Chick-fil-A Supporters to Attend 'Appreciation Day'

As criticism over of gay marriage continues, supporters of the chain are planning a "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, now a TV and radio show host, is using his Facebook page to further "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," planned for Aug. 1.

"I ask you to join me in speaking out on Wednesday, August 1 'Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day,'" Huckabee says in a Facebook posting of the event. "No one is being asked to make signs, speeches, or openly demonstrate. The goal is simple: Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick Fil-A on Wednesday, August 1. Too often, those on the left make corporate statements to show support for same sex marriage, abortion, or profanity, but if Christians affirm traditional values, we're considered homophobic, fundamentalists, hate-mongers, and intolerant."

Meanwhile, gay rights groups have called for a boycott of the restaurant chain, and the Jim Henson Co. pulled its Muppet toys from kids' meals, the Associated Press reported.

A asked, "Does knowing a company's stated position on equal rights affect whether you will spend money at that business?"

Of those who voted in the poll, 50 percent said, "Yes, absolutely."

Another 40 percent said, "No, not at all."

And 10 percent said, "In some cases, yes."