Posted on 07/22/2012 7:51:42 PM PDT by Kaslin
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wants to restrict a single private business, Chick-Fil-A, from opening any franchises in Boston. His reported remarks were,
“Chick-fil-A doesn’t belong in Boston. You can’t have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population. We’re an open city, we’re a city that’s at the forefront of inclusion.”
Chick-Fil-A has come under fire from progressive groups for donating millions of dollars to pro-family organizations over the past few years. This, according to Mayor Menino, counts as discrimination.
Meanwhile, the National Organization for Marriage is promoting "Eat at Chick-Fil-A Day" for Wednesday of this week.
Please join me this Wednesday in supporting this courageous company, while at the same time sending a powerful message of support to every individual and every company with the courage to stand for marriage.
Chick-Fil-A, for their part, put out a statement that read:
The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect – regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. We will continue this tradition in the over 1,600 Restaurants run by independent Owner/Operators. Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.Chick-fil-A is a family-owned and family-led company serving the communities in which it operates. From the day Truett Cathy started the company, he began applying biblically-based principles to managing his business. For example, we believe that closing on Sundays, operating debt-free and devoting a percentage of our profits back to our communities are what make us a stronger company and Chick-fil-A family.
Our mission is simple: to serve great food, provide genuine hospitality and have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.
And for this, Mayor Menino would ban the restaurant from Boston. Right now, there are only two Chick-Fil-A restaurants in Massachusetts: in Burlington, Mass. and Peabody, Mass. Northeastern University was considering a franchise for their student food court, but the students of Northeastern will have to go elsewhere for their chicken sandwich cravings for the foreseeable future.
What's more, these types of boycotts are incredibly silly. It's impossible to keep track of what company or CEO is donating money to or supporting a cause that you don't support. As was put succinctly by Jonathan Merritt at The Atlantic:
So should the 45 percent of Americans who oppose gay marriage opt for Chips Ahoy! instead of Oreos? Should they begin shopping at Belk instead of JC Penny? If they did, it wouldn't make any more sense than the endless failed calls for liberal consumers to boycott Urban Outfitters, because its owner is a conservative and Rick Santorum donor, or to not order from Domino's Pizza, because it was founded by a Catholic conservative who helped fund anti-abortion causes.
I refuse to go there, I’ll drive around it.
Same with NYC or any other RAT infested hell-hole.
But celebrating sexual immorality and perversion—under cloak of "inclusion"— does?
"To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled." Titus 1:15
Anyway, their loss. Chik-fil-A rocks.
The Chick Filet Board of Directors should just phase out - quite quickly all stores in Boston... reopen in the Boston Suburbs - and tell the Boston Mayor - GO SUCK AN EGG...
sounds like CHICK-FIL-A is being discriminated against.....
where’s the tolerance ?
This is discrimination and it is darn time that we stand up for OUR rights. PERIOD. WE WILL NOT COMPLY!
Might I expand your question: Mr. Mayor, what other businesses have you outlawed. Names please. If none, why not? Why chick-fil-A?
Surprisingly, this doesn’t change my opinion of Boston even a little.
What are some Boston based businesses that sell products or services outside of Boston, that we could start to boycott in retaliation to the discrimination shown by Boston’s mayor? If they want a civil war, two can play at that game.
What a pathetic jerk mumbles is.
And the pie-eyed losers that elected him, too.
Will he exhibit the same zeal for “tolerance” when pedophilia, polyamory, incest, and bestiality are normalized?
In fact, bestiality already is normalized, since “gerbiling” is a homosexual practice.
These people are SICK.
Meanwhile, GOOD FOR CHICK-FIL-A!
If there were one near me, I’d patronize it.
Discrimination is disallowing Chic-Fil-A because of their beliefs.
Must be a democrat. Up is down. Freedom is slavery. Discrimination is following your beliefs.
Massachusetts should be purged from the Union.
First a President, bans this or that, do governors, and mayors now?
I must have left America but didn't realize it.
Elected "officials" have elevated themselves to Kings and Queens, Tsars Tsarinas, absolute rulers, since when?
Unless you are a narrow minded, normal heterosexual who doesn't support and promote homosexualism and who doesn't understand why sodomists are so Gay and so Proud!
In that case, "Inclusion" does not apply.
Yes, the American people can’t control themselves — they seem to nominate and elect the worst possible choices, and in many states, not just MA, but especially there.
Based on his record, throw him a kickback on the land deal and it will be approved. In that regard, he is an east coast version of Harry Reid. Fraud and hack.
Can you believe our candidate is from that cess pool state. What happened to free speech? I hope the Boston is now flooded with decadent fagots doing it everywhere in public!! See Mayor? Love it mayor??
It don't matter they will make one up !
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