The Chick Fil A Flap - Page 3

BombaySapphire3 · #31 08-02-2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I never heard of a Chick-Fil-A joint until this flap started.

Neither had I..but no need for me to have to worry about boycotting them .The food seems like it would be vile.

Brad · #32 08-02-2012, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

It's no secret that the owner of Chick-fil-A is a Serious Business Southern Baptist. The guy expressed his opinion in an interview in a Christian magazine. It's not like he set fire to a gay couple's house or lynched a gay man ala the KKK, refused to serve gay people, refused to hire them... he just expressed his opinion. You don't have to like it, but it's his right.

I find it highly disturbing that some governmental officials apparently feel free to bar people from doing business based on their perfectly legal private opinions and donations. You can use the rhetoric of "hate group" to apply to "Focus on the Family" if you choose, but it's a legal organization. Last time I checked, people were free to give their money to legal organizations without fear of reprisal from the government.

If you don't want to go there, fine. However, denying this man the right to do business because of a socio-political belief he holds - a belief which is perfectly legal and indeed aligns with the law as it currently stands in most of the country - is wrong in every way.

Think of it this way. What if you have an ultra-conservative mayor in a very conservative town who proclaims that he's going to block Home Depot from opening a franchise due to the fact that its owner donates to pro-gay marriage groups? Would that be OK?

Let's do a "plug in the manipulative rhetoric," tweaking the Boston mayor's phrasing to show what it would be like on the other side. "You can't have a business in the city of [UltraConservativeTown] that discriminates against a [traditional family-friendly] population. We're a [traditional] city, we're a city that's at the forefront of [support for the traditional family]... If [Home Depot] needs licenses in the city, it will be very difficult — unless they [change] their [stance]." How about the Chicago mayor? "[Home Depot] values are not [UltraConservativeTown] values. They disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents."

Would anyone here be cool with that?

When this whole "the Southern Baptist owner of Chick-fil-A opposes gay marriage - GASP - SHOCK" started, I shrugged it off. Of course he does. So what? Those who don't want to support his establishment don't have to.

It's only when these mayors started coming out and saying they're going to block him from doing business that I took note. This precedent cannot be established. If it is, where does it stop? Are mayors going to go through each business owner's tax records to ensure that he only gives his money to "acceptable" groups (which begs the question, "acceptable" to whom)? And those who don't hold the "acceptable" views or donate their money to "acceptable" groups have to pack up and leave town? Since when is this OK in America?

This is my exact view of the situation. Thank you for articulating what I was too lazy to try to write.

Brad

TrueFaith77 · #33 08-02-2012, 09:33 PM

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Menu...hicken-Biscuit

Macfanforever · #34 08-02-2012, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Menu...hicken-Biscuit

I"ll pass on it.I just got heartburn as I went to that website.LOL....

QueenStevie · #35 08-02-2012, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by QueenStevie

I've never eaten anything from Chick-fil-A, but I WILL later today because I want to show support for "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day", which was created in reaction to the boycott of Chick-fil-A by pro-gay marriage activists.

So, this is what I ordered yesterday and it was SO GOOD and better than what I had expected: http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Menu...andwich-Deluxe

BombaySapphire3 · #36 08-02-2012, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by QueenStevie

So, this is what I ordered yesterday and it was SO GOOD and better than what I had expected: http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Menu...andwich-Deluxe

Really? it kind of reminds me of a week old cowpie stuck between two pieces of moldy roll.

**mylittledemon** · #37 08-02-2012, 11:41 PM

Was I the only one bothered by the response from The Muppets?

(see my 2nd post in this thread)

HomerMcvie · #38 08-03-2012, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Was I the only one bothered by the response from The Muppets? (see my 2nd post in this thread)

I wonder if Dan Cathy has ever sent pics of his wee wee to a bunch of gay boys?

**mylittledemon** · #39 08-03-2012, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I wonder if Dan Cathy has ever sent pics of his wee wee to a bunch of gay boys?

I guarantee there would've been less press over it if he had.

HomerMcvie · #40 08-03-2012, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I guarantee there would've been less press over it if he had.

I'm certain of that!!!!

Live and learn, right?

**mylittledemon** · #41 08-03-2012, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Live and learn, right?

Heh... I wouldn't change a thing. And besides, what does that have to do with the Muppets!

HomerMcvie · #42 08-03-2012, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Heh... I wouldn't change a thing. And besides, what does that have to do with the Muppets!

Well, a sock toy is a sock toy, right?

**mylittledemon** · #43 08-03-2012, 03:46 AM

Did I use a sock? I don't even remember now... Christ, being in your 30s sucks...

TrueFaith77 · #44 08-03-2012, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Menu...hicken-Biscuit

It looks like some kind of surrealist pop art.

HejiraNYC · #45 08-03-2012, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Was I the only one bothered by the response from The Muppets?

(see my 2nd post in this thread)

No offense, but this is not a free speech issue. The right wingnuts would have you believe that it is, but it really isn't. Dan Cathy spoke his mind and his company made financial contributions to hate groups that single out GLBT for persecution. He did not break any laws for what he said. He did not go to jail or get arrested for what he said. He is merely (deservedly) experiencing the consequences of being openly against equality and on the wrong side of history.

Also, by voicing their position on the issue and acting on it, the Henson corporation is, in a sense, exercising their free speech. Why would you be opposed to that? Not only is it the right thing to do socially, it is the smart thing to do from a business/branding perspective. Within the next ten years, when the anti-GLBT agenda has fully disintegrated, they will not be tarnished by their association with an outspoken bigot.