how to say he was not gay. Therefore, he CHOSE to act gay because he didn’t have the balls to say he wasn’t.
Now what?
Please tell em again Vay!
he was so proud when he made this video too .. lol
ppl will soon realize that all this shit they put on the web can come back to haunt them. Every employee represents the company that they work for .. he deserved to be fired.
If ppl are born gay please explain those that were once straight but due to mistreatment they crossed over. Explain those that sleeping with both men and women. All that brain waves and being born that way has always sounded crazy too me. Not all but many have never even thought to experience the opposite sex due to trauma or bad experiences. This inquiring mind want to know. Because when I see a woman who once dated men and has children and now is a lesbian…I don’t believe she was born that way…she changed up like a light bulb….and explain that?? And then the ones that experienced sexual trauma and became scared by the opposite sex or got the impression it was ok and enjoyed….that’s not for all but for many. #confused. –—–
No one is born gay. People decided to be gay.
Yes they are born that way, we all are born sinners. It is up to us on what why we want to go in life. Take that anyway you want, and I am sure the gays will get offended like they always do. The gay commuity act as though they are sacared and can not be talked about and everyone eeds to agree with everything they do or say. Sorry but that is not going to happen
I’m NOT Gay but your post is not true…God defines sin for us. It is not something inherited, nor does He define it as something we are born with. Lord, what is sin? God answers: "Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness." (1 John 3:4). Sin is not something we are born with; it is something we do. When we break God’s law, we sin. The good news is that the gospel of Christ is the power of God to take away our sins.
Read your bible please before using GOD’s name to make a point…
Everyone has an opinion and beliefs. Why force anyone to believe in what you believe, let them see it for yourself. No other group demands and gets so offended as quickly as the homosexuals. Some blacks still get mistreated yet we keep stepping unlike homosexuals "the world ends when they feel disrespected". Grow some balls and thicker skin the world is mean.
THIS IS SO TRUE!! GAYS ARE THE MOST SENSITIVE PPL EVER!! YOU CANT BE GAY AND BE SENSITIVE
The reason gays get so offended is because they don’t have a leg to stand on. They have so many holes in their story/agenda/mandate/beliefs/movement it’s pathetic. I will be so happy when being gay goes out of style.
LOL!!
He had no business harassing an innocent employee over this.
God will not be mocked. That man rolled up and said everything he wanted to say. Then the Lord had His say —> "You’re fired."
God always has the final say.
He deserved every bit of the "YOU’RE FIRED!!" People now-a-days think that you can treat anyone anyway you want and get away with it. As the comment above me stated, God had the final word! How he spoke to that young lady was terrible; she looks like a high-school or college student and even if she isn’t, she is earning an honest buck. She’s not out here selling drugs or shooting people. She is clearly a cashier/server and has absolutely ZERO control over the statements made by the President.
He had no right to tell her that she should be ashamed of herself. He harassed an innocent employee and in turn got what he was looking for. If he was a CEO/treasurer of my company I would have also fired that ass. "You are the weakest link, GOODBYE!!!!"
Agreed. He don’t know nothing about that girl. She’s trying to earn her paycheck just like everybody else. Then had the audacity to video tape her. It backfired. She came out looking like an angel while he looked like every bit of Satan.
THIS WAS STUPID!! WHY DID HE GO UP THERE AND VIDEO TAPE THIS….HE DESERVE TO BE FIRED!! AND DID PPL JUST FIND OUT CHICK FIL A WAS A CHRISTIAN OWNED COMPANY?! SO GLAD THE EMPLOYEE KEPT HER COOL, KUDOS TO HER!!
This guy deserves what he got. Good for the company that he USE TO WORK FOR. I totally agree that marriage IS between a man and a woman. Who can counsel God? Who can tell Him that He is wrong?
Woman was made from man. As a result, a man shall leave is mother and father and be joined with his wife (not husband) and the two shall become one. Be fruitful and multiply. Man and man or woman and woman can not multiply(procreate), w/o a third party being involved.
Since I abide by the aforementioned, does that mean I hate homosexuals? ABSOLUTELY NOT! One is to love ALL people; and they are people too. They are smart, intelligent, kind, considerate, beautiful, talented, etc. They should not be mistreated, disrespected, abused, etc., due to their sexual orientation.
I just don’t agree with men marrying men and woman marrying women. I love them and I hope they are mature enough to respect my morals. I’m sure most can, but some can’t. I’ve been around some gay people who are more respectful than straight people; so I do not dislike gay people, just because of my stance on the marriage issue.
How can one be so into him/herself to think that, "If you don’t except my abnormal way of life, than I’m going to hate you…boycott you…etc?" Are you not doing the same as the ones you are criticizing?
I agree 100%
Gays have a choice to act on the feelings that they have just like a iar has a choice to tell the lie. The point is we all have a cross to carry be it gay/forincator/liar/theif…whatever when Adam sinned it opened the door for all sorts of perversion…sexual and otherwise..but when Jesus shed his blood He provided forgiveness for our sins and the Holy Spirit provides the power and the grace to overcome whatever your sin of choice is. Try Jesus
Regardless of what you believe, the Chik fil a owner was asked a question, he answered, and if you don’t like the answer, that’s fine. What’s not fine is the man here going through the drivethrough, FULL of hate of people who don’t believe the same way he does. He is the one with a hatefull heart, not the Chicken man.
anyone who believes in same sex marriage also beleives in human animal relations and inner family such as father daughter relations. When you cross the lone there is no turning back!!!
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