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Poll: NYers tell pols to keep beaks out of Chick-fil-A business
New York Post ^
| 8/15/12
| David Seifman
Posted on 08/15/2012 6:56:16 AM PDT by DallasBiff
An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers don't want politicians grilling Chick-fil-A.
A Quinnipiac University poll being released today found that voters by a lopsided 83-11 percent margin feel elected officials shouldn't try to discourage people from patronizing the fast food chain just because its CEO openly opposes gay marriage.
By a similar 82-12 percent margin, they called on pols not to interfere in the government permitting process for the popular chicken sandwich shops.
"New Yorkers may disagree with what you say, but they defend your right to sell chicken," said poll director Maurice Carroll.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is openly gay, sparked an uproar a couple of weeks ago when she fired off a letter to NYU demanding it get rid of its Chick-fil-A branch on the grounds that businesses that discriminate don't belong here
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012polls; chickfila; homosexualagenda; myob; nyc; nyu
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To: DallasBiff
That’s the same Christine Quinn who aggressively promoted the Ground Zero Victory Mosque.
Wait till she hears what Musloids do to gays.
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posted on
08/15/2012 8:59:52 AM PDT
by
LyinLibs
(If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
To: upchuck
A warning would have been polite. Egads!
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posted on
08/15/2012 9:01:01 AM PDT
by
OriginalChristian
(The end of America, as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
To: OriginalChristian
You want ugly? I'll show you ugly ;)
To: OriginalChristian
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posted on
08/15/2012 1:34:02 PM PDT
by
upchuck
("Definition of 'racist:' someone that is winning an argument with a liberal." ~ Peter Brimelow)
To: DallasBiff
But beaks poked into breast feeding and drinking "Big Gulps" and the frying oil used at your local eatery are ok.
The Kenyan must go.
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posted on
08/15/2012 3:29:44 PM PDT
by
ex91B10
(We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
To: freedomlover
I DIDN’T want ugly. Thanks a lot...
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posted on
08/16/2012 10:51:57 AM PDT
by
OriginalChristian
(The end of America, as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
To: DallasBiff
Joe agrees. Wait... whut?
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