Gay internet celeb Antoine Dodson defends eating at Chick-fil-A
“A lot of people from the gay community have been coming to me and telling me that I shouldn’t eat from Chick-fil-A, and I’m thinking like, ‘Oh my God, that’s so crazy. Why?’… Chick-fil-A makes good meals, and I eat there quite frequently. No one is going to stop me from eating there. If I’m going to have a Chick-fil-A sandwich, I’m going to have a Chick-fil-A sandwich.“
Openly gay internet celeb Antoine Dodson in a recent posting on his YouTube account. After receiving a tremendous backlash, Dodson defended his statement in a follow-up video, claiming that his support of the restaurant was for the workers, and not for Chick-fil-A president and COO Dan Cathy, whose public position against same-sex marriage has fueled controversy for weeks now.
“Those people work really hard and they have families and stuff and they need to keep their jobs. I’m not supporting the head man in charge, I’m supporting them hard workers in the kitchen.“
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