Franklin-area businessman and Republican candidate for governor Bill Lee showed his support for Chick-Fil-A while at the same time poking fun at Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey’s apology over the weekend for the “crime” of enjoying a chicken sandwich.
Had a hankering for some @ChickfilA today. Cc: @jack pic.twitter.com/QwpBJS1t8w
— Bill Lee (@BillLeeTN) June 11, 2018
At issue is a tweet by the social media giant’s founder proudly displaying his app-enabled purchase of a Chick-Fil-A meal.
Reaction from the activist Left – especially from the LGBT quarters – was withering, and soonafter, Jack Dorsey capitulated, replying to former CNN anchor, “You’re right. Completely forgot about their background.”
The ‘background’ Dorsey is referring to is a series of statements made by Chick-Fil-A’s Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy from 2012 regarding his support of the biblical definition of marriage of one man and one woman, which triggered simultaneous boycotts by the left and BUY-cotts by the right.
Ultimately, the fast-food stores’ sales rose an astonishing 12 percent, though the company’s owners stepped back from their support of conservative causes.
“Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena,” the company said in a statement in July, 2012.
Bill Lee is among four Republican and two Democrat candidates for Tennessee’s chief executive.
His campaign prominently features his strong faith tradition, interleaving key passages of scripture into positions about the issues Tennesseans face:
I’m a follower of Christ who is committed to living a life of service to others. I am a conservative who believes government should get out of the way and allow people to live their lives and thrive. I wake up every morning trying to figure out how to make life better for my 1,200 employees at my company, and I will take that same energy to lead our state, trying to figure out how we can make life better for 6.5 million Tennesseans.
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“As for me, I will always have hope, I will praise You more and more.”
Psalm 71:14I’m a follower of Christ who is committed to living a life of service to others. I am a conservative who believes government should get out of the way and allow people to live their lives and thrive. I wake up every morning trying to figure out how to make life better for my 1,200 employees at my company, and I will take that same energy to lead our state, trying to figure out how we can make life better for 6.5 million Tennesseans.
