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.
But they have too much Class
S. Truett Cathy
Net Worth $1.3 B As of March 2012
I don't think he needs the money
What a creep.
Yup. (No food derived from any vertebrate, including no dairy and no eggs, though some incoherently make an exception for fish eggs — can’t get Greeks to give up their taramosalata — and no olive oil or alcohol. When I wrote that I was betting Chick-Fil-A doesn’t fry their waffle fries in olive oil or lard.)
Just texted to my 9 family members.
I am going to Chic-fil-a tomorrow for one of their salads. The Southwestern one, with the spicy dressing. And the waffle fries with cheese sauce. I like their chesse sauce.
The folks are nice there. You know. Nice.
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Hey! Let's elect their former Gov as President!!!!
/common sense
That picture looks yummy, but it still doesn’t do them justice. They are the absolute best chocolate chip cookies, ever.
Bill of Attainder are unconstitutional.
Who knew the mob was gay-friendly?
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I would like to see how he plans to single our Chik-Fil-A...
If they so choose...
Chik-Fil-A lawyers will have a field day with this...
Pass the popcorn...
Huckabee aside, Wednesday at Chick-Fil-A works for me.
I’ll bet there are are more Boston Markets in Atlanta than there are are Chick-Fil-A’s in Boston.
Oh wait. We abandoned America some time back. Yes, I guess this is permitted in the new USSA.
I made the same point, but then I realized that was the Old America. Not this new, improved, communist one.
Listen, if you’re going to use reality in these fantasy games I’m not going to play anymore.
I just went there. DOH! Of course, closed on Sunday. I had the cookies for the first time a couple days ago. Unbelievable.
As long as you meet our criteria....
If not, we will ban (not to say discriminate against) you for not being inclusive.
Has anyone lately called this "assclown" a hypocrite and state sponsored stupidity is an ugly thing, usually perpetrated by terminally "felony stupid" people.
Just sayin
Boston is inhabited by thousands of Dunkin Donuts that don’t serve any real food and are staffed by illegal immigrants paid less than minimum wage. The average Masshole doesn’t know what a decent fast food place looks like. Chik should just leave them...for get it. They don’t need Boston to be successful. Just leave them with overpriced junk food that pays the mob to be in business.
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