Rham Emanuel wants to ban Chick -fil-A

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Yes - folks who don't know squat about the chain act all shocked and offended. Chick-fil-A has always been this way. It is only new to people who don't have a clue about the restaurant.

The company's official statement of corporate purpose says that the business exists "To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. To have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.

From Wiki: Chick-fil-A (referring to "filet") is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of College Park, Georgia, United States, specializing in chicken entrées and is known for promoting the company founder's Christian values

I have to pass one on the way to work every morning and lines are out the door every day.

I am pretty sure they could care less about the small % of people that will boycott. I love Liberty. praise the Cathy's for having Balls and praise the people who would disagree and eat elsewhere.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

And they give a lot of money to charity. Like I said I disagree with him, but love him for having the balls to give the political correct crowd the finger, darn the consequences.

The consequences are the livelihoods of a lot of people. There's nothing wrong with the guy having a public opinion on the issue, he should leave his business out of it.

It's a ###### fast food restaurant for #######'s sake. I don't know about you but when I eat out I generally don't want a side order of politics with my meal. I want something that tastes half decent, is reasonably priced and won't make my ####### collapse in the toilet bowl.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Truett Cathy has been running the business the same way for a long time and now Dan is running it the same way. And they have been pretty successful.

And because of something he has said - they're going to lose out on new restaurant. Brilliant.

[B_J 2,752]

And because of something he has said - they're going to lose out on new restaurant. Brilliant.

They lose out on about 500 million dollars every year because of being closed on Sunday. And they are still incredibly successful. I don't think they'll worry too much over one restaurant.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They lose out on about 500 million dollars every year because of being closed on Sunday. And they are still incredibly successful. I don't think they'll worry too much over one restaurant.

I'm sure they won't. But I doubt their business will ever be as successful as it could be if they dropped the religious #######.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Martin Wellbourne

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

What does that have to do with the issue at hand?

Oh, right, nothing. Just more copy/paste.

I'm sorry, I thought the topic of this thread mentioned the mayor of Chicago giving his take on "Chicago Values". Let me check to make sure...yep it does. Now try again.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

They lose out on about 500 million dollars every year because of being closed on Sunday. And they are still incredibly successful. I don't think they'll worry too much over one restaurant.

And that's the beauty of it. They believe what they believe and if you don't like it don't eat there. I love it when people stand by what they believe and don't lie to us. Like I said I don't agree with them but I do respect the heck out of them.

How come companies like Ben and Jerry's and Progressive, who espouse super liberal views do not make the news ? I use both products.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

And yet... their beliefs have nothing to do with the products that they sell.

So why then do they position their for profit company in this way?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

And that's the beauty of it. They believe what they believe and if you don't like it don't eat there. I love it when people stand by what they believe and don't lie to us. Like I said I don't agree with them but I do respect the heck out of them.

How come companies like Ben and Jerry's and Progressive, who espouse super liberal views do not make the news ? I use both products.

[Danno 1,228]

Seems odd a mayor would feel so strong about a company which simply agrees with the law in the vast majority of the country.

This is similar to a mayer in Colorado banning a company because they don't favor the legalization of drugs or polygamy or Illegal aliens.

This goes to reinforce my charge that the LEFT is growing more and more intolerant and totalitarian in nature.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Seems odd a mayor would feel so strong about a company which simply agrees with the law in the vast majority of the country.

This is similar to a mayer in Colorado banning a company because they don't favor the legalization of drugs or polygamy or Illegal aliens.

This goes to reinforce my charge that the LEFT is growing more and more intolerant and totalitarian in nature.

http://news.yahoo.com/hey-boston-leave-chick-fil-alone-070000819.html

Boston mayor threatens Chick-fil-A

By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer | SPACE.com – Tue, Jul 24, 2012

It's one thing for Hollywood moppets and television Muppets to protest Chick-fil-A over the fast-food chain president's support for traditional marriage. They're private citizens and entities. But when an elected public official wields the club of government against a Christian business in the name of "tolerance," it's not harmless kid stuff. It's chilling.

This week, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino declared, "Chick-fil-A doesn't belong in Boston." He recklessly slandered the company by accusing it of "discriminat(ing) against the population." And he warned ominously: "If they need licenses in the city, it will be very difficult — unless they open up their policies."

Drawing on the city's history, he railed against the restaurant empire's plans to build a franchise near a famed path: "We're an open city. We're a city that's at the forefront of inclusion. That's the Freedom Trail. That's where it all started right here. And we're not going to have a company, Chick-fil-A or whatever the hell the name is, on our Freedom Trail."

Poverty is on track to rise to the highest nationwide levels since the 1960s. Boston's jobless rate has been stuck at 6 percent. The city's May employment numbers were revised downward for the second month in a row; in June, the city shed 2,600 jobs. Chick-fil-A employs some 50,000 workers across the country at 1,500 outlets in nearly 40 states and the District of Columbia. The company generates more than $2 billion in annual revenues and serves millions of happy customers looking for affordable food in a family-friendly setting.

Menino must have a darned good reason for meddling with government licensing decisions and turning away one of America's most successful private employers, right?

Wrong. Menino's beef with the beloved chicken sandwich supplier is as full of holes as Chick-fil-A's trademark waffle fries. It's Menino who is engaging in blatant viewpoint and religious discrimination against an out-and-proud company whose leadership embraces biblically based principles and values.

In an interview with the Baptist Press last month, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy talked about his personal support of traditional family values and fidelity. "(Guilty) as charged," he told the reporter. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."

As I reported last year, the Cathy family's commitments to "glorify God" and "enrich the lives of everyone we touch" have made them public enemies of the progressive left. Never mind that the company's community service initiatives have supported foster care, summer camp scholarships and marriage enrichment. Never mind Chick-fil-A's family-strengthening and faith-enhancing decision to forgo profits and close every Sunday to give workers a day of worship and rest.

Anti-Christian organizers have been staging boycotts and smear campaigns against "anti-gay" Chick-fil-A for the past year. An activist lesbian reporter for The New York Times poured fuel on the fire. The proprietors of The Muppets are just the latest to take a public stand.

It's their right. It's also the right of Chick-fil-A supporters to organize social media campaigns, exercise their free speech and exercise the power of their pocketbooks to back the company.

What's disturbing is the flippant schadenfreude with which Tinseltown starlets such as actress Eliza Dushku are cheering Menino's threat to Chick-fil-A's First Amendment rights. "That's right, B!" she tweeted along with a link to Menino's attack. What's galling is the self-serving smugness of PC police such as Menino, who defended his vendetta against Chick-fil-A by bragging, "We're a leader when it comes to social justice and opportunities for all."

Social justice and economic opportunity "for all" — as long as you hold the proper political and social views. This is ugly repressive civility enforced with government brass knuckles. Boston's Founding Fathers must be steaming in their graves.

Edited July 26, 2012 by Bad_Daddy

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

If you don't use your business to court controversy, you don't get into these situations to begin with.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I'm sorry, I thought the topic of this thread mentioned the mayor of Chicago giving his take on "Chicago Values". Let me check to make sure...yep it does. Now try again.

So you believe that because Chicago has a lot of violence, they somehow do not have values? Or somehow their values can't POSSIBLY accept homosexuals, which is what the thread is ACTUALLY about, not gun violence...

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

So you believe that because Chicago has a lot of violence, they somehow do not have values? Or somehow their values can't POSSIBLY accept homosexuals, which is what the thread is ACTUALLY about, not gun violence...

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Interesting that you judge an entire city that way. Not surprising, but interesting.

I guess we can say, according to your logic, that America has no values as a country because of the gun violence problem in many of its states/cities. That's a shame.