Posted on 08/06/2012 11:38:59 AM PDT by RealTeen
Choosing not to eat at Chick-fil-A (or choosing to eat there, as millions did last week) because of the ownership's views on gay marriage is one thing, but calling for their business partners to disown them is a little different. I am not opposed to boycotts, or buy-cotts like the one that occured last Wednesday, although I often question their legitimacy. I am opposed to bullying from political officials and activist groups trying to drive companies out of business through coercion, as Equality Illinois' director of public policy proposes:
In a petition, Equality Illinois is urging socially responsible business and institutional leaders across the country to challenge Chick-fil-A's discriminatory practices and end all relationships that enable the Chick-fil-A brand to operate on their premises.First off, nothing Chick-fil-A does is discriminatory. Giving money to groups that support traditional marriage, including some that are incredibly active and deemed by some as radical, does not mean the restaurant discriminates. It also does not ostracize, as the editorial claims. They wait on, serve and even employ homosexual employees. That's not discrimination.We urge mall owners who rent space to Chick-fil-A to look deeply at the hateful organizations the company supports. We ask university officials to reconsider accommodating a business that ostracizes a large segment of their student body. We want corporate leaders who allow Chick-fil-A to do business in their offices to consider a new restaurant option during contract renegotiations.
Secondly, should businesses really make determinations based on the ownership's social and religious views as opposed to the economic impact? Does Randy Hannig (the author) not realize the incredible economic damage he is calling for by wanting to tank a large enterprise like Chick-fil-A? Luckily for the chain, Hannig's group is unlikely to make even a tiny dent in their business. I've been to Chick-fil-A near here since Wednesday, and passed it multiple times, and the lines are still longer than normal.
If gay "rights" activists want to make a splash, maybe they should focus on convincing more Americans to embrace their views, rather than act like a bunch of politically intolerant school children who cry "bigot" any time someone holds a contrarian view. They may move the needle on the issue more than petitioning companies to throw away cash by cutting out a viable business partner.
Not if people don’t let it be a problem. People need to take a stand.
I sure hope you are right. It’s going to be a long, tough, road otherwise.
Those are Chicago values!!
Got my vote.
We went there for breakfast on Saturday and it was delicious. New Saturday tradition for us :)
None of this is surprising. If Liberals had their way, all Chick-fil-A restaurants would be closed and all corporate assets would be seized as punishment for the crime of opposing Liberalism.
Just killing the jobs that Americans currently do.
Any city administration has a small `army’ of enforcers at its disposal. In CFA’s case, Chicago public health inspectors could make their doing business extremely difficult. All the mayor has to do when the new Chick Fil-A opens its doors is say,
“Fly, my pretties, fly!”
I think that if there were to be some sort of “economic civil war” the conservatives would win big.
Conservatives - working, building things, helping others, tolerant of others even when they disagree with them.
“Progressivies” - tearing things down, seeking revenge against those they dislike, disrupting life for anyone whose thoughts don’t fall in lock-step with theirs.
As long as our new country gets all the nukes, delivery systems and the infrastructure to make more of them, it works for me.
: )
Better yet is to have all/any homo group invest their money in a business, like Chick-fil-A or Starbucks and promote such as a homo-transgender favored service.
Equality Illinois sounds like a hateful organization to me.....
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