Posted on 04/11/2019 3:42:22 PM PDT by Ennis85
A California city that last year approved the addition of a Chick-fil-A at its local airport now wants to send a message of support to LGBTQ people as the opening date for the fast-food restaurant nears.
The San Jose City Council voted 11-0 on Tuesday to hang rainbow flags in support of LGBTQ people and pink, blue and white flags for transgender rights at or near a Chick-fil-A due to open in May at San Jose International Airport.
Rosemary Barnes, a spokeswoman for the airport, said it will decide where to place the flags.
The council's vote comes as two other cities around the country have blocked Chick-fil-A from opening at their airports over concerns that the restaurant chain has a record of supporting anti-gay organizations.
Ken Yeager, the first openly gay elected official in Santa Clara County, told NBC News on Thursday that he submitted the flag idea to the city council at the Tuesday night meeting.
"I made the suggestion to put the flags next to the restaurant, and council members liked that idea but also said that maybe put flags elsewhere, too, like outside," Yeager said.
San Jose Vice Mayor Charles Jones said the plan is to have a flag or flags near the restaurant and outside of the airport.
The city council last year decided to allow a number of restaurants including Chick-fil-A to open in the airport food court, which some council members now say was an oversight.
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I grew up there. It was the best place as a child.
In fact, I would have gone to High School with Pat Tillman.
Now, it’s an extension of San Francisco..and Vietnam.
God should sue them for copyright infringement.
Disgusting. What LIB-loser nitwits.
Good grief! Leave our food supplies alone.
Government conspiring to intimidate a Private Business because of the Religious Beliefs of its Owners.
How Brown Shirt of them.
And not a single person working at Chick-Fil-A will care about it. So go ahead and be petty, San Jose.
....they don't? Don't Muslims actual murder homosexuals? I MUST be missing something.
What color does the rainbow flag turn if you p.ss on it?
Let’s find out.
And now we know why for most of this nation's history we locked up the nasty f@gs.
Can we put a Christian flag next to any abortion clinics in the city?
God will not be mocked....count on it.
ROFL!!
Childish.
Erect black flags to celebrate the Aids dead
And the people here keep voting for all this bull. And the beat goes on.
gays and especially trannies are a small minority....like Rush says, if an alien listened to our media they would think all the world is black and/or gay...
The 1st Amendment says the government can NOT punish us for what we say or the ideas we express.
But when the Constitution says that, it clearly doesn’t really mean it.
Can we put a Christian flag next to any abortion clinics in the city?
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