Recently I received an email from the President of our company, Jimmy Rane, explaining his support of Chick-fil-A. You may have heard recent discussions regarding the support of Chick-fil-A especially on June 1 - Show your support for Chick-fil-A day. His email was stirring and convicting and made me proud to work for an organization like Great Southern Wood Preserving. I hope you will read his email below and decide to support Chick-fil-A as well.
Begin email:
As you no doubt have heard, Chick-fil-A became embroiled in
a highly visible controversy last week when the company’s president, Dan Cathy,
spoke candidly about the company and its approach to doing business.
The resulting backlash against
Cathy personally and against Chick-fil-A from those who don’t share their
values has sent shockwaves to freedom-loving Americans throughout the nation.
Why? Because one of our most
precious freedoms in America is our right to free speech, and the tactics that
have been used by those who oppose Cathy’s point of view to rob Cathy and his
organization of this precious right to be heard have sounded the alarm
throughout America.
Since the founding of our nation,
Americans have made incredible sacrifices to protect this right and we, as
Americans, have to continue to defend and protect our freedoms if we are to
remain a free nation. Surrendering any American’s right to free
expression, whether we agree with their point of view or not,simply is not an
option that a free and civil society can afford.
I’m planning to support
Chick-fil-A and their right to free speech by participating in Chick-fil-A
Appreciation Day this Wednesday, August 1st, and I hope you’ll join
me. Take time to stop at a local Chick-fil-A for breakfast, lunch or
dinner. Or, buy someone a Chick-fil-A gift card.
To further support our
Constitutional rights of free speech, I’m asking our General Managers to
provide lunch from Chick-fil-A at the plant on Wednesday to any of our
employees who want to participate. I’m also authorizing our GM’s to work
with our Outside Sales Reps to treat any of our customers who want to join us
in this effort to a meal from Chick-fil-A or a $10 gift card to the restaurant.
I’m also offering our Departmental
Managers the opportunity to provide lunch from Chick Fil-A on Wednesday to any
of your team that would like to participate. Or, you can provide a $10
Chick Fil-A gift card instead if you prefer that option. I’ll pick up the
tab.
It’s time to take a stand in
opposition to those who would trample our Constitutional rights to free
speech. Won’t you join me and make your voice heard?
