full to the brim, breaking attendance records that the rolling stones didn't, and appear with billy graham throughout the '70s and '80s, although he did that. don't listen to james because he has an international missions outreach that has literally saved the lives of thousands of young children, saved countless young women from child prostitution and dug water wells, although he has done that too. don't listen to james because millions, 20 million plus have come to an understanding of jesus christ through james' primary vocation, that of an evangelist. but here is why you should listen to james. james has stood up twice at critical times in our country as a citizen patriot. and the first one is quite interesting. you see he is a southern baptist evangelist. in the late '70s, he saw southern baptists president, and he realized perhaps not all people of faith had the same views politically as he saw president carter. and he convened a large group, using his influence as a well-known and highly effective evangelist. and he convened a huge number of pastors, cutting across all lines. and rona

supporters include rick santorum, mike huckabee and billy graham. the company also issued a statement. the chick-fil-a culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat of person with honor -- treat every person with honor, dignity and respect regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. the impact on the 1,600 restaurants is not yet clearance but one analyst predicts a 1 to 2 percent drop in sales. next week supporters are organizing a nationwide appreciation day while gay rights activists are planning a same sex couples kiss-in. in new york lauren green, fox news. >>> did you see it? one of youtube's most famous stars is speaking out about chick-fil-a. antwon dodson who went viral a few years ago after an interview with an alabama tv station says he doesn't care about chick-fil- a's policy. he says he just wants to be treated with respect. >> just let me tell you this. i have uncles and aunties as well who does not approve of gay marriages and stuff like that, but they respect me. i don't care about one person

and that's what so silly about this claim of mel gibson and frankly of some others including billy graham who's claimed when he saw the film he felt like he was a bystander, like it was a real tv documentary or something. this is clearly a film that comes out of the visions of a lot of people, mel gibson one of them, and this emmer rick person another. >> this goes actually a little bit further, this piece written by o'malley, john w. o'malley, a jesuit. he said the emmer rick-brentano papers are perhaps best treated as devout fiction or well intentioned frauds. that's how her original writings evolved and were added to. so that has to be said in connection with this. >> that's right, he's drawing from all sorts of resources, he's drawing from med evil passion plays, i think he's drawing from the tradition of the horror movie, i think he's drawing from the action adventure movies, there's all sorts of sources that we see here. >> let me give you a real question here on what image may be emerging. some viewers have said that the brutalization of death and jesus leave, for revenge, could we

mother jones, the "los angeles times", boston globe, all essentially have joined to the position, billy graham a statement in support. there are literally thousands of organizations across america who have just said "enough is enough of political correctness," this is insane. and people are beginning to realize that we don't have to agree with the politics or faith a economy but you don't try to stop a company especially at this time of the economy. >>neil: i was thinking of that, whatever your views, boycotts bad because they boomerang. but leaving that aside, the same groups that are calling for chick-fil-a to be banned from the cities or towns are the same ones would said it was unfair to penalize right after 9/11, the dixie chicks, the female country singing band that criticised then president bush saying that was unfair. i think there is sort of a double standard here and if that's -- it is that which worries me. >>governor huckabee: imagine if the mayor of dallas, next said he would not allow ben and jerry's ice cream to come to town because they led by executives who promote same-sex ma

the latest to defend the fast food chain is evangelist billy graham.ss my support for my good friends truitt cathy and his son dan and for their strong stand for the christian faith. i appreciate their support for god's definition of marriage. mary snow reports more on the controversy. >> reporter: the grand opening of a chick-fil-a restaurant in laguna hills, california was met with protests. guy rights supporters calling for boycotts after the president of the chicken restaurant chain said he opposed same sex marriage. >> those kinds of messages and that rhetoric is very hurtful to our families. >> reporter: chicago is the latest city to yank the welcome mat. >> chick-fil-a's values are not chicago values. they're not respectful of our residents, our neighbors, and our family members. >> reporter: mayor rahm emanuel echoed sentiments of a city official who threatened to block construction of a chick-fil-a restaurant. the chain has become a lightning rod for controversy after its president dan cathy made it clear he believes marriage should only be be