Same-Sex Kiss at Midtown Chick-fil-A

About a dozen gays, lesbians and their friends gathered outside the Colony Square Chick-fil-A  at lunchtime Friday in protest of the Atlanta-based company president’s recent comments.

On Wednesday, long lines formed at many Chick-fil-A locations to show support for the traditional values stance. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) organized Friday’s National Same-Sex Kiss Day event at Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country.

The Colony Square restaurant, located near the corner of Peachtree and 14th streets in Midtown, was bustling with business around 1 p.m., while outside same-sex couples shouted “Go gay marriage!” in between both sloppy kisses and pecks on the cheek.

Midtown resident J.R. Rich and Grant Park’s Morgan Ivy held a sign that read: “$5 Million To Hate Groups = Discrimination.”

“I just want the company to know, the world to know that it’s not OK to discriminate,’’ Rich said. “It’s not OK to donate millions of dollars to groups who work against our cause for gay rights and gay marriage. This is a peaceful thing. We’re spreading a message of love, not hate.”

Added Ivy, “We want to love each other and there’s nothing wrong with that. We feel that we’re being attacked and it’s unnecessary and we’re here to stand up for it.”

The Colony Square Chick-fil-A Operator Jeff Moran declined to comment to Patch about the protest and indicated that that questions needed to be addressed to the corporate office. Because of hardscape and landscaping, the protesters were obstructed from the view of the customers, many who entered the store from the atrium inside Colony Square.

“I didn’t even know they were out there,’’ said customer Gerald Dunlap. “It doesn’t matter to me. I was hungry and wanted a chicken sandwich.”

A Midtown company, Carma Productions, and its Gayborhood App, helped organize event at the in downtown Decatur. See here for the protesting and kissing that went down there Friday.