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Dan Cathy,president of Chick-fil-A food restaurants, answers questions during an interview in Boston. (AP Photo/William Plowman)

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Chick-fil-A supporters recognize appreciation day

Opponents plan 'Kiss Mor Chiks' day for Friday

Updated: Thursday, 02 Aug 2012, 5:27 AM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012, 6:47 AM CDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Chick-fil-A supporters are eating at the chicken chain's restaurants as the company continues to be criticized for an executive taking a public position against same-sex marriage.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, declared Wednesday "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."

A spokeswoman for the Rev. Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist ate a Chick-fil-A lunch, including a chicken sandwich and waffle fries, at his North Carolina home.

Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press last month that the Atlanta-based company was "guilty as charged" for backing "the biblical definition of a family." Gay rights groups and others answered with calls for boycotts.

Opponents of Cathy's stance have planned "Kiss Mor Chiks" for Friday, asking people of the same sex to show up at Chick-fil-A locations and kiss each other.