Anti-gay marriage controversy draws crowd to local Chick-fil-As

BY JOSH MCGHEE AND CASEY TONER Staff Reporters August 1, 2012 12:34PM

Lines stretched out onto Wabash ave. (at Chicago ave.) as customers attended Chick fil A Appreciation Day about 1pm Wednesday Aug.1, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times

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Updated: August 1, 2012 9:09PM

Call it free speech chicken.

For many who went to eat at Chicago-area Chick-fil-As Wednesday amidst calls to support the company presidents anti-gay marriage stance, it didnt come down to whether they agreed with him or not.

Rather, they said, it was simply to show they supported Dan Cathys right to espouse his beliefs beliefs that they said shouldnt impact whether another Chick-fil-A should be allowed to open in the city.

I came out to support freedom of speech, said Bob Matter, a paralegal and self-described atheist, liberal and supporter of gay marriage. Matter, like hundreds of others, flocked to the Chick-fil-A at 30 E. Chicago. There should be no government limits on what you believe.

Support even came from members of the gay community like Amnwari Ndlay-Owusa, a South African who is a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As long as I dont get discriminated against, I respect his opinion because its his opinion, he said while eating at the restaurant with friends.

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