Posted on 11/20/2019 4:30:43 AM PST by Kaslin
This week, Chick-fil-A, the immensely popular Christian-owned chicken sandwich giant, caved to the cultural left. For years, the left targeted Chick-fil-A, dating back to the 2012 revelation that Chairman and CEO Dan Cathy supports traditional marriage -- and, horror of horrors, that charities given donations by Chick-fil-A support traditional marriage. This prompted paroxysms of outrage in the media, who quickly demanded that Chick-fil-A tow the Democratic Party line, despite the fact that then-President Barack Obama did not officially endorse same-sex marriage until May 2012.
The rage of the cultural left led to unsuccessful boycotts -- Chick-fil-A's business expanded from $1 billion in 2001 to $5 billion in 2013 to $10.5 billion today -- but successful hijackings of local government. When the cultural left can't achieve what it wants through public mobilization, it simply uses the power of government to blackmail those it dislikes.
So, despite the fact that Chick-fil-A had never discriminated against gay customers -- it would sell a chicken sandwich to anyone -- then-Boston Mayor Thomas Menino promised to ban the franchise from the city. Then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel quickly followed suit, pledging to support an alderman's plan to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at Chicago O'Hare Airport. San Antonio recently blocked Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at its airport, and the airport in Buffalo, New York, followed suit. San Jose, California, pledged not to renew Chick-fil-A's lease when it ran out.
Chick-fil-A has continued to receive blowback -- and the blowback has widened, helped along by a hostile media. So Chick-fil-A decided to back down and announced publicly that it will no longer donate to traditional Christian charities such as The Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos explained, "as we go into new markets, we need to be clear about who we are."
Well, now they're clear. They're chickens.
Our First Amendment culture is endangered when local governments are given the capacity to block businesses from operating, not on the basis of business discrimination but on the viewpoint of the company's founders alone. That's precisely what's happening here. If giving to Christian charities now bars you from opening a restaurant at the airport, our culture is beyond the point of no return.
But there's something even more troubling going on here. In a free country, of course we get to choose which businesses to patronize. But is it good for the culture for us to segregate our business based on examining the politics of those who own our companies? Do we really want a country where we shop based on political affiliation? Where every decision, every day, is rooted in partisanship?
America's social fabric is already fraying. Politics has invaded everything from education to sports, from movies to fashion. Should politics now determine where we buy a chicken sandwich? A country that punishes restaurants because its founders don't openly celebrate same-sex marriage is a country destined to bifurcate. And that's pretty fowl.
It’s going to get worse before it gets better. But, the Good News is, it gets better.
Hey Benji, quit gloating, cuck.
Nobody ever learns that you can never give in to these psychos. They always want more.
Chicken shit, if you ask me.
I expect too see a huge drop in sales.....
why?
Conservative super purists live for the opportunity to find fault and desert the conservative cause......that’s why
Just don’t understand why they went here- change of course with charity organizations. They are one of the top fast food restaurants in the United States. Why did they cave? Just sad-
And I am one of those.
I have taught my Children and Grandchildren that actions have consequences.
I find no fault with those who bchoose to continue to patronize Chick fil a.
I will not.
I specifically went to chick-fil-a when it stood for something. Now that it has sold its soul to appease anti christians , I don’t care to eat their half a$$ed chicken sandwich anymore.. I can get better chicken at Bojangles and I know where they stand. they make chicken not headlines.
We need to learn that success breeds success. If the gay mafia wins they will just keep pushing. If CAIR wins they will do the same. If your goal is that easily manipulated, you are building upon a foundation of sand!
If it’s true, I’ll never again step foot in their establishment, ever
Conservative super purists live for the opportunity to find fault and desert the conservative cause......that’s why
Absolutely. “Severe conservative” purists like Mitt Romney are the first to desert.
CFA deserted Christian causes, not us. Once that happens it’s adios.
Sadly, most people just do not pay attention to stuff like this. As long as CFA has nice bathrooms and stays closed on Sunday most people patronizing won’t even notice their kowtowing to the Gaystapo.
Maybe they didn’t give in but instead had a change in who was in power and this decision is in line with what the new power structure believes.
I looked up the CEO. Turns out he’s new (since 2016) and he has a list of corporate boards he’s a member of including the Boys Scouts in Atlanta. All I can say is the corporate types who took over boards where I live all had the agenda of pushing homosexuality (because they hated lower class christian people).
I have opportunity to eat at Chick Filet but don’t go....... because it is too crowded.
I doubt that is going to change because there are a few disgruntled malcontents..... it will still be crowded
Why would any company allow 3.0% of the population to dictate corporate policy?
People do pay attention to stuff like this. Do you remember how much support cfa got when the blgqtxyz gestopo boycotted them a few years ago? That was the day cfa really hit the map for a lot of Christians.
Maybe they didn’t give in but instead had a change in who was in power and this decision is in line with what the new power structure believes.
That’s exactly what happened. The family of the founder brought in outsiders to do their dirty work. They don’t have the same convictions as their father who died in 2014.
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