Posted on 07/13/2021 1:15:32 PM PDT by gattaca
Chick-fil-A is getting skewered by a group of New York lawmakers who are looking to block the company’s bid to open restaurants at state highway rest stops because of its owner’s anti-LGBTQ stance.
The Atlanta-based fast-food chain is among a handful of restaurants that were awarded contracts by the New York State Thruway Authority to be part of a $450 million plan to renovate 27 service areas.
But Chick-fil-A’s chief executive, Dan Cathy — whose father, S. Truett Cathy, founded the $8.4 billion company in 1946 — has publicly disparaged LGBTQ rights, which some legislators say should disqualify the privately owned company from opening eateries at state-run highway rest stops.
Assemblyman Harry Bronson, a Rochester-area Democrat, sent a letter to Thruway Authority Executive Director Matthew Driscoll asking him to “re-examine the list of approved concessions” for the rest stops because of Chick-fil-A’s past support of anti-LGBTQ groups, according to the Auburn Citizen.
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That's not fascist at all.
The government banning you for free speech reasons is a First Amendment case.
Don’t they have anything better to do?
Simple solution…….
Let the people decide. Send 50 people a Number 1 combo everyday, 6 days a week. I can almost guarantee that once more folks from NY get a chance to taste the Lords chicken sandwich, they’ll demand the restaurants.
“Which begs questions, if they did cave in, why are still being punished ...”
Because even actively piling onto a group slander attack on your fellow Christians (the Salvation Army) will not make the left love you.
these people do nto learn since the sales of Chi-Fil- A will only go higher and cause a backlash to the perverted
That’s an interesting question.
My bet is not.
And if that’s the case, then we’ll all see how desperate Albany is for cash.
Note to our lefty pols: So much for principle, eh?
Does anyone remember the grief they caught opening in NYC. Then they had lines around the block.
They opened one at Albany NY International Airport a few years ago. I guess the Dem airport authority didn't get the memo.
Why would you think that leftists believe in redemption? Apologizing is admitting guilt, therefore you deserve to be punished even more. These people have a complete orthogonal morality from normal people. You can’t appeal to their sensibilities or shame them.
Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston, however completely you surrender to us. No one who has once gone astray is ever spared. And even if we chose to let you live out the natural term of your life, still you would never escape from us. What happens to you here is forever. Understand that in advance. We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back. Things will happen to you from which you could not recover, if you lived a thousand years. Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves.That is how these left-wing New York demagogues feel about Chick-Fil-A.
—O’Brien, Nineteen Eighty-Four
I used to like Chick-Fil-A. Now their chicken sandwiches are full of salt and MSG, and their buns are full of sugar. Too much for my taste buds to handle.
Any airport that has a good executive FBO (private jets) ramp will have a Chick-fil-A. Quality catering and you know politicians flying on company jets enjoy their catered meals.
Someone got fired for that.
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And BLM with Cathy’s “shoe shine” stunt.
I used to support them. Not any more.
First answer: You can never cave enough.
Second answer: Even if you've caved, it takes a while for the word to get around that there's been a change, and you've really switched teams. Witch-hunts are fun without consequences.
“NY lawmakers want to ban Chick-fil-A from rest stops over its LGBTQ stance”
The tyranny of government continues to grow.
They should be banned for their dry chicken.
I would guess not. I’ve never seen a Chick Fil A open on Sundays, even in airports.
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