The other day , I had a silly idea that seems relevant here..............I'd love to see " Dik-fil-A T shirts , with the cows on the back saying " eat more dik ".
The people who saw it and laughed would make it worth the price of admission.
The ones who saw it and were simply confused would be a bonus.
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Now I don't really care who or what anyone else loves, fucks or locks in a closet/ chains up in the basement when they've stepped out for the afternoon. It's not my business, nor is it any of yours, unless whomever chooses to share it with the greater public. Considering some of my own appetites, it is highly unlikely I am in a position to question the tastes, preferences or whatever you wanna call em, of others. Likely neither are any of the rest of you
But when an alderman or mayor, particularly a mayor who has outright supported some VERY questionable causes and groups, determines that he's going to combat an opinion he does not favor with his own brand of bigotry and then apply said bigotry via mayoral fiat, well....THAT is not going to end well for him.
Likewise, I'm not sure what the Prez's opinion about anything has to do with a franchised business or fried chicken, either that halfwit in the White House or the Pres of Chick Fil A, who by the way has built a very successful business.
The Schaumburg IL Chick Fil A was about an hour and a half wait and while I was in the area at the time, I do not wait 90 minutes for fast food. I've never heard a bad thing about the folks who work there, and I have no idea how the indoctrination process would occur at a franchised business in the first place.
So if anyone wants to boycott, feel free. You are boycotting a local business in most cases, chosen for it's business model, and for the ability of the entrepreneur to gain the benefits of their investment, and what difference can you find between one form of bigotry and another?
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For me I don't care what you do with your chicken. So don't ask me what I do with mine.
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If you dont like their food don't eat it. If you dont like the owners politics. Send him an email. Not allowing stores to be opened is just hurting the employee's and everybody looking for a job.
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The guy that started, and still heads chic-fil-a, is in his 80s I believe...how many 80 year olds support gay marriage? I say live and let live...I have no dog in the fight, but being from GA, and chic-fil-a starting in GA, I have a lot of expeience with the chain. They are closed on Sundays, that should tell you something right there. How many other fast food chains shut it down on Sunday? Their values have always been their values...this is nothing new. So for people to be flipping now just means they haven't paid attention along the way.
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Now I don't really care who or what anyone else loves, fucks or locks in a closet/ chains up in the basement when they've stepped out for the afternoon. It's not my business, nor is it any of yours, unless whomever chooses to share it with the greater public. Considering some of my own appetites, it is highly unlikely I am in a position to question the tastes, preferences or whatever you wanna call em, of others. Likely neither are any of the rest of you
But when an alderman or mayor, particularly a mayor who has outright supported some VERY questionable causes and groups, determines that he's going to combat an opinion he does not favor with his own brand of bigotry and then apply said bigotry via mayoral fiat, well....THAT is not going to end well for him.
Likewise, I'm not sure what the Prez's opinion about anything has to do with a franchised business or fried chicken, either that halfwit in the White House or the Pres of Chick Fil A, who by the way has built a very successful business.
The Schaumburg IL Chick Fil A was about an hour and a half wait and while I was in the area at the time, I do not wait 90 minutes for fast food. I've never heard a bad thing about the folks who work there, and I have no idea how the indoctrination process would occur at a franchised business in the first place.
So if anyone wants to boycott, feel free. You are boycotting a local business in most cases, chosen for it's business model, and for the ability of the entrepreneur to gain the benefits of their investment, and what difference can you find between one form of bigotry and another?
That's precisely how I see the issue, actually. It's not ABOUT homosexuality, it's about freedom of expression and government over-reach. The resturant has had NO issues whatsoever regarding service or other discriminatory practices. One man stated his personal views (which theoretically we're still supposed to be able to do... theoretically) and someone decided to try to take that opportunity to vastly over-reach their power and see if they could get away with a blatant constitutional violation.
THAT is why I'm interested in this, more than anything else. If that guy can't speak his mind, simply because it's not a "politically correct" thing to say... well, it has ALREADY said a lot of bad about our country in general. It's refreshing to see some people actually respect free speech one way or the other. Funny thing, anyone at all hear about Starbucks making a pretty big pro-homosexual statement here about six months ago? Go check it out, there was. Nothing was said about THAT at all.
Interesting times we live in.
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I don't have an issue with the man having an opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it or not. What I do have a problem with are his donations of funds to bigoted groups that are blocking American citizens from their 'pursuit of happiness' with people of their choosing.
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I have no idea what this chick fil a thing is about.
Am I right in saying the owner of the company is against gay marriage ?
And all the homos and lesbians are not buying their grub from there..............as a protest..........is that right ?
I say fuck it, if they want to get married let them because it won't be long before most of them want divorces.............then they'll even wonder what all the fuss was about............
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I love the lemonade!!Good chicken 2! Screw the politics.
The best DAMN FORUM period!!
Mark, the funny thing about that is that there is no provision for the dissolution of civil unions in most states. If a gay couple travels to another state to get married, which in most of these states is actually a civil union, there is no provision for a divorce when they get back home.
Marriage is recognized, either civil or religious, in all 50 states, but civil unions are not, so now these folks have potentially entered into an unbreakable legal contract. Isn't that entirely clever....there's very little a legal marriage can provide that a little groundwork on the part of the parties involved can't put together with a medial power-of-attorney, a properly constructed will and a few other documents, all of which are revokable without the bullshit of a divorce, or for that matter, the cost.
And I have long been a supporter of marriage for all who want it - let em be as miserable as I was for a while and THEN tell me you wanna be married. Hell, a good friend of mine from college loves his partner dearly, but he was wondering why the hell he'd ever want to ruin a great thing by getting the government involved.
Marriage, unless a religious thing for folks, is a convenience in this day and age. It is a legal contract which is very easy to enter and requires no thought at all - you can get married in Las Vegas while shit-stone drunk and now be legally entangled with someone rather inconveniently. If someone wishes all the protections afforded by a marriage without the hassles, it is easy to arrange with some proper thought. Hell, most states even offer domestic partnership insurance protections in some fashion or another, and if you don't have that available, you can incorporate and get group insurance for you and your significant other in that fashion.
Just thoughts, folks.
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But isn't that somewhat the point of the system? Where someone can donate to whatever they like, to make their voice heard on whatever issue they wish? I know that, say, the Gates family has donated tens of millions to gay rights groups and other generally left-wing causes, and nobody has voiced complaint at all. I think it just bugs me the most with the double standard here. It's entirely fine to support one view on an issue, but if you support the other, you're a horrible person and it starts a national firestorm?
The issue itself is almost a non-issue, I think, compared to the way it is being handled. No laws have been broken, or even bent, but a government entity is attempting to move against a business based on an opinion, not the law.
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Mike #509
Being a lesbian myself, it's hard not think that good pussy can taste like chicken. Then again, maybe they will boycot H. Salt Fish n'Chips....
If he were donating to groups lobbying to have blacks returned to the back of the bus, or to revoke women's right to vote, people would be angry too. In all likelihood, there would be more opposition. What makes this different? The Gates family and others donating to pro-gay groups are supporting their fellow man/woman instead of trying to hold them down and treat them like second-class citizens.
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Be like me. I barely know whats it's about. Something about fags and chicken head tea?I am more sick of hearing about chik fil a than I am about zombies.
Fuck the mainstream media and the bullshit they pump into you.
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The point, though, being that they're both supporting what they think is right. One is 'politically correct' at the moment, one is not, but both are equally and totally legal. But a government entity is trying to use legal power to strike at a business for an expressed opinion, despite there being absolutely no legal backing for such an action. If anything, the constitution would support the person expressing their opinion, either way. That's where my real beef with the whole thing is. For a government agent to act prejudicially against an entity of any kind there needs to be a law broken, which has not happened here in any way at all, but the government agent is acting anyway, and no force is acting to hold THEM in check. It's an abuse-of-power issue, which is being buried under a pile of drummed-up rhetoric because the subject in question is a sensitive one politically right now.
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