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From the Family Research Council:

We’ll Support Chick-Fil-A, Come What Mayo!

Boston may be where America fought for its freedoms—but now, it’s a city where businesses can’t even exercise them! That’s all thanks to city Mayor Tom Menino, who is making it known that private companies aren’t welcome inside the city limits unless they share his politically narrow views. Last week, after Chick-Fil-A’s CEO Dan Cathy affirmed his belief in man-woman marriage, Menino promised to single-handedly block the chain from Boston.

Despite the fact that Cathy’s views are his own—and ignoring the company’s pledge to “treat every person with honor, dignity, and respect”—the Mayor insists, “You can’t have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population.” (Apparently, you can have a mayor that does). “We’re an open city,” Menino told the Boston Herald, “We’re a city that’s at the forefront of inclusion.” (Until, of course, that “inclusion” applies to people who support traditional marriage.) Surprising even the Herald staff, Mayor Menino threatened to use his political power for his personal vendetta against the Cathys, vowing to play hardball with Chick-Fil-A’s permits if it ever decided to open a restaurant in the area. “If they need licenses in the city, it will be very difficult—unless they open up their policies.”

For the government to engage in viewpoint discrimination is not only bad politics—it’s unconstitutional. Chick-fil-A may be a private company, but that doesn’t mean it has to surrender its beliefs at the dining room door. Under the First Amendment, executives at Chick-Fil-A are just as entitled as any American to speak publicly about their views. The editors at the Boston Herald agree. In a joint column, they write that the condemnation of “such an abuse of government power” should be “swift” and “overwhelming.” “In Menino’s city, the punishment for failing to toe the progressive line is banishment.” Ironically, that’s exactly the kind of despotism that Boston ‘s patriots were fighting more than 230 years ago. Increasingly, though, it is becoming apparent that this kind of ideological totalitarianism is the train that follows same-sex “marriage.”

Even academia, which prided itself on intellectual freedom, is showing no tolerance for truth—even when that truth is empirically established. Mark Regnerus, the sociologist behind a sweeping study on same-sex parenting, is learning the hard way what it means to cross the liberal elite. His research, which outlines some negative outcomes of growing up in a homosexual household, has been annihilated by the Left—despite being the only gold-standard study of its kind. (Read the chilling story of Regnerus’s life, post-publication, here.)

Anyone who thinks that redefining marriage will satisfy homosexual activists hasn’t been paying attention. There is no appeasing this minority until the only freedom that exists in America is the freedom to agree with the radical Left. In the meantime, show your support for a company that insists on operating by its principles. Join Gov. Mike Huckabee next Wednesday, August 1, for Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day. Stop by your local chain and show Mayor Menino that America is hungry for more corporate leadership like Dan Cathy’s!