My love for the muppets grows (chik-fil-a related)

[pixy0stix]

www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/jim-henson-company-chick-fil-a-anti-gay_n_1694809.html

Last Friday, the company behind beloved shows such as "Fraggle Rock," "Labyrinth," and "The Muppets," severed ties with Chick-Fil-A due to the fast food chain's CEO's opposition to same sex marriage.

According to "Muppets" fan site ToughPigs.com, The Jim Henson Company had partnered with Chick-Fil-A to feature Jim Henson's Creature Shop toys -- "essentially a plastic tube with cut-out features for customizing your own puppet" -- in their kid's meals from mid-July until August 18th.

However, on Friday, the Jim Henson Company posted the following statement to their Facebook page:

The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors. Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD. (http://www.glaad.org/)

With this, The Jim Henson Company joins the ranks of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who has vowed to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in the city, office star Ed Helms who tweeted that the chain had "lost a loyal fan," and the countless individuals who have taken to social media to voice disapproval, including those planning a National Same Sex Kiss Day on August 3, in condemning the Chick-Fil-A's CEO's opposition to same sex marriage.

[Daria Morgandorffer]

I love this so much.

[dylanite]

Fuckyeahmuppets.tumblr.com should be (and who knows, might be) a real web page. I fucking love them.

[laurenpetro]

and ed helms! yeah!

[2curlydogs]

Jul 23, 2012 15:20:38 GMT -5 dylanite said:

Fuckyeahmuppets.tumblr.com should be (and who knows, might be) a real web page. I fucking love them.

It is. LOL

[dylanite]

Jul 23, 2012 15:24:08 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

Jul 23, 2012 15:20:38 GMT -5 dylanite said:

Fuckyeahmuppets.tumblr.com should be (and who knows, might be) a real web page. I fucking love them.

It is. LOL

Lol awesome.

[twotrue]

Love this!

[secretlyevil]

Nice!

[emilyj]

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights, it's time to get things started on the Muppet Show tonight!!

:Y:

[bqbride]

"...directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD."

This is the single best part. Love it!

[heightsyankee]

Maybe the kids and I should watch the Muppets movie on this rainy afternoon...

[racegrrl714]

Jul 23, 2012 15:13:10 GMT -5 Daria Morgandorffer said:

I love this so much.

+1!!!!

[Michelle]

Awesome to donate to GLAAD.

I am super bummed about CFA. I freakin' love their food. But I am disgusted by their CEO.

[marynjoe]

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