Posted on 08/01/2012 11:36:16 AM PDT by servo1969
A powerful New York politician claims she was just speaking as a private citizen when she tried to run Chick-fil-A out of town, but she used her official letterhead and even invoked her position as City Council speaker to apply pressure on the embattled chicken chain.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has mayoral aspirations, sent a letter to New York University president John Sexton on Saturday asking the school to immediately end their contract with the fast food restaurant. The Atlanta-based company's sole New York City outlet is in the school's food court.
"I write as the Speaker of the NYC Council, and on behalf of my family. NYC is a place where we celebrate diversity. We do not believe in denigrating others. We revel in the diversity of all our citizens and their families,” the letter begins.
"Let me be clear ‐‐ I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views," Quinn, an open lesbian who recently married her longtime partner, also wrote in the letter. "We are a city that believes our diversity is our greatest strength and we will fight anything and anyone that runs counter to that."
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This 'war' on Chick-fil-A is just beginning.
Like it or not Chick-fil-A will become just as divisive a topic as Planned Parenthood.
The Giblets (GBLT) will see to that.
I'm waiting for the first news story about kids being sent home for wearing Chick-fil-A t-shirts on their school's "Giblet" Day.
Wait and see. I guaranty it will happen!
Gay nazis at it again.
Somebody should ask what kind of facilities and special allowances NYU makes for Muslims. Kick the Muslims out! They are not in the least tolerant of homosexuals.
Discrimination against a company because of the religious beliefs of its owners is a huge lawsuit waiting to happen.
I don’t think Chick-Fil-A will even notice.
It took nearly 2 hrs to get through the line at CFL today in Lakeway TX.
And in spite of that, the food was good, hot, and tasty! There were several local policemen directing traffic.
Sue the hell out of the ding-dong!
IANAL, but Quinn had better hope the NYU ignores her, because CFA’s lawyers won’t.
This is what liberals do, divert everyone’s attention from their other disasters by creating new disasters.
In this case denying businesses the right to operate, making food more expensive and less available, spreading intolerance.
Chik Fil A is creating lots of jobs for people of all races, religions and sexual preferences. Let’s put em out of business!
After all, the owner expressed the same view as Barack Obama had until about a month ago.
Kind of like Kristallnacht.
I can’t wait for this woman to take her diversity campaign to the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn. That kosher chicken is DISCRIMINATORY!
Tell her to be sure to kick out the Mosques while she’s at it. After all they don’t just teach against homosexuality, they put homosexuals to death.
Just hope that she is personally responsible for the monetary damages. Clearly she is violating the civil rights of Cathy. Even though Cathy is a wealthy guy and probably does not want the aggravation, he has a moral responsibility to sue these left wing lowlife thugs to protect others.
Is this satire?
Diversity ... except diversity of thought and belief.
Also, doesn’t this University receive Federal funding? So how can they discriminate against a business based on its owner’s personal beliefs?
I smell a lawsuit.
People shouldn’t dismiss your nazi comparison as hyperbole. The nazi symbol is the hakenkreuz, the broken or twisted cross. The symbology is no accident, and it fits these people and their ideology perfectly. I have no doubts that the hateful wench pictured at the top of the thread would smash the storefront and spraypaint anti-christian graffiti if she could get away with it. The “relocation facilities” are a few years down the road.
Exactly.
It boggles the mind how illogical and hypocritical these people can be.
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Tar and Chicken feather this ignorant Bill Maher sexist slur.
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