Posted on 03/28/2019 6:49:31 PM PDT by bkopto
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday he will investigate whether San Antonio violated the First Amendment when the City Council refused to allow Chick-fil-A take part in the airport concession contract.
Council members last week voted to exclude the restaurant from its list of vendors at San Antonio International Airport, after some said they couldnt support the company because of its anti-LGBT reputation.
Paxton also on Thursday asked Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to look into whether the city broke any federal law or regulation as a recipient of federal grant funds.
In a letter to Chao, Paxton said the citys action could violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. He added that it could also violate federal statutes and regulations that prohibit discrimination on the basis of creed.
Ironically, the Citys efforts to be inclusive resulted in the exclusion of Chick-fil-A based on its religious beliefs, Paxton wrote to Chao. Paxton has made defense of religious liberty one of the centerpieces of his tenure, repeatedly filing briefs and lawsuits in the name of the cause.
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They demand it for themselves but not for others - Chick-Fil-A is the BEST!!!!
Geez we have one in Manhattan. Does crazy business.
It’s a restaurant!! Just wow.
the busiest day in airports is friday and sunday. Why would you ease to abusienss which closes on Sunday. I love the Chik and what they do, but were i running an airport, now way.
ease=LEASE
If chick-fil-a is paying rent for the space 7 days a week, what should the airport care of they are closed on Sunday?
The San Antonio city council is acting like Chick-fil-A is standing at the door with a clipboard checking to see who’s gay and who is not.
Chick-fil-A is a company not a person. A company can not have a religious belief. Only people can.
Sounds like illegal discrimination based on grounds of religious belief.
in case you’re not in the business world, one way to have more profit and good reviews is to please customers in a crowded airport where 50 are in line at popeye’s while next door the place is closed. The lease agreement in airports specify days of operation and hours. Because they time them to the flight schedules and make sure people can eat without being late for planes.
Lastly, the airport authority has the right to operate their business in the way they deem best and they own the pace. Maybe you have heard that in other threads here at the FR
So...when will they ban Starbucks? They are anti-Trump, anti-Christian, pro abortion, anti-gun, and EVERY other liberal/Marxist/Commie idea.
“If chick-fil-a is paying rent for the space 7 days a week, what should the airport care of they are closed on Sunday?’’”
Based on revenues. They get a fill-in to work the space on Sundays.
Discrimination for Chick Fil-A, but not for Muslims who throw LGBT’s off the top of tall buildings?
Great point! The airport gets their full amount for the leased space every month. The rent is not dependent on how many sandwiches are sold each day.
Wish we had a Chick-Fil-a near me.
Government officials stickin' up for CHRISTIANS ?!!!
I tell ya' ...... Trump got somethin' on ALL these bastards.
Thank You, God ... for President Trump.
I agree that the airport management wants to set a certain standard for its venders, but airports are federally funded in most cases and this sure seems like a religious discrimination. As for the airport setting the business hours, I have been through airports between flights when the food establishments are already closed more than I care to remember, and this is not just late at night.
we have one in the heart of Hollywood, where even the libs and faggots who hate Christians eat..2 blocks away is an IN N Out. It’s within walking distance of us so we just walk there sometimes..
By the time it opens at 9 am, people eat breakfast there and the parking lot is full. Go there at 9 pm and it’s STILL bumper to bumper. Crazy..
Whats based on revenues? The lease? That makes no sense. And chick-fil-as business plan already accounts for Sundays off
A corporation is legally recognized as being a person.
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