Chick-Fil-A is a conservative Christian company. It has been since it began. Members of the company on all levels have probably expressed opinions similar to the one that has got everyone in an uproar-- even the one who expressed the opinion this time. They have given money to conservative political action groups before too (which is apparently the "real" reason so many people want to boycott Chick-Fil-A). Why the uproar now?
It's a similar question to what I wondered to myself when the Tea Party started right after Obama was elected. The things they were, and still are, complaining about have been happening a long time. The timing seemed suspicious. It still does, even if I can sympathize with some of the protests the Tea Party has.
It is possible, in both cases, that the majority just honestly didn't know about this stuff until now (or right after Obama was elected, in the case of the Tea Party). It's... possible. It is still nevertheless suspicious.
The suspicious part of the Chick-Fil-A debacle? It's an election year. In fact, it is less than six months to the election, and I cannot help wondering if Chick-Fil-A's president's comment would have gotten this much attention if it wasn't, or if the majority of people would never even known he said it. I really have to wonder if all these people would be protesting the money Chick-Fil-A donates to conservative lobbyists (and has pretty much always done so) if it wasn't. I have to wonder if Chick-Fil-A's president would have made his comment if it wasn't as well.
I am not saying that the protesters don't have the right to protest. I am not saying that Chick-Fil-A's president doesn't have the right to say whatever he wants to. The Tea Party has the right to do their thing as well. They all even have the right to do it when they want to. I am just saying that their timing is a bit... suspicious.
