Chick-fil-A Kiss Day: Gay Rights Activists Hold Kiss-Ins At Restaurants Nationwide

Reuters  |  Posted: 08/03/2012 6:27 pm Updated: 08/03/2012 10:17 pm

By Kim Palmer

Kim Harrell, left, kisses her partner of five years, Paula Tyer during the protest of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Pompano Beach, Fla., Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Gay rights activists kissed at Chick-fil-A stores across the U.S. on Friday, just days after the company set a sales record when customers flocked to the restaurants to show support for the fast-food chain president's opposition to gay marriage. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Gay rights activists and backers of same-sex marriage held "kiss-ins" at Chick-fil-A restaurants across the United States on Friday to protest the fast-food chain president's opposition to homosexual unions.

Same Sex Kiss Day is a reaction to comments last month from Dan Cathy, who said he supported "the biblical definition of the family unit" and put his chain of roughly 1,600 restaurants smack in the middle of a cultural debate. Read More