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chikafilet is crap. their food is disgusting. and, they sue anyone that uses their line of eat more ____. and, they are one of the many sources of obesity in america.
The mayors of Chicago and Boston declare that Chick-fil=A shouldn’t be allowed to open franchises in those cities. How easily the PC police display contempt for elementary legal rights, such as the First Amendment.
The man that heads Chick-Fil-A is a typical bully. He spends millions of dollars to prevent gay people from having the same rights as everyone else. Now he is finding out that queers fight back! Like every bully that I have seen, a bloody nose sends him crying for sympathy. I have no sympathy for him. He started it! Those gay people were doing nothing to harm him.
The mayors of Chicago and Boston are just blowing smoke to pander to the PC crowd. Chick-fil-A’s management is entitled to its opinion, and so are you. You don’t want to eat there, you don’t have to.
“Political correctness” is an affront to the First Amendment, and should be shouted down at every opportunity. All opinions are free to be expressed – and ignored – in the USA.
Now for my opinion. The mayors of Boston and Chicago are, for lack of a better term, “chickening out”.
As usual, McCoy gets it 100% wrong. Obama has been a supporter of the LGBT community, even when personally or politically he couldn’t support all their goals, such as marriage equality. That’s a far cry from the head of Chick-fil-a donating substantial amounts of money to groups that want to ban gay marriage and then making a personal statement (which he had to know would be controversial) against it.
It’s not about being politically correct; it’s about people (including big-city mayors) choosing not to do business with a person or company whose views and political actions they find offensive.
Surely by the time one ascends to the presidency of the U.S.A., one has become solid in one’s beliefs rather than letting oneself be blown around like a balloon with every political wind.
Big-city mayors choosing to do business with? You mean that by allowing a store to open, a city is doing business with it? Mayors are entitled to censor opinions by denying the offenders the right to earn a living in their cities? The liberal “mind” is a truly scary thing to behold.
Really, Morty, you should know better. Sure go ahead. Open it up. Let’s see how well you do. That IS how we do it over here. Individuals will decide if you should continue under that banner. The free market. As it will be shown at Chic-fil-a. People that don’t approve of the CEO’s position are free to not patronize the place.
However, a government office does not have the right to block the individual from opening up a place of business (as the Boston Mayor later said) using the power of office.
About 15 years ago, I had a gay friend who worked for Chik-Fil-A for about 2 months. He left because he couldn’t stand the manager constantly asking why he chose homosexuality over “God’s way”. Anecdotal, yes. No lawsuit came out of it and I know of no discrimination lawsuits against the company. I never liked their food, but it is my choice not to patronize them knowing the CEO’s stance on gay marriage. It is also anyone’s choice not to watch the Muppets if they disagree with their support of GLBT’s. The free market will sort this one out. If Chik-Fil-A has lost too many customers due to this, they will fold or change. However, it’s not like it was a secret they were a Christian oriented workplace. This announcement by them was about as surprising to me as when Rob Halford announced he was gay (in other words, how could you not know?).
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Comments (53) (Please sign in to comment)
comicgos said, 10 months ago
HA! Obama got a lot of heat – just like Chick-fil-A, which is welcome to evolve just like Obama! Grow Up!
Ms. Ima said, 10 months ago
Because it would be against O and all he stands for.. then doesn’t stand for… then stands for… Another reason for me to vote for Mitt.
vwdualnomand said, 10 months ago
chikafilet is crap. their food is disgusting. and, they sue anyone that uses their line of eat more ____. and, they are one of the many sources of obesity in america.
agent.007 said, 10 months ago
The mayors of Chicago and Boston declare that Chick-fil=A shouldn’t be allowed to open franchises in those cities. How easily the PC police display contempt for elementary legal rights, such as the First Amendment.
cubefarmer said, 10 months ago
@comicgos
By “Grow up” you mean “abandon all beliefs I don’t like and worship at the altar of PC” like you usually do?
olfart said, 10 months ago
The man that heads Chick-Fil-A is a typical bully. He spends millions of dollars to prevent gay people from having the same rights as everyone else. Now he is finding out that queers fight back! Like every bully that I have seen, a bloody nose sends him crying for sympathy. I have no sympathy for him. He started it! Those gay people were doing nothing to harm him.
MortyForTyrant said, 10 months ago
@agent.007
So, you wouldn’t have any objection to a concentration camp themed fast-food chain named “Adolf’s Nazi Burgers”, right?
Kylop said, 10 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
Or “Pastafarian’s House of Noodles”
Francis Lapeyre
said, 10 months ago
The mayors of Chicago and Boston are just blowing smoke to pander to the PC crowd. Chick-fil-A’s management is entitled to its opinion, and so are you. You don’t want to eat there, you don’t have to.
“Political correctness” is an affront to the First Amendment, and should be shouted down at every opportunity. All opinions are free to be expressed – and ignored – in the USA.
Now for my opinion. The mayors of Boston and Chicago are, for lack of a better term, “chickening out”.
paullp
said, 10 months ago
As usual, McCoy gets it 100% wrong. Obama has been a supporter of the LGBT community, even when personally or politically he couldn’t support all their goals, such as marriage equality. That’s a far cry from the head of Chick-fil-a donating substantial amounts of money to groups that want to ban gay marriage and then making a personal statement (which he had to know would be controversial) against it.
It’s not about being politically correct; it’s about people (including big-city mayors) choosing not to do business with a person or company whose views and political actions they find offensive.
LingeeWhiz said, 10 months ago
@comicgos
Surely by the time one ascends to the presidency of the U.S.A., one has become solid in one’s beliefs rather than letting oneself be blown around like a balloon with every political wind.
agent.007 said, 10 months ago
Big-city mayors choosing to do business with? You mean that by allowing a store to open, a city is doing business with it? Mayors are entitled to censor opinions by denying the offenders the right to earn a living in their cities? The liberal “mind” is a truly scary thing to behold.
Bruce4671 said, 10 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
Really, Morty, you should know better. Sure go ahead. Open it up. Let’s see how well you do. That IS how we do it over here. Individuals will decide if you should continue under that banner. The free market. As it will be shown at Chic-fil-a. People that don’t approve of the CEO’s position are free to not patronize the place.
However, a government office does not have the right to block the individual from opening up a place of business (as the Boston Mayor later said) using the power of office.
centaur1 said, 10 months ago
Just Damn, we all have the right to our opinion and our beliefs. Quit being so over sensitive..
Fourcrows said, 10 months ago
@Dogbert the Great
About 15 years ago, I had a gay friend who worked for Chik-Fil-A for about 2 months. He left because he couldn’t stand the manager constantly asking why he chose homosexuality over “God’s way”. Anecdotal, yes. No lawsuit came out of it and I know of no discrimination lawsuits against the company. I never liked their food, but it is my choice not to patronize them knowing the CEO’s stance on gay marriage. It is also anyone’s choice not to watch the Muppets if they disagree with their support of GLBT’s. The free market will sort this one out. If Chik-Fil-A has lost too many customers due to this, they will fold or change. However, it’s not like it was a secret they were a Christian oriented workplace. This announcement by them was about as surprising to me as when Rob Halford announced he was gay (in other words, how could you not know?).