The Chick-fil-A Fiasco Explained in 20 Tweets

Fueled by Wednesday's Rick Santorum / Mike Huckabee / Sarah Palin-endorsed Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, the fast food chain continued to trend throughout the week, as it seemed like everybody had a take on the issue. That was probably the only good thing to come out of the fiasco: the Twitter reactions to a hot-button socio-political issue sparked by the internal policies of one beloved regional chicken outlet. As explained by the kids in the back of the classroom:

This whole Chick-Fil-A mess is just an elaborate scheme by Newt Gingrich to have them cater the Republican National Convention.

— Andrew Goldstein (@AngeGold) August 2, 2012

We should protest Chick-fil-A's anti-gay stance by throwing away all of their food into my mouth.

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) July 18, 2012

For Chris Christie, today was Chick-Fil-A-KFC-Taco Bell-Arbys-Wendys-Dairy Queen-Duncan Donuts-Cinnabon Appreciation Day.

— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 2, 2012

Hey coworkers, we get off for Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day, right?

— Jeff Rubin (@JeffRubinShow) July 30, 2012

chick-fil-a is so into heterosexuality they're changing their name to fil-a-chick. (rimshot)

— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) July 20, 2012

In response to Chick-fil-A's homophobia, I think The Burger King should come out of the closet. You've been a bachelor for quite some time!

— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) July 24, 2012

Chick-Fil-A believes marriage should only be between a fat man and an overweight woman.

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) August 1, 2012

Eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich ironically

— Eli Braden (@EliBraden) August 1, 2012

Look forward to Chick-fil-A introducing their Only Some People Are Allowed to Be Happy Meal.

— Josh Hara (@yoyoha) August 1, 2012

Boston's mayor has banned Chick-fil-A, saying businesses who discriminate aren't welcome, which is a real surprise to some bars in Southie.

— Buck Singleton (@buck_singleton) July 27, 2012

I don't know why Chick-Fil-A is so preoccupied with the sexuality of people when, clearly, it's the chickens that are getting fucked.

— Aimee B (@Aimee_B_Loved) August 1, 2012

BREAKING: Chick-fil-A comes out against Olympic torch – wants "nothing to do with anything flaming."

— Adam Carl (@AdamWearsPants) July 26, 2012

I'm not saying America has an obesity problem, but our civil rights debates hinge on fried chicken.

— BenKuchera (@BenKuchera) August 2, 2012

I think Mike Huckabee organized this Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day thing just as an excuse to get really fat again.

— Keating Thomas (@keatingthomas) August 3, 2012

Saw a billboard for Chick-fil-A that read: "EET LES DIK."

— Steven Amiri (@StevenAmiri) July 18, 2012

tried to go to Chick-fil-A today but the place was super crowded. great where am i supposed to go for my glory hole shift now

— Andrew Bridgman (@AndyBridgman) August 2, 2012

I'm gonna do my part and feed Chick-fil-A waffle fries to a tranny through a glory hole today.

— Jenny Johnson (@JennyJohnsonHi5) August 3, 2012

Maybe this idea will help or maybe it won't, but maybe we should just outlaw gay people from eating chicken?

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) July 28, 2012

For chickens, Chik-Fil-agetting protested for homophobia is like Al Capone going to jail for tax evasion. Close enough.

— Neal Brennan (@nealbrennan) August 1, 2012

Imagine how your body would feel if you ate 20 Chick-fil-A sandwiches. That's how my brain feels after all this Chick-fil-A conversation.

— John Moe (@johnmoe) August 3, 2012

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