BY JOSH MCGHEE AND CASEY TONER Staff Reporters August 1, 2012 12:34PM <\/p>\n
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 <\/p>\n
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Updated: August 1, 2012 9:09PM <\/p>\n
Call it free speech chicken. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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