Weekend talking points: 7 top stories - August 3, 2012
What happened this week? Olympic champions celebrated. Kofi Annan quit. And the culture wars raged at fried-chicken joints nationwide
By The Week Staff | August 3, 2012
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T
he culture wars are back — at an unlikely location. After Chick-fil-A boss Dan Cathy declared his support for traditional (read: "non-gay") marriage, mayors in Chicago, Boston, and elsewhere warned the fast-food joint to stay out of their cities. That prompted Mike Huckabee and thousands of other opponents of gay marriage to flock to Chick-fil-A for an "appreciation day." Liberals countered with a same-sex "kiss-in."
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