Jesus Fried Chicken

I came across this fucked up little item over at the Raw Story. Basically, a conservative christian (or as I like to say 'willfully ignorant') group in the US named The American Family Association is encouraging it's misguided members to eat more fried chicken at the chain Chick-fil-A. Why? Because slightly less ignorant students at an Indiana university want to have all Chick-fil-A's products removed from campus.

See, Chick-fil-A is run as a christian business. They play christian music in their restaurants, close on Sundays, and... oh yeah, donate heavily to anti LGBT organizations:

Chick-fil-A, which has 1,550 locations in 39 states, has been accused of having deep financial ties to nationwide organizations that oppose marriage equality and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. According to an investigation by the progressive blog EqualityMatters, the restaurant chain's charitable division has provided more than $1.1 million to anti-LGBT organizations, including the Alliance Defense Fund and Family Research Council.

I'm all for LGBT rights. You are what you are and fuck who you fuck. As long as we're all consenting adults it's none of my business. But really, if we're going to talk about rights why is no one mentioning the chickens? Oh wait, Chick-fil-A, in an obtuse way, does:

Chick-fil-A's corporate purpose states that the business exists to "glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us" and "have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.

"We have no agenda against anyone," Dan Cathy, President and COO of the fast food chain, said in a statement from January. "At the heart and soul of our company, we are a family business that serves and values all people regardless of their beliefs or opinions."

A faithful steward? Really? Slaughtering millions of innocent, sentient creatures for your own enrichment is faithful? Hmm. A positive influence? Really? Fried chicken is one of the most unhealthy things a person can force into their stomach, not to mention instilling in people the notion that animals exist solely for our use and abuse.

Please explain how you value my beliefs as a vegan, besides having a token salad on the menu. I'd love to hear it. Serve me something with black kale and almonds, damn it. And no,  not deep fried free range chicken raised on kale and almonds.

And just to illustrate how confused and willfully ignorant this corporation is, check out their website and their 'Eat Mor Chikin' campaign (their spelling not mine). See, ha, we're going to eat cows anyway, but why not eat more chicken? Cuz ther even stoopider then cowz. Stoopid fukin chikins.

Assholes.

Anyway, I'm all for the boycott. Whether or not you are LGBT, boycott these bastards.