Posted on 05/05/2016 11:03:28 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials are urging New Yorkers not to eat at Chick fil-A.
The popular chicken restaurant is planning to open up a new location in Queens, its fourth to open in New York City.
But the liberal mayor argued that the owners of Chick fil-A support groups that promote "hate" against gays.
"Chick-fil-A is anti-LGBT," he said in a statement, according to the website DNAInfo.
"This group imparts a strong anti-LGBT message by forcing their employees and volunteers to adhere to a policy that prohibits same-sex love. It is outrageous that Chick-fil-A is quietly spreading its message of hate by funding these types of organizations."
He went on to call for a boycott by New Yorkers.
"I’m certainly not going to patronize them and I wouldn’t urge any other New Yorker to patronize them. But they do have a legal right," he said.
Chick-fil-A responded by pointing out that it has 80,000 employees of all different backgrounds and beliefs and prefers to focus on its food and service.
"The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender," a spokesperson said.
So what happened when Steve Doocy asked some diners at a Manhattan Chick-fil-A about Mayor de Blasio's remarks?
One man, told of the boycott calls by Steve, said he's on Chick-fil-A's side.
"That's what I'm gonna tell Trump. Keep God first and our kids will be fine," said Jeff.
(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...
Bill De Blasio is the worst NYC Mayor since John Lindsay.
Just for that, I’m going to Chick Hil-A this week.
The last time someone tried this, Chick-Fil-A made a fortune.
The Nazi’s first targeted Jewish businesses like this to destroy them.
What a little fascist pig. In this country a politician has no business making a statement like this. I would have thought this crossed some constitutional boundary. He should resign.
Cooking decent fried chicken isn’t rocket science. And since KFC is not actually fried but “broasted” in a huge pressure cooker, that can be duplicated with a home cooker. The `11 different herbs & spices’ can be reverse engineered, too.
Fast food is about paying for convenience but it would sadden Colonel Sanders to see what his establishments have become.
Broasted chicken was all the rage in the 1950’s. The Colonel alone kept it alive as a cooking method.
Been waiting to try it. One is being built here in Vancouver WA and I can’t wait to see what everyone raves about.
Would you expect anything else from an old washed up communist queer lover?
The New York egomaniac STILL thinks he’s giving orders.
It's the old Communist SOP: "Rules for thee but not for me."
I’m going there tomorrow. Screw De Blasio.
DeBlasio could make a fortune. All he has to do is buy stock in a company, then trash it.
Good for Steve Doocy!! He and his son are still two of the better people left at Fox.
DiBlasio is a POS. Philly just elected his little clone Jim Kenny.
It never ends.
New York values at work. Don’t go to New York, America.
Amen. More to the point their personal opinion on gay marriage. Like you said they have never discriminated it treated anyone different based on their orientation in their business. I would imagine they have more respect for gay/lesbian/bi employees than many other supposedly “progressive” employers.
I’m feeling hungry for a chicken SAMICH about now
This should prove to anyone with a smidgen of intelligence that there is no appeasing the sodomite agenda-pushers. Even after Cathy relented somewhat to the sodomite demands, and said he would no longer comment on “social issues” publicly, the sodomites were not satisfied in the least. In fact, the were enraged even more.
LOL !!
There is no accounting for no-accounts : )
Its probably actionable, but they won’t do it.
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