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NH Pride Fest Sells Out LBGT Supporters for 50 Bucks and Free Chicken
Daily Kos
By Morgan Sandlin
Aug 02, 2012

By now most of you know that fellow on the right, Dan Cathy, head of Chick Fil A. We are all aware of his reprehensible practice of providing funding in the MILLIONS to causes that seek to not only deny members of the LBGT community their basic rights but has even gone so far as to donate to groups that advocate the killing of gay individuals overseas.
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Nashua Chick-fil-a To Help Sponsor New Hampshire Pride Festival

The first thing that struck me was the similarity of this statement with the one on the Chick Fil A main Facebook page:

    The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect – regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. We will continue this tradition in the over 1,600 Restaurants run by independent Owner/Operators. Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.

What reasoning does NH Pride Fest offer for their decision? Not much.

From their page linked above in the question and answers section:

    Q10. I heard that Chick Fil A donated $2000 to NH Pridefest so that they could host the event. Isn’t that a bribe to deal with the devil?

    A.  First and most importantly, Chick Fil A is not hosting Pride Fest. They have given us only $50 to secure a spot at the park. (The price we charge for all looking to get a spot during the festival) And they will be handing out free food. They have not offered and we would not allow them to sell anything at the event. While we understand that this is a controversial move, we need people to have the facts. The manager is coming to the event with his lgbt staff to support the community. We are not supporting Chick Fil A and are in fact still supporting the nationwide boycott. This one particular franchise operator is coming to support us. We are not accepting a “bribe.” I think $50 and free chicken (which I’m not even going to eat) can be misconstrued as a bribe. What Chick Fil A has been doing to the community is un-reconcile-able. But this particular franchise operator has decided to step away from the hatred and bigotry of the rest of the nation, and we want to welcome those who support us. Even if we do not support them.

My favorite line has to be "...and free chicken (which I’m not even going to eat)". Isn't that a tad like having Jeffrey Dahmer cater your dinner party but telling your guest you're just not hungry?
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He bought you for $50 and some chicken....and your supporters got sold out.

What the heck were they thinking? There are a number of LGBT organizations that are backing out the event because of this.