Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy has
described gay marriage supporters as “arrogant” for going against
God on marriage.
In an interview on the Ken Coleman
Show, Cathy defended his company's support of groups opposed to
marriage equality.
“I think we are inviting God's
judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We
know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'” Cathy
said. “And I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a
prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to
define what marriage is about.”
(Listen
to the segment at GoodAsYou.org.)
On Monday, Christian publication the
Baptist Press quoted Cathy as saying “guilty as charged”
in response to being asked about his company's record supporting
anti-gay groups.
Last year, as the company's links to
anti-gay groups came under increased scrutiny, Cathy announced that
his company would no longer “champion any political agendas on
marriage and family” and claimed that Chick-Fil-A has “no agenda
against anyone.”
According to Equality
Matters, Chick-Fil-A donated $3 million to groups opposed to gay
rights, including the Family Research Council (FRC) and Exodus
International, between 2003 and 2009. In 2010, the company gave more
than $1.9 million to such groups, more than any other year for which
public records are available.