Is Chick-fil-A Anti-Gay Marriage? Flap Over CEO's Comments

Lunch lines are just as long at Chick-fil-A restaurants in Florida, even though the chain is under fire nationally for CEO Dan Cathy's remarks to the Baptist Press.

“We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives,” Cathy said in the interview with Baptist Press.

The article noted that the popular restaurant chain trains workers “to focus on values rooted in the Bible.” Chick-fil-A's across the country are closed on Sundays for the Sabbath.

In the interview, Cathy described support by his business for "the biblical defintion of the family unit," reports the Los Angeles Times.

Several online bloggers wrote that Cathy's comments shows that the restaurant chain's leader is anti-gay marriage. The Los Angeles Times article reported about the online flap in an article headlined: "Is Chick-fil-A anti-gay marriage? 'Guilty as charged,' leader says."

Equality Matters, which support gay rights, issued a report examining donations by the restaurant company. In 2010, the company gave nearly $2 million to Christian-based groups that oppose homosexuality, according to Equality Matters.

Chick-fil-A has restaurants across Florida, including two in Bradenton.

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