Jon Stewart On Chicken Sandwich Activism: Finally A Protest Americans ‘Can Fully Embrace’ | Talking Points Memo

What, exactly, drove thousands of people to the nation’s Chick-fil-A restaurants this week? Was it a chance to celebrate the First Amendment? Or a rally of support for the fast-food chain president’s comments against gay marriage? Jon Stewart can’t be sure. But eating chicken sandwiches is one form of political activism Americans can fully embrace.“What better way to stand up and say, ‘I oppose gay people’s right to get married,’ than to head down to a Chick-fil-A, grab a hold of two buttery buns, split ’em open and gobble down some of that hot, greasy cock,” Stewart said.


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