Today, August 1st, marks America's first-annual Appreciation Day for Chick-Fil-A, when failed presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee join together with other marriage equality-fearing Americans to celebrate the chicken chain's anti-gay rhetoric and unwavering opposition to same-sex marriage. As supporters come out in droves to uphold traditional values by exchanging their hard-earned dollars for chicken nuggets and waffle fries, they've created lengthy lines at drive-thrus across the country. Naturally, the revolution is taking place on Twitter:
One woman was so excited to show her support this morning that she tweeted plans to eat at every Chick-Fil-A in town:
— lynn smith (@mslynettesmith) August 1, 2012
@govmikehuckabee Yes Im going to EVERY Chick-fil-a in my town and EATING me some chicken!!! God Bless America
Ms. Smith wasn't alone in her excitement, apparently. Here's RedState.com editor and CNN contributor Erick Erickson instagramming a quarter-mile line, presumably in Atlanta:
Chick-Fil-A Appreciation day. The line for the drive thru is about a quarter mile long.instagr.am/p/NyqXLxngg4/
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 1, 2012
Rick Santorum also chimed in, retweeting support from Willis, Texas and Birmingham, Alabama before enjoying his own lunch along with his pals from Citizens United:
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— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) August 1, 2012@sewillz:@ricksantorum over 500 cars in line at the#Chickfila in Willis Texas!
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— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) August 1, 2012@jeremiahmclean: Almost 100 people in line@chickfila Brookwood mall Bham AL@rushlimbaugh@mittromney@ricksantorum flic.kr/p/cHLzBw
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— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) August 1, 2012@citizensunited finishing our Chick-fil-A lunch. Ok leftists go crazy.
In Baton Rouge, they can hardly keep up with demand:
Mom reports from Baton Rouge, LA: "Chick-fil-A is packed. Double line drive-thru quit taking orders until they catch up."
— Ellen Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) August 1, 2012
And "God Bless" all those traffic jams:
— Jessica Derryberry (@jessdb922) August 1, 2012
@seanhannity@ericbolling The line behind me to get into Chick-Fil-A!! Major traffic jam. God Bless America!! twitter.com/jessdb922/stat
I'm at Chick-Fil-A and I have never seen anything like this. The drive-thru & waiting to get in. WHOA! twitter.com/GeorgeERobinso
— George Robinson (@GeorgeERobinson) August 1, 2012
Meanwhile, a few other twitter users went with a more directly biblical angle, anointing the holy chicken chain and giving some interesting new takes on intelligent design:
May God continue to bless Chick-Fil-A and other Christian businesses who stand for Biblical values.
— Gunservatively (@Gunservatively) August 1, 2012#EatMorChikin
God bless Chick-Fil-A. Marriage is meant for one man and one women. It's the way God designed it
— AJ Hart (@TheRealAugustus) August 1, 2012
Finally, even national treasure Steve Martin joined in with trademark sarcasm, proving it is still possible to find love over a couple of those blessed chicken sandwiches:
Had dinner at Chick-fil-A, then I married a man. There was something about that sandwich .
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 31, 2012