In response to a widely-publicized claim that Chick-fil-A (CFA) has made important concessions to Chicago Alderman Proco Moreno regarding its harmful corporate giving policies, the company issued a press release today that aims to “clarify” its principles. This is news that many of us have been waiting for! Let’s take a look:

Over 1 Million Page Views! That seems like a good milestone to stop and pause in wonder at how amazing Twitter is, and how delightfully generous, loving, and healing total strangers can be, even as friends are being cruel. I’m simply gobsmacked by the response a little blog post intended for a few friends can receive, and I feel honored to have found a place on your Twitter feed, your Facebook feed, your website. After the events of the past few days, I’m simultaneously undaunted, hopeful, and amazed, and want to share with you some of the reasons why.

This post is all I have to say about the Chick-Fil-A controversy. It sums up various posts on the issue and various points made by my friends and I. From now on, rather than spend time debating this issue person by person, I’m going to point people here. My hope here is to find common ground with those who have disagreed with me on the issue, and maybe to persuade. It’s not to ridicule or to best. So, in the interest of common ground, let’s start here: I acknowledge the absurdity of all this debate.

Here are the facts on Chick-fil-A’s harmful giving.

Friday evening, Chick-fil-A (CFA) CEO Dan Cathy issued this statement to Mike Huckabee:

In response to my Chick-Fil-A essay, I got a lot of letters kind of like this one.