Posted on 04/21/2008 12:14:51 PM PDT by LSUfan
because Chick Fil A is a CHRISTIAN business and Church’s is MUSLIM.
And yes, I’m an intolerant bigot.
With chick-fil-a it’s a company policy, and always has been. This bank bought out church’s and changed the policy.
I actually worked at a Church’s Fried Chicken in my neighborhood (N. VA) when I was a teenager in the early eighties. That location went out of business long ago, but I suspect it was because of supply-chain difficulties (everything had to come from far-of San Antonio) which were the bane of its existence back in the day.
Pork products were not big on the menu in my day, but who knows how the menu may have expanded. It is quite possible that this “halal” problem had little to do with this particular franchisee’s failure.
However, you can bet your booty that one only has to scream “shariah-run!” and business will flee.
I rather doubt there are enough immigrant muslims and black muslims to keep a fast-food chain going.
The complaint here is that other Churches outlets WERE being allowed to serve pork and that the bank changed the conditions of the contract after the couple had made a significant investment.
If Chick-Fil-A committed to a potential franchisee that they could open on Sundays, then refused to allow them to open, OR if they allowed other franchisees to open on Sunday without allowing one specific franchisee to open, we would be talking about the same situation.
You can buy them in Key West and in Sarasota. Yummy.
Seriously, since when do banks dictate religious rules to the businesses they loan to? Sorry Mr Anderson, can’t give you this loan, you eat pork...
If we have to explain it to you, well . . .
They were told they couldn’t sell pork AFTER they bought it, not before.
I think what you are getting at, however, is that not being open on Sunday is some sort of a arbitrary religious stricture impeding business.
I’ll bet you there’s nothing in Chik-fil-a’s franchise agreement that prohibits being open on Sunday because of the Sabbath. This is indeed the case, that Church’s won’t sell pork because it does not comport with Sharia law.
I take option C) None of the above. Ever hear of separation of church and state?
Just shine the sunlight of publicity on these shariah-run businesses and watch the roaches scurry.
There is one financial institution I won't be using...
I love Church’s Chicken. But not anymore. I’ll take Popeyes now.
Bingo, I think you hit the nail on the head. Well said.
All "Chick-fil-a"s are closed on Sunday.
They didn't sell the franchise to the franchisee with the promise they could be open on Sundays, then renege once they had their name on the dotted line.
This is a recent legal article which duicusses the potential legal liabilities of sharia-based finance and business practices:
“Shari’Ah’s Black Box: Civil Liability and Criminal Exposure Surrounding Shari’Ah-Compliant Finance”
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1105101
How’d that work out for the Soviet Union?
http://www.chickfila.com/pressroom/downloads/fact_sheets/Closed_on_Sunday.pdf
It’s a franchise wide policy. Closed on Sunday.
Heh...you’re really wrapping everything up into a neat little bow here. Too bad for you that freedom of religion also allows those of us that don’t WANT to practice religion the right to freedom FROM religion.
The Soviet Union was a COMMUNIST state. Now although your country is headed in that direction, you’re not there yet. But this coming election won’t make things any better.
State-sponsored and imposed religion is worse than secularism, and the founding fathers knew that. That’s why separation of church and state exists in the first place.
How many American restaurant chains will silently be bought by innocent-sounding names like "Arcapita" and be forces to serve halal food?
For that matter, how many American banks have been compromised by the massive "cash infusions" from Arab investors lately?
The jihadis are buying their way into America. No pork, no alcohol for you. Might as well call the franchises "Mosque's Chicken".
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