Huckabee throws a bone to Chick-fil-A

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is sticking up for Chick-fil-A.

Huckabee has asked supporters to eat at one of the fast food chain's more than 1,500 locations on Aug. 1 as part of an "appreciation day." He's defending Chick-fil-A after its president publicly affirmed the company's opposition to same-sex marriage last week.

"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," Huckabee wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday.

More than 38,000 people had accepted his Facebook invitation as of Monday afternoon.