Breaking News: Anti-Chick-Fil-A protesters plan sit-in

Since Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy spoke out in favor of traditional marriage a whirlwind debate has swept the nation. Everything from petty name calling to public officials vowing banishment of the fast-food chain has been thrown out to try and get Cathy to retract his statement. Despite all the hullabaloo though, the latest twist in the firestorm is probably the most interesting. Yesterday anti-Chick-Fil-A protesters announced they have organized a nation-wide protest/sit-in that will take place once a week for the next several weeks. This large group, comprised of several smaller LGBT groups around the country, will be picketing and sitting in every Sunday hoping to cripple Chick-Fil-A's profitability enough to force the hand of it's president. One of the organizers agreed to speak to us under the condition of anonymity: "Obviously we can't do this every day because most of us have jobs, so we figured if we could take down one day of every week that would reduce their profits by at least one-seventh. That should hurt 'em enough to make them rethink this hateful stance." The organizer went on to say "We know Chick-Fil-A is really churchy, too, so we're betting a lot of people come in after church on Sunday to eat. That coupled with the reasons I mentioned earlier makes Sunday the ideal day for these demonstrations".
     A member of Chick-Fil-A's cooperate leadership team also agreed to speak to us under the condition of anonymity: "Due to the fact that Chick-Fil-A is closed every Sunday we not only believe this demonstration will have zero effect on our current customers, we believe it will increase business throughout the rest of the week. These groups have been providing so much free advertising for Chick-Fil-A that we have been able to almost entirely eliminate our advertising budget. Thanks to these people it looks like Chick-Fil-A is going to have a banner year!"
     The anonymous protest organizer scoffed at the remarks: "We'll see if they're singing the same tune next Monday."
     The protests are scheduled to begin this coming Sunday. A Mind On Display will have correspondents on the ground and will be providing a full breakdown of the aftermath.

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