Posted on 05/08/2016 5:58:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Rev. Franklin Graham has strongly condemned Mayor Bill de Blasio's call for a boycott of popular fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, which is opening a new location in the New York City borough of Queens, just because its Christian owners believe in the biblical definition of marriage.
"Can you imagine a city where a popular, successful business is singled out and attacked by the mayor who calls for a boycott — all because the business owners let it be known that they operate by Christian principles and believe in God's definition of marriage?" Graham, the president of Samaritan's Purse and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, wrote on his Facebook page.
"That's exactly what just happened to one of America's most successful businesses. Chick-fil-A has almost 2000 restaurants and sales of more than $6 billion annually. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that doesn't like their chicken sandwiches — and their high quality service," Graham adds.
De Blasio is backing openly gay Councilman Danny Dromm who has jurisdiction over the area where the restaurant will be situated and is calling for an all-out boycott of the fast food joint, NY1 News reported.
In response, Chick-fil-A issued a statement: "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. We are a restaurant company comprised of 80,000 individuals who represent different backgrounds and beliefs, and we are all focused on offering great food, service and hospitality."
De Blasio also spoke out about his distaste for the chicken chain during a recent unrelated press conference, urging New Yorkers not to support the restaurant. "What the ownership of Chick-fil-A has said is wrong. I'm certainly not going to patronize them and I wouldn't urge any other New Yorker to patronize them."
Graham said he has known the owners of Chick-fil-A, the Cathy family, for many years and has great respect for them. "They just opened a new store in New York and Mayor De Blasio took the gloves off and came after them, calling for a boycott. Doesn't this sound like bullying, intolerance, and discrimination? All because someone won't roll over to the LGBT agenda."
Graham added, "I hope Chick-fil-A has record sales in their New York stores — and tell them how much you appreciate them in the comments below."
I wonder if they can sue Wilhelm for interference with a prospective economic advantage.
Although I’ve never set foot in NYC, if I were there I would be bellied up to the counter to place my order, and poke the mayor in the eye with my choice of who to side with.
**Graham added, “I hope Chick-fil-A has record sales in their New York stores — and tell them how much you appreciate them in the comments below.”**
Everyone in New York needs to stop in for a sandwich this week.
Does he boycott halal/mussie places for all the horror that Islam is doing around the world in the name of peace?
A despicable street urchin who is an arrogant communist sympathizer and believes his one of the brothers because he has a black lesbian girlfriend he calls his wife is a rat jem! The mental disease seems to be getting worse for these cretans
Muslims kill lots of people, including homosexuals. But only Christians and Jews are to be boycotted.
Exactly. The media is more concerned about Christian/Jewish businesses denying service to the GAYSTAPO because of bigotry on the part of those businesses whereas there is no bigotry on the part of the LGBT gangs.
That’s just plain silly Franklin. You are the oppressor by supporting a “business” that chooses to close on Sundays because of religious concerns. Mare de blah blah blah Z 0 is just trying to teach these upstarts a lesson. (/s required?)
Wouldn’t it be a whole bunch of fun if Trump made a few choice locations available to Chick-Fil-A?!!
In yo face Wilhelm !
The ungodly mayor of NY. What a sad place.
Of course he wouldn’t. He’s in lock step with everything they stand for.
That may be changing; in College Station, TX one of the Chick-fil-As are remodeling parking lot and they are going to be open on Sundays.
I will be surprised if they are open on Sunday.
Without getting into the merits of any boycott, just off the top of my head I can think of three that Graham has called for just recently.
I wonder what Trump, from Queens, thinks about this interloper who grew up in Cambridge, MA, interfering with the culture and livelihood of people from Queens?
I hope Ivanka runs for NYC mayor and ousts Wilhelm.
I am not surprised that Mayor Kurt Wilhelm said this.
RE: The ungodly mayor of NY. What a sad place.
His wife Chirlane was a lesbian before she married him.
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