Chick-fil-A

[loveisnoise]

It's only hate when the left says it is.

Agreed FKD- here's a bit of trivia? Ready? Let's begin.

Who said, "“I have long opposed governmental recognition of same-gender marriages, and this legislation is consistent with that position.”

That wasn't a chicken salesman. It wasn't a conservative bible thumpin' right winger, either. That quote comes right from Bill Clinton after signing DOMA.

Maybe people should go back to who actually started this mess. Maybe they can smoke one of his vagina flavored cigars while they're at it.

[2happy4u]

That young lady made a fool out of him. BTW, the dude is as queer as a $3 bill. Didn't even need my gaydar for that one. His personal hate towards Christians was spilling out...

[guzzijason]

FWIW, Clinton has famously flip-flopped on the issue (not that it really matters at this point):

“I am no longer opposed to that," (Clinton) said in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. "I think if people want to make commitments that last a lifetime, they ought to be able to do it."

He added, however, he still believes it's a decision that should be left to the states.

That was in 2009. He even went so far as to campaign against the NC same-sex marriage ban.

__Jason

[Radical Ed]

I just passed by the local ChickFilA in Exton/Lionville. It's being protested by a number of families with signs asking you to Honk For Gay Rights, etc.

I'd park up, get out of the car, and tell them "I'm all for your right to cornhole and be cornholed, but I need a Goddamned chicken sandwich, so f**k off, butt pirates!"
Then I'd get my waffle fries and chicken club deluxe and come back out and honk for their rights. No biggie.
They get their props for scissoring and tossing salads or whatever and I get my Goddamned chicken sandwich. It's a win-win.

[loveisnoise]

It does matter.

His words during and after the process, along with the legislation that created this nonsense, it what matters. Anyone can have an opinion. He did it because he believed in it, and people should hold him accountable for his 'hate speech and bigotry' before going after someone who merely said that they were pro-traditional family.

FWIW, Clinton has famously flip-flopped on the issue (not that it really matters at this point):



That was in 2009. He even went so far as to campaign against the NC same-sex marriage ban.

__Jason

[Sailaway]

I'd park up, get out of the car, and tell them "I'm all for your right to cornhole and be cornholed, but I need a Goddamned chicken sandwich, so f**k off, butt pirates!"
Then I'd get my waffle fries and chicken club deluxe and come back out and honk for their rights. No biggie.
They get their props for scissoring and tossing salads or whatever and I get my Goddamned chicken sandwich. It's a win-win.

LMAO, that was good one!

[DCnPhilly]

More made up nonsense. Really? You can't be gay because the bedroom in your home is filled with strangers. Do you even realize how ridiculous this sounds. Just more posturing with fictional dramatics.

And as with most drama, the 'obsession' was created by the gay community in the Bush-era tactic of 'you are for us or you're against us'. It isn't even good enough that some companies have said that they're pro gay marriage; they're still getting bombarded until they promise to pledge certain money to the political cause which is just another form of blackmail.

I don't care what corporations say. They're concerned with what's in your wallet, not your family. A couple months ago the same people rallying behind Chick Fil A were acting just like "the gays" when Oreo came out with a rainbow cookie supporting gay pride month. Buying Oreos or Chick Fil A doesn't do anything but make millionaires richer. If any of these idiots in line for fast food or showing up to protest it actually give a **** about what they think the corporations represent they'd be volunteering for or donating to those causes. Corporations are in the business of making money and "supporting" causes is nothing more than marketing. The sooner people realize that the sooner companies will shut up about it and go back to using sex and funny cartoons to sell marked up chicken and Arizona jeans.

[darthsinatra]

I don't care what corporations say. They're concerned with what's in your wallet, not your family. A couple months ago the same people rallying behind Chick Fil A were acting just like "the gays" when Oreo came out with a rainbow cookie supporting gay pride month. Buying Oreos or Chick Fil A doesn't do anything but make millionaires richer. If any of these idiots in line for fast food or showing up to protest it actually give a **** about what they think the corporations represent they'd be volunteering for or donating to those causes. Corporations are in the business of making money and "supporting" causes is nothing more than marketing. The sooner people realize that the sooner companies will shut up about it and go back to using sex and funny cartoons to sell marked up chicken and Arizona jeans.

Mmmmm delicious marked-up chicken. Everybody's favorite!

[loveisnoise]

If Chickfila only cared about money, they would be open Sundays. You're wrong.

I don't care what corporations say. They're concerned with what's in your wallet, not your family. A couple months ago the same people rallying behind Chick Fil A were acting just like "the gays" when Oreo came out with a rainbow cookie supporting gay pride month. Buying Oreos or Chick Fil A doesn't do anything but make millionaires richer. If any of these idiots in line for fast food or showing up to protest it actually give a **** about what they think the corporations represent they'd be volunteering for or donating to those causes. Corporations are in the business of making money and "supporting" causes is nothing more than marketing. The sooner people realize that the sooner companies will shut up about it and go back to using sex and funny cartoons to sell marked up chicken and Arizona jeans.

[2happy4u]

Why do gays use a rainbow?

[loveisnoise]

Why do gays use a rainbow?

It used to include hot pink but gay people ran out of hot pink fabric. No, I'm not joking.

[loveisnoise]

"After the November 27, 1978, assassination of openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, demand for the rainbow flag greatly increased. To meet demand, the Paramount Flag Company began selling a version of the flag using stock rainbow fabric consisting of seven stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, and violet. As Baker ramped up production of his version of the flag, he too dropped the hot pink stripe because of the unavailability of hot-pink fabric. "
Rainbow flag (LGBT movement) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Pitt]

Well I don't have cable and I tend to "live in a hole," or so I'm told, so I'm just now hearing enough about this Chick Fil A dust up to investigate. And if I have this right, it seems the founder made a comment that he "definitely believes in the traditional form of marriage" and that trying to redefine it will be remembered on Judgement Day.

That's it, right? He didn't fire all the gays, he didn't ban Gaga from the music rotation, he didn't put moratoriums on the number of times employees can describe something as ginormous...

No opportunities have been taken, no civil rights have been violated. He just disagreed.

Pretty tame stuff.

There are battles worth fighting, folks. This wasn't one of them.

[JoeBaker]

That's it, right? He didn't fire all the gays, he didn't ban Gaga from the music rotation, he didn't put moratoriums on the number of times employees can describe something as ginormous...

No opportunities have been taken, no civil rights have been violated. He just disagreed.

There are battles worth fighting, folks. This wasn't one of them.

And that should have been the end of it.

But some idiot mayors from Chicago and Boston had to chime in and actually thought they could ban a business (that broke no laws and follows all the rules) from expanding in or into their cities solely because they did not like the words that were coming out of the CEOs mouth.

That's when all hell broke loose. Which it should when the citizens of this country are facing tyranny.

[loveisnoise]

Yeah, prescribing zoning decisions to a company because of a family's personal beliefs is insanity at its best. I hope Chickfila moves in and sues them.

At no point did Chickfila say they were anti-gay or anti-gay marriage. They said they were pro-traditional family when discussing the non-profit counseling services they set up.

And that should have been the end of it.

But some idiot mayors from Chicago and Boston had to chime in and actually thought they could ban a business (that broke no laws and follows all the rules) from expanding in or into their cities solely because they did not like the words that were coming out of the CEOs mouth.

That's when all hell broke loose. Which it should when the citizens of this country are facing tyranny.

[Geno]

And that should have been the end of it.

But some idiot mayors from Chicago and Boston had to chime in and actually thought they could ban a business (that broke no laws and follows all the rules) from expanding in or into their cities solely because they did not like the words that were coming out of the CEOs mouth.

That's when all hell broke loose. Which it should when the citizens of this country are facing tyranny.

I don't think the mayor tried to "ban" a business. He wrote a letter expressing his opinion. He "urged" them to not expand in Boston. That's his role as an exec. I suppose the legislative branch of Boston's city government makes the laws. Anyway, if the voters in Boston don't like his "urging" they can vote him out. Maybe you should relax too.

[loveisnoise]

You sound so cute and naive... really you do.

I don't think the mayor tried to "ban" a business. He wrote a letter expressing his opinion. He "urged" them to not expand in Boston. That's his role as an exec. I suppose the legislative branch of Boston's city government makes the laws. Anyway, if the voters in Boston don't like his "urging" they can vote him out. Maybe you should relax too.

[JoeBaker]

Maybe you should relax too.

Why? Because you didn't like the words that came out of my mouth?

I don't think the mayor tried to "ban" a business. He wrote a letter expressing his opinion. He "urged" them to not expand in Boston. That's his role as an exec. I suppose the legislative branch of Boston's city government makes the laws. Anyway, if the voters in Boston don't like his "urging" they can vote him out.

Since history has taught us that voters will elect a crackhead to office I don't put too much faith in a Democrat constinuency of doing the right thing.

I don't think the role of a mayor of a city is to suppress a business from expanding into his area but to each his own. And as far as banning goes, here are the mayor of Boston's own words:

I urge you to back out of your plans to locate in Boston.

There is no place for discrimination on Boston's Freedom Trail and no place for your company alongside it. When Massachusetts became the first state in the country to recognize equal marriage rights, I personally stood on City Hall Plaza to greet same sex couples coming here to be married. It would be an insult to them and to our city's long history of expanding freedom to have a Chick-fil-A across the street from that spot.

Don't forget...this is the same mayor who only a few years earlier (practically) gave Boston city property to a mosque whose leader said homosexuals should be thrown off a building. Apparently Tom Menino thinks killing gays is OK but wanting marriage to be between a man and a woman is not.

And for the record, CFA didn't discriminate against anyone.

[loveisnoise]

And for the record, CFA didn't discriminate against anyone.

Bingo.

And even if someone wishes to delve further and say that Winshape 'discriminated' against someone because they didn't allow a gay couple into a christian counseling retreat? Will you also call the NAACP bigots since they won't protect the rights of white people? Will you call the International Gay and Lesbian Association discriminatory because they don't deal with 'straight' issues?

[JoeBaker]

And even if someone wishes to delve further and say that Winshape 'discriminated' against someone...

At the time of his rantings and letter writing the only thing Tom Menino knew about Winshape was that it was some kind of new workout software from Microsoft.