Chick-fil-A sales have broken all records after being threatened by ultra-left wing activists. The restaurant chain, attacked for its CEO's affirmation of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman, became a rallying cry for freedom of speech and religious expression.

America is a center-right country, with a majority that respects traditional values and simple common decency, both of which inform their consumer and investment decisions.

The past month highlighted issues in America's culture war, culminating in a shooting that could have been perhaps the deadliest act of domestic terrorism ever driven exclusively by a social issue. Several related episodes showcase the nexus between these social controversies and economic prosperity.

First, when Chick-fil-A officer Dan Cathy made an orthodox Christian statement regarding same-sex marriage it set off a firestorm on the Left, calling for economic retribution by boycotting the 1,600-store restaurant chain.