Posted on 08/01/2012 3:18:18 PM PDT by neverdem
A powerful New York politician claims she was just speaking as a private citizen when she tried to run Chick-fil-A out of town, but she used her official letterhead and even invoked her position as City Council speaker to apply pressure on the embattled chicken chain.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has mayoral aspirations, sent a letter to New York University president John Sexton on Saturday asking the school to immediately end their contract with the fast food restaurant. The Atlanta-based company's sole New York City outlet is in the school's food court.
"I write as the Speaker of the NYC Council, and on behalf of my family. NYC is a place where we celebrate diversity. We do not believe in denigrating others. We revel in the diversity of all our citizens and their families,” the letter begins.
"Let me be clear ‐‐ I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views," Quinn, an open lesbian who recently married her longtime partner, also wrote in the letter. "We are a city that believes our diversity is our greatest strength and we will fight anything and anyone that runs counter to that."
'If we allow something like this, then the next letter might be concerning someone’s view on abortion.'
- NYC Council member Peter Vallone
“As such I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick‐fil‐A establishment that exists on your campus,” the speaker added.
The letter has drawn the ire from others on the council.
“She can write to someone as a council member, but if she states that she is writing as the Speaker it can only be on behalf of the entire council. She has to have the majority vote of the council, and I don’t recall voting on this...,”
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Notice it is always the Progressive “tolerant” Democrats who advocates using the power of the state to squelch speech they don’t like.
Fascists like this idiot should be impeached. They demonstrate a complete unfitness to hold any political power at any level with the Nazi wanna be behavior
The ends justify the means and the rules never apply when a Rat has an “important” mission.
“embattled chicken chain”
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!
The only “battle” Chik-fil-A is fighting is employee FATIGUE from the biggest day of fast food business in the history of the world!
Ms Quinn is a dyke and head of the city council. The same carpet muncher who approved mayor Bloomers 3rd term after the people voted for term limitations to 2 terms
She is a real POS
I’m curious as to what their revenue totals will be today.
Too bad I’d have to drive 280 miles to Boise to find the nearest franchise. Spokane needs Chick-fil-A!
Liberalism, ideas so good they have to be mandatory.
Liberalism, ideas so good they have to be mandatory.
If I was Chick-Fil-A I would get the most vicious lawyers I could find and file lawsuit after lawsuit against these “tolerant” politicians for using the power of their office to violate their first amendment rights. I would drag every last one to court and make their lives a living hell.
Next will be abortion. Great idea!
She can already talk out of her ass like the current moron mayor. She revels in the diversity of all the citizens except those that disagree with her about the definition of marriage.
Arn’t there any lawyers in NYC. Seems like use of city council letterhead to personally attack a private company or to coeherce a private university to punish a private company would be quite sue-able.
None here on the sunny shores of Long Island. I think there is 1 in NYC. I will not go there to wait in traffic to then wait on a line.
Hopefully they will build one near me. I would love to try it
I think we have an Obama Policy Unappreciation Day coming up in November.
As long as they all agree with US!
This SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT FRAUD says they CELEBRATE DIVERSITY then tries to ban CHIC-fil-A. What this beach really means is they only CELEBRATE CERTAIN DIVERSITY. First we politically destroy the obama regime come November. Then it’s on to the UNI-DIVERSITY CROWD.
Most lawyers very pragmatic here in NY. They work with the powers that be to feather their own nests. Otherwise Bloomberg couldn’t have run for a 3rd term with a 2 term limit. Crony everything here. Capitalism. Government You name it
If someone openly opposes gay marriage, he is now viewed by many on the left as a hate-filled homophobe. It is not adequate to describe this view as wrong and grossly unfair. It is utterly insane.
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