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Report: Chick-fil-A's public relations director dead of heart attack
The Daily Caller ^ | July 27, 2012 | Alex Pappas
The head of public relations at Chick-fil-A died Friday morning of an apparent heart attack, according to a local news report.
WBRL News 3 in Georgia identified the employee as Donald A. Perry, the company’s vice president of Corporate Public Relations.
His death comes as Chick-fil-A finds itself embroiled in a public relations fiasco with the gay community and supporters of same-sex marriage protesting the company because of statements made by company president Dan Cathy.
Perry joined Chic-fil-A in 1983, according to information posted on the website of Hillcrest Church of Christ. He became an elder of the church in 1997.
The church biography said Perry “enjoys leading his church fellowship cell group, as well as working to help maintain harmony in the congregation.”
“One of the challenges sometimes is helping to reconcile differing views among members,” Perry said, according to the church, “but we work to keep unity of the faith.”
The Daily Caller will update with more details as they become available.
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people are mad that the family running chik fila doesnt support gay marriage.
who cares. eat there because you like the food, or dont. they always play christian music there, they always say "God bless", etc. They hire very pleasant staff.
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people are mad that the family running chik fila doesnt support gay marriage.
who cares. eat there because you like the food, or dont. they always play christian music there, they always say "God bless", etc. They hire very pleasant staff.
I see a lot of my leftist facebook people melting down when I posted this.
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But White House involvement in F&F is just a conspiracy theory of yours.
Either that, or issa is incompetent for not prosecuting.
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When I heard the homos were upset at Chik-Fil-A, I stopped by and ate there in celebration.
It's not as if they refuse service to the polesmokers, so who cares what their beliefs are? Obviously the far left is much more touchy over the "politics" of an establishment, as many on the right continue to see movies by actors who's politics they don't agree with. Sean Penn is a great actor, but his politics, I certainly don't agree with, but it would never keep me from seeing one of his movies.
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These radical leftist mayors are not threatening them too.
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Didn't this start when the Muppet Company decided to stop doing business with them
Surely no one on this board has a problem with one private company choosing not to do business with another company for their own personal reasons
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i dunno... susan sarandon and that natalie portman - total anti-gun pricks. i can't sit thru their movies.
in this case, i dont care if gay ppl want to get married, be as miserable as the rest of us. chik fila has some good sandwiches.
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Didn't this start when the Muppet Company decided to stop doing business with them
Surely no one on this board has a problem with one private company choosing not to do business with another company for their own personal reasons
No, but I have a huge problem w thugs like Rahmbo and Mumbles menino threatening them along w the mayor of San Fran .
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i dunno... susan sarandon and that natalie portman - total anti-gun pricks. i can't sit thru their movies.
in this case, i dont care if gay ppl want to get married, be as miserable as the rest of us. chik fila has some good sandwiches.
If gay people or people who support gay rights want to protest this company that is their right
just like bible nuts protest movies they think are demonic, harry potter books and Janet Jackson nip slip
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No, but I have a huge problem w thugs like Rahmbo and Mumbles menino threatening them along w the mayor of San Fran .
when you're worlds biggest pussy you see everyone as a THUG
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If gay people or people who support gay rights want to protest this company that is their right
just like bible nuts protest movies they think are demonic, harry potter books and Janet Jackson nip slip
I dont care about the gay marriage thing - doesn't affect me.
susan sarandon, obama, romney - they would like to take my guns from me, which affects me.
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I don't think we even have Chiki filet in NYC.
We have some real winners like Popeyes and Kennedy but those places cater to a certain element im not interested in dining with.
KFC is just as bad too.
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I don't think we even have Chiki filet in NYC.
We have some real winners like Popeyes and Kennedy but those places cater to a certain element im not interested in dining with.
KFC is just as bad too.
more scary THUGS
damn, you must have to where Depends when you leave your house just in case you see a scary thug and you shit your pants
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more scary THUGS
damn, you must have to where Depends when you leave your house just in case you see a scary thug and you shit your pants
Nah - im simply not interested in being around obese rude loud slobs and their little monsters in tow screaming as well. This is typical popeyes in NYC, caters to the worst of the worst.
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Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban ‘Not Going to Happen’ in NYC
Politicker ^ | 07/27/2012 | Colin Campbell
Posted on Friday, July 27, 2012
Despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s advocacy for a healthier diet and strong support for gay marriage, he’s cold on the idea of banning Chick-fil-A within the five boroughs.
As mayors around the country — including Boston’s, Chicago’s and San Francisco’s — are backing efforts to keep the fast food chain out of their cities due to the company’s president, Dan Cathy, spending millions to push back against gay marriage, Mr. Bloomberg said it’s “a bad idea and it’s not going to happen” on John Gambling’s radio show this morning.
“They’re all friends but I disagree with them really strongly on this one,” Mr. Bloomberg said of his mayoral colleagues. “You can’t have a test for what the owners’ personal views are before you decide to give a permit to do something in the city. You really don’t want to ask political beliefs or religious beliefs before you issue a permit, that’s just not government’s job.”
Mr. Bloomberg went on to argue that blocking a business based on their political beliefs opens a potential slippery slope where liberal cities block conservative establishments and vice versa with conservative cities.
“Freedom of speech — everybody’s in favor of it as long as it’s what they want to hear,” he explained. “Well the only way that you have your freedom of speech is if you give other people freedom of speech. … This is just a bad idea and it’s not going to happen in New York City.”
The mayor didn’t weigh in on Chick-fil-A’s particular cuisine, however.
“Never had one,” he said of their sandwiches, maintaining that they would be welcome to open a business in the city with the right permits and inspections. “I didn’t even know about them until I read about them in the paper.”
He may have not been recently sampling the fast food in Greenwich Village.
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Hope open minded and caring about employment these radical lgbt'ers are. ::)
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He'll ban soda, but not chicken sandwiches.
that being said, popeyes and KFC are both batshit disgusting. chik fila is definitely two steps above that in terms of quality.
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Nah - im simply not interested in being around obese rude loud slobs and their little monsters in tow screaming as well. This is typical popeyes in NYC, caters to the worst of the worst.
I would think you'd be right at home around people are are obese and rude
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I would think you'd be right at home around people are are obese and rude
Obese? LOL I'm the best shape now I have been in years. Rude? Yes
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{Philadelphia Councilman] Kenny tells Chick-Fil-A to take a hike
Philly.com Daily News ^ | July 26 2012 | Unattributed
Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s recent comments about gay marriage has caused quite a stir across the country and has City Councilman Jim Kenney fired-up.
Last week during a radio show Cathy said, "I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Cathy said. "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about."
Cathy later said that he is supportive of the "biblical definition of the family unit."
In a letter to Cathy, Kenney wrote: "It is with profound disillusionment and a sense of deep sadness that I write this letter in response to your recent comments. Last week you expressed support for denying gay Americans the prized right of marriage that heterosexual couples in this country so freely take for granted."
"As an American you are legally entitled to your opinion, regardless of how insensitive and intolerant it may be, but as a fellow American and an elected member of Philadelphia City Council; I am entitled to express my opinion as well. So please – take a hike and take your intolerance with you. There is no place for this type of hate in our great City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection."
And when City Council returns in September, Kenney said he will introduce a resolution condemning Cathy and the company. Check out the rest of Kenney’s letter here.
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Obese? LOL I'm the best shape now I have been in years. Rude? Yes
which is probably still obese since you spend the majority of you waking hours ranting on a computer
so you're rude yet you don't want to be around rude people ?
maybe you understand why no one can stand to be around you in real life
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ACLU Backs Chick-fil-A Against Rahm Emanuel's Threatened Ban
Thursday, 26 Jul 2012
By Patrick Hobin
Chicago and Boston might want to keep Chick-fil-A out of their cities but that doesn’t mean they have the right to do so, according to the ACLU.
Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s recent comments supporting the “biblical definition” of marriage as between a man and a woman has led to calls by gay rights advocates to boycott the chain. The mayors of Boston and Chicago have recently promised to stop further expansion of the restaurants in their cities. Emanuel weighed in after Chicago Alderman Proco Joe Moreno said he intends to block the chain from opening its second Chicago location because of Cathy’s remarks.
Legal experts said the cities’ push to stop Chick-fil-A doesn’t stand a chance because barring Chick-fil-A over the personal views of its owner is an “open and shut” discrimination case, Fox News reported.
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“The government can regulate discrimination in employment or against customers, but what the government cannot do is to punish someone for their words,” Adam Schwartz, senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, told Fox News. “When an alderman refuses to allow a business to open because its owner has expressed a viewpoint the government disagrees with, the government is practicing viewpoint discrimination.”
The ACLU “strongly supports” same-sex marriage, Schwartz told Fox, but said that if a government can exclude a business for being against same-sex marriage, it can also exclude a business for being in support of same-sex marriage.
“But we also support the First Amendment,” he said. “We don’ think the government should exclude Chick-fil-A because of the anti-LGBT message. We believe this is clear cut.”
Jonathan Turley, a professor at the George Washington University Law School, told Fox News barring the restaurant raises “serious” constitutional concerns.
“It’s also a very slippery slope,” Turley told Fox News. “If a City Council started to punish companies because of the viewpoints of their chief operating officers, that would become a very long list of banned companies.”
Wilson Huhn, a professor and associate director of the Constitutional Law Center at The University of Akron School of Law, told Fox News that denying the restaurant the right to locate in Chicago “absolutely” violates the First Amendment. “It would be an open and shut case,” Huhn told Fox News. “You can’t do that. They cannot be denied a zoning permit based upon the viewpoint of their CEO.”
Cathy's position of supporting the biblical definition of marriage is not out of the mainstream as polls show Americans approve of gay marriage by 50-48 percent, according to Fox News.
Meantime, the Rev. Billy Graham has thrown his support behind the embattled Cathy and announced plans to stop by the fast food restaurant next Wednesday as part of Mike Huckabee’s “Eat Mor Chikin” promotion.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/chick-fil-a-gay-marriage-chicago/2012/07/26/id/446713
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Imagine GOP mayors telling Ben n Jerry's to stay the hell away and not open up?
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Imagine GOP mayors telling Ben n Jerry's to stay the hell away and not open up?
It's usually Democrats and liberals who do the whole censorship thing.
Why weren't these same people boycotting Obama and Biden before they had their homosexual marriage epiphany?
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It's usually Democrats and liberals who do the whole censorship thing.
I know. those damn democrat bible thumpers always boycotting things. Particularly liberal churches, always boycotting things.
Dems are always trying to censor porn on the web too. Santorum probably the biggest liberal i can think of.
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I know. those damn democrat bible thumpers always boycotting things. Particularly liberal churches, always boycotting things.
Dems are always trying to censor porn on the web too. Santorum probably the biggest liberal i can think of.
Libs are typically more into that censorship and boycotting thing. Most leftists hate free choice and free speech.
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Their food is not bad, and each time I go there,the service is outstanding...I will continue to go there.
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Libs are typically more into that censorship and boycotting thing. Most leftists hate free choice and free speech.
Truth.
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Truth.
http://twitchy.com/2012/07/27/pr-vp-for-chick-fil-a-has-died-left-responds-with-viciousness
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http://twitchy.com/2012/07/27/pr-vp-for-chick-fil-a-has-died-left-responds-with-viciousness
Not surprised.
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:D
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http://dcxposed.com/2012/07/27/rham-emanuel-is-an-economic-terrorist-aclu-says-chic-fil-a-ban-is-illegal
Even the ACLU is is saying this absurd.
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:D
stupid
only about 40% of oil comes from OPEC
also, oil is an essential commodity where as Chick Filet is not
yet another failure for you
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http://dcxposed.com/2012/07/27/rham-emanuel-is-an-economic-terrorist-aclu-says-chic-fil-a-ban-is-illegal
Even the ACLU is is saying this absurd.
I thought you hated the ACLU
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Allen West weighs in on Chick-Fil-A
BizPacReview.com ^ | July 27, 2012 | Michele Kirk
Posted on Friday, July 27, 2012 6:51:46 PM by T.O.K.
Allen West weighed in on the national controversy over Chick-Fil-A and the fact that many on the left, including Rahm Emanuel are speaking out against the private company. Some are calling for bans on the restaurants due to recent views expressed by the company's president, who opposes gay marriage. City mayors, Hollywood stars, and even the ACLU have weighed in on the issue. West, in true form did not hold back an opinion. "I love some Chick-Fil-A. When I finish here I'm going to Chick-Fil-A," said West, but followed up with more sobering remarks:
(Excerpt) Read more at bizpacreview.com ...
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I've eaten at Chic Fil A since I was a kid....in fact I was actually in a commercial when I was a child.....
The fact is that this controversy is no different than the one with Kirk Cameron. They basically floated a question where they already knew the answer to it and thus creating the issue out of thin air.
The company is closed on Sundays, the company website clearly promotes traditional Baptist Christian values....so of course they would be against gay marriage. It would be the same as if I walked up to a KKK member and asked if he liked black people.... ::)
Fuck this shit....I'm still going there anyway. I go there to get the 12 piece chicken nuggets, large waffle fries, and a large freshly squeezed lemonade. I've always been gotten great service and hot food and they have never discriminated against anyone or denied service to anyone
This is America and you have the right to believe as you choose. So what if the president doesn't agree with gay marriage??? I'm more worried about the folks out there who are racist and bigots and don't say anything.
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I've eaten at Chic Fil A since I was a kid....in fact I was actually in a commercial when I was a child.....
The fact is that this controversy is no different than the one with Kirk Cameron. They basically floated a question where they already knew the answer to it and thus creating the issue out of thin air.
The company is closed on Sundays, the company website clearly promotes traditional Baptist Christian values....so of course they would be against gay marriage. It would be the same as if I walked up to a KKK member and asked if he liked black people.... ::)
Fuck this shit....I'm still going there anyway. I go there to get the 12 piece chicken nuggets, large waffle fries, and a large freshly squeezed lemonade. I've always been gotten great service and hot food and they have never discriminated against anyone or denied service to anyone
This is America and you have the right to believe as you choose. So what if the president doesn't agree with gay marriage??? I'm more worried about the folks out there who are racist and bigots and don't say anything.
Hell has truly frozen over. ;D ;D
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Hell has truly frozen over. ;D ;D
What the fuck do you mean....should I stop buying gasoline because Arab Nations put gays to death?? Should I stop buying good made in China for the same reason??? Should I stop buying anything in America because most of the states oppose gay marriage.....where does it end??
If we are suppose to respect free speech, then shouldn't we respect everyone's???...that even includes your ignorant ass.
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I've eaten at Chic Fil A since I was a kid....in fact I was actually in a commercial when I was a child.....
The fact is that this controversy is no different than the one with Kirk Cameron. They basically floated a question where they already knew the answer to it and thus creating the issue out of thin air.
The company is closed on Sundays, the company website clearly promotes traditional Baptist Christian values....so of course they would be against gay marriage. It would be the same as if I walked up to a KKK member and asked if he liked black people.... ::)
Fuck this shit....I'm still going there anyway. I go there to get the 12 piece chicken nuggets, large waffle fries, and a large freshly squeezed lemonade. I've always been gotten great service and hot food and they have never discriminated against anyone or denied service to anyone
This is America and you have the right to believe as you choose. So what if the president doesn't agree with gay marriage??? I'm more worried about the folks out there who are racist and bigots and don't say anything.
Well said.
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What the fuck do you mean....should I stop buying gasoline because Arab Nations put gays to death?? Should I stop buying good made in China for the same reason??? Should I stop buying anything in America because most of the states oppose gay marriage.....where does it end??
If we are suppose to respect free speech, then shouldn't we respect everyone's???...that even includes your ignorant ass.
I think that he means you actually posted a rational, well thought out post that doesnt include a bunch of your typical ignorant bullshit.
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I think that he means you actually posted a rational, well thought out post that doesnt include a bunch of your typical ignorant bullshit.
It's not that... It just so happens that both Vince and 3333386 are on the same side with this topic... While highly unusual, not unheard of I suppose.
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at your location, do they always say "My pleasure..." and "it'll be my pleasure to serve you today".
I get the tingles when it's a hot girl saying it. just saying.
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Sarah palin: "Me too! Me too!" attempting to latch herself onto anything that will piss off gay people and rally the intolerant...
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at your location, do they always say "My pleasure..." and "it'll be my pleasure to serve you today".
I get the tingles when it's a hot girl saying it. just saying.
Every location has super polite people working in it... It's obviously just the culture of the business.
How many other "fast food" places walk around asking to throw your trash away or get you a refill of something to drink?
Chik-Fil-A is the bomb for fast food.
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i ordered 7 of the $1.05 ice cream mini-sundaes for the pile of kiddies I took there-
They brought me 8. "We accidentally made you an extra one, sir!" with a wink. Very cool. I considered my diet discipline to be pwnt by fate and ate it!
Free milkshakes, biscuits, and soda... honestly if you go when they're not busy, you usually get handouts. OH - and if you wait 5 minutes for food cause they are busy, it's a free sandwich card. I love the place. Who cares about politics of the owner.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/27/nancy-pelosi-chick-fil-a-tweet_n_1711845.html
Stupid bitch.
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Sarah palin: "Me too! Me too!" attempting to latch herself onto anything that will piss off gay people and rally the intolerant...
That's another thing...I hate it when politicans use the moment to their advantage.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/27/nancy-pelosi-chick-fil-a-tweet_n_1711845.html
Stupid bitch.
It will sit pretty well for PETA
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I don't think we even have Chiki filet in NYC.
We have some real winners like Popeyes and Kennedy but those places cater to a certain element im not interested in dining with.
KFC is just as bad too.
Have you had Chick-Fil-A? It's honestly so delicious that I'd still eat their if the owner joined Al Qaeda. They always have very clean looking, extremely friendly girls working.
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more scary THUGS
damn, you must have to where Depends when you leave your house just in case you see a scary thug and you shit your pants
He's probably just tired of being a contributing member of society while having to tolerate dirty criminals and savages all day long. You need to move out of NYC 333386. :P
Cities actually still exist that are full of decent people.
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As mayors around the country — including Boston’s, Chicago’s and San Francisco’s — are backing efforts to keep the fast food chain out of their cities due to the company’s president, Dan Cathy, spending millions to push back against gay marriage, Mr. Bloomberg said it’s “a bad idea and it’s not going to happen” on John Gambling’s radio show this morning.
Are you kidding me? Please tell me you're making this up?
Insane
Don't you dare have a differing view here in the United States... ::)
You really don’t want to ask political beliefs or religious beliefs before you issue a permit, that’s just not government’s job.”
Bloomberg said this? Well, that surprises the hell out of me!
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Hell has truly frozen over. ;D ;D
hahahahahahahhahahahahah ahahah!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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i ordered 7 of the $1.05 ice cream mini-sundaes for the pile of kiddies I took there-
:)
Vince, have you ever found your old commercial online?
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Matt Drudge and Michael Graham both note the hypocrisy of left-wing mayors who want to ban Chick-fil-A from their cities for opposing gay marriage. ("GODFATHER WELCOMES FARRAKHAN" and "Imam Who Inspired Menino’s Mosque Lists The Many Ways To Kill Gays".) Hey leftists, how about first breaking away from your bromances with Muslim demagogues who want to put homosexuals to death?
But the biggest hypocrisy is the contrast with their position on the Ground Zero mosque, where numerous leading leftists, from Obama on down, insisted that Muslims have a constitutional right to establish a mosque in a building that was hit by the landing gear of Flight 175 after it came out the back of WTC2 on 9/11.
Just as leftist Democrats Emanuel, Moreno and Menino want to bar Chick-fil-A from their territories for speaking what they consider to be blasphemy (despite its being the majority view), so too leftists in New York City (led by leftist Republican mayor Mike Bloomberg) rammed the mosque permit through very much on the basis of their approval of its speech content, all while pretending to be acting on the basis of content neutrality. The details are worth recalling.
The Ground Zero mosque site, 51 Park Place, is actually part of Ground Zero. From the beginning, this was Imam Rauf's explicit rationale for wanting to build there:
The location was precisely a key selling point for the group of Muslims who bought the building in July. A presence so close to theWorldTradeCenter, “where a piece of the wreckage fell,” said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the cleric leading the project, “sends the opposite statement to what happened on 9/11.”
“We want to push back against the extremists,” added Imam Feisal, 61.
Right, push back against the extremists. That's why Rauf named his project "The Cordoba Initiative," a name that dovetails with the first sentence of Osama bin Laden's proclaimed justification for the 9/11 attacks:
Let the whole world know that we shall never accept that the tragedy of Andalusia will be repeated inPalestine. We cannot accept that Palestinewill become Jewish.
Cordoba was the Muslim capital of Andalusia (the Iberian peninsula when it was controlled by the Moors). Bin Laden in-effect named his attack "the Andalusia initiative," and Rauf just changed "Andalusia" to its closest synonym. Both seek to bring the entire world under sharia law (the instrument of Islamic rule). About this, Rauf brooks no compromise:
And since a Shari'ah is understood as a law with God at its center, it is not possible in principle to limit the Shari'ah to some aspects of human life and leave out others.
So how does Rauf have a constitutional right to build his Islamic victory mosque on a piece of Ground Zero, which Obama himself describes as "hallowed ground"?
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
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all this chik fila talk has me wanting a chicken sandwich
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As Chicago Chick-fil-A Owner Requests Emanuel Meeting, Teens Protest Chain In California: VIDEO
Towelroad ^ | July 26 2012 | A. Towleroad
Posted on July 28, 2012 3:32:18 PM EDT by scottjewell
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's announcement that "Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values" and opposition to the fast food franchise's expansion there because of CEO Dan Cathy's anti-gay politics really ruffled some feathers.
Lauren Silich, the owner of Chicago's sole Chick-fil-A, is asking Emanuel to have a sit down to iron things out.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
[Silich] invited Emanuel to meet her, her husband and management staff at her restaurant. The mayor's office had no immediate response. In an interview today, Silich addressed Emanuel's comments. "I get it," Silich said in an interview. "I’m from here as well."
"I just want people to know there’s a local face to this controversy," she added. "We’re not a corporate face. We love our city."
In a letter sent to the media, Silich also said that she and her staff are committed "serving all of our guests with honor, dignity and respect." She went on to highlight Chick-fil-A's immediate economic impact: "We alone created 97 jobs this past year and our passion is building leaders for future generations, regardless of sexual orientation or beliefs."
Will Emanuel meet with Silich or will he be a scaredy cat. (What, did you think I'd go with chicken?)
In other Chick-fil-A news, a group of teen activists from Youth Empowered to Act joined forced with GLAAD to protest the grand opening of a new location in Laguna Hills, California. Watch an NBC report on the protest and see some other images AFTER THE JUMP.
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Liberals seem to be all for tolerance, except when being tolerant conflicts with their beliefs. Lolzers.
So much for tolerance and freedom from religious persecution.
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Boston’s Catholic mayor backs off vow to block Chick-Fil-A from city
life news ^ | 7.28.2012 | Kathleen Gilbert
Posted on July 28, 2012 5:25:28 PM EDT by Morgana
BOSTON, July 27, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has backpedaled on remarks that he would keep Chick-fil-A off city grounds because the head of the fast food chicken restaurant supports traditional marriage - but maintaining that he hopes the chain will stay out of Boston.
Menino told the Boston Herald Thursday that he can’t actually stop the restaurant from opening there, despite his staunch opposition to its pro-family position.
“I can’t do that. That would be interference to his rights to go there,” Menino sai
Menino had warned “it will be very difficult” for Chick-fil-A to obtain licenses for a restaurant in Boston, where the chain was reportedly looking to open a location, after Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy defended his company’s donation to “anti-gay” groups such as Focus on the Family.
“Chick-fil-A doesn’t belong in the city of Boston,” Menino had said.
The remarks drew criticism from unexpected corners, including a Boston Globe editorial that chastised the mayor for not recognizing the company head’s right to religious beliefs - even as Chicago mayor and former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel anathematized Chick-fil-A in similar terms.
In remarks the Boston Herald captured on video Thursday, Menino cast his opposition to Cathy’s stance as a matter of personal opinion. “That’s my personal opinion, as mayor I can express myself as well as anybody else. I just don’t think he should come to Boston, and feed off the people of our city who are really a city that welcomes gay marriage, welcomes inclusion, and welcomes diversity,” he said.
Asked by another reporter in the Herald video whether Menino felt the same way towards the Boy Scouts and the Roman Catholic Church, who also do not promote gay rights, Menino responded, “They’re not funding organizations who are anti-gay. They’re not funding them, okay? It’s a different story.”
Mumbles probably ot word from legal to STFU.
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it's funny how republicans have gone from defending their guy for sexual intolerance, to attacking liberals for being offended at it. lol.
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it's funny how republicans have gone from defending their guy for sexual intolerance, to attacking liberals for being offended at it. lol.
Uh, I see intolerance of a different kind here.
Intolerance for a difference of opinion.
Everyone has a right to their opinion, and pretty sure no politician should be able to try and block a restaurant chain based on the owners religious beliefs.
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Have you had Chick-Fil-A? It's honestly so delicious that I'd still eat their if the owner joined Al Qaeda. They always have very clean looking, extremely friendly girls working.
Fucking statement of the damn month right here.
Preach it!
That shit is goddam delicious.
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:)
Vince, have you ever found your old commercial online?
Its from the 80's.....never bothered to look
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Obese? LOL I'm the best shape now I have been in years. Rude? Yes
post pics or its a lie.
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Speaker Quinn: NYC Should Totally Ban Chick-Fil-A
http://gothamist.com ^ | 7-29-2012 | By Jen Chung
Posted on July 29, 2012 12:34:33 PM EDT by Maelstorm
Just as it was a total shock that Sarah Palin likes Chick-fil-A, Speaker Christine Quinn, NYC's first gay City Council Speaker, dropped this "bombshell": She thinks the anti-gay fast food chain should be banned from NYC until it changes its stance on gay-marriage.
Actually, it is sort of surprising from Quinn, since she usually agrees with Mayor Bloomberg, who thinks a Chick-fil-A ban is a "bad idea." But given that Chick-fil-A's president has emphasized that the company is against gay marriage and that Quinn was married to her partner earlier this year, it's natural that Quinn would ask NYU to kick out Chick-fil-A, and started a petition demanding an apology from Chick-fil-A, as well as a change of attitude. (It also keeps people guessing about how Quinn feels about NYU.)
Quinn wrote in a letter to NYU President John Sexton, "I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views... I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick-fil-A establishment that exists on your campus. This establishment should be replaced with an establishment where the ownership does not denigrate a portion of our population." And this is what her petition says:
Chick-fil-A: We demand the Chick-fil-A executive apologize and change his position by Christine Quinn
We believe New York City is a place that celebrates diversity. We do not believe in denigrating others. We revel in the differences of our people and their families. We find the remarks made by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy to be repugnant and un-American. In New York City, we stand up against intolerance and homophobia. We demand the Chick-fil-A executive apologize and change his position.
Futhermore, we do not support establishments in New York City that promote discrimination. We are not going to eat at Chick-fil-A or patronize businesses that do not reflect the diversity and openness of our great city. So far the petition has 326 signatures.
Earlier this year, NYU students voted to keep Chick-fil-A on free speech grounds, not because those waffle fries are awesome.
Typical of the totalitarian intolerant Marxist communist left.
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Speaker Quinn is playing to his base. It's what politicians do.
Luckily, he received a "secret" plan from Sarah Palin herself about the GOP's plan to ban homosexuality in 2012.
So donate, now!
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Speaker Quinn is playing to his base. It's what politicians do.
Luckily, he received a "secret" plan from Sarah Palin herself about the GOP's plan to ban homosexuality in 2012.
So donate, now!
Quinn is a dyke.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/us-region-liked-chick-fil-a-more-post-anti-gay-controversy-2012-7
Wednesday is chick filet support day, I think I'll get a shirt and wear t in grand central and down union square to piss off the communist fags.
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LOL @ Sarah Palin and other republicans ignoring the economy and talking about, um, the response of some people to what some other people think about gay marriage.
Sarah palin SHOULD be posing with the US Debt clock or maybe something RELEVANT. No, she's playing the heartstings of a wedge issue. Fools lap it up. We're not talking about the economy. Obama loving this chik-fila story.
I bet tomorrow all the talk shows open up talking about this silly story, and not the economy or the election. "liberals are so mad" = fodder for the sheep.
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NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn Asks NYU President to Kick Chick-fil-A Off its Campus
Towelroad ^ | July 28 2012 | A. Towleroad
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 8:21:09 AM by scottjewell
NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is urging New York University, which rents space to the city's only Chick-fil-A restaurant, to kick the franchise off its campus because of its support for anti-gay causes.
Says Quinn, in part, in a letter sent today to NYU President John Sexton:
NYC is a place where we celebrate diversity. We do not believe in denigrating others...As you know from recent press coverage, the President of Chick-fil-A continues to make statements and support causes that are clear messages of extreme intolerance and homophobia and a belief that LGBT Americans are less than others and deserve to be treated as such.
Let me be clear -- I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views.
I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick-fil-A establishment that exists on your campus. This establishment should be replaced with an establishment where the ownership does not denigrate a portion of our population.
(Excerpt) Read more at towleroad.com
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I find the controversy over it laughable. Especially from the right that talks about how "leftists" are whining and melting down and yet say nothing with the Christian right wackos want to protest and boycott JCPenny, Disney World, Home Depot, Sears, etc... (and quite unsuccessfully too).
That being said, Chic Fil A is like the white man's KFC. That is some good shit. The closest one here is out west about 20 miles, but if I am ever in that area for any reason I always go there.
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Ravenstahl (Pittsburgh) supports mayors' stance against Chick-fil-A
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/Ravenstahl-supports-mayors-stance-against-Chick-fil-A/-/109 ^ | July 30, 2012
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 9:52:38 AM
PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is standing behind stances taken by mayors in Chicago and Boston against Chick-fil-A after the company’s president said he was not in favor gay marriage.
“I came out in support of gay marriage and support the right of gay couples to marry and would be supportive of them in this case as well,” Ravenstahl said Thursday.
Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said he doesn't support same-sex marriage. The fast-food chain said it has a history of applying biblically based principles to its business, such as closing stores on Sundays.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told the Chicago Tribune that Cathy’s comments "disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents," and therefore building the restaurant in Chicago "would be a bad investment, since it would be empty."
Last week, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told the Boston Herald he would block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in the city.
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Ravenstahl said there are currently no plans for a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the city.
(Excerpt) Read more at wtae.com ...
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I find the controversy over it laughable. Especially from the right that talks about how "leftists" are whining and melting down and yet say nothing with the Christian right wackos want to protest and boycott JCPenny, Disney World, Home Depot, Sears, etc... (and quite unsuccessfully too).
Boycotts are so fucking dumb.
The real world doesn't give a shit if you don't like a company... If they have a product that most people want, they are just fine.
So stupid.
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Boycotts are so fucking dumb.
The real world doesn't give a shit if you don't like a company... If they have a product that most people want, they are just fine.
So stupid.
Exactly. Disney has been raking in the $$$ the entire time that rightwing moonbats have been depriving their kids of a national childhood experience.
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I've eaten at Chic Fil A since I was a kid....in fact I was actually in a commercial when I was a child.....
The fact is that this controversy is no different than the one with Kirk Cameron. They basically floated a question where they already knew the answer to it and thus creating the issue out of thin air.
The company is closed on Sundays, the company website clearly promotes traditional Baptist Christian values....so of course they would be against gay marriage. It would be the same as if I walked up to a KKK member and asked if he liked black people.... ::)
Fuck this shit....I'm still going there anyway. I go there to get the 12 piece chicken nuggets, large waffle fries, and a large freshly squeezed lemonade. I've always been gotten great service and hot food and they have never discriminated against anyone or denied service to anyone
This is America and you have the right to believe as you choose. So what if the president doesn't agree with gay marriage??? I'm more worried about the folks out there who are racist and bigots and don't say anything.
You nailed it, Vince. This is a bunch of gay activists making static about basically nothing. The lion's share of Christian organizations are against gay "marriage" and they know it.
This is about as ridiculous as the parents of those lesbians in California, suing a Christian school for booting the girls out, with the school handbook clearly stating their position on homosexuality.
As for Chik-Fil-A, the kids' meals often come with Adventures In Odyssey or Veggie Tales toys and games.
Christian organizations against gay "marriage".....who'd thunk it? What's next, Greenpeace being against pollution?
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nice distraction issue. i hope sarah palin does a photo op for the shiity jobs report we'll get this week.
no wait, if it's not raw meat being throw on the rabid far right, she doesn't have an opinon on it. gotcha.
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Students accuse Chick-fil-A of 'human rights violations,' seek to expel food chain from their campus
Campus Reform ^
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 1:08:51 PM
A group of New York University (NYU) students are circulating a petition which accuses Chick-fil-A owners of “human rights violations” over their financial support for non-profit pro-family influence groups.
The document, which so far has attracted just over 15,000 of 20,000 hoped for signatures, also calls for administrators to use a loophole in school rules to expel the popular chicken sandwich store campus.
“NYU prides itself on being a diverse, open and inclusive campus community”, reads the petition, posted in March by student Hilary Dworkoski. “[M]aintaining a contract with an anti-gay vendor like Chick-fil-A undermines what makes this university so great.”
View the petition “New York University: Stop serving anti-gay Chick-fil-A on campus.”
In particular, Dworkoski accused Chick-fil-A of harboring an “agenda against anyone," and complains that its owners donated at least $2 million to 2009 to support “anti-gay” groups including mainstream evangelical groups Focus On The Family and the Family Research Council.
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...
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I have a court appearance down there coming up, maybe ill try to go in there and stir shit up w the fags.
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nice distraction issue. i hope sarah palin does a photo op for the shiity jobs report we'll get this week.
no wait, if it's not raw meat being throw on the rabid far right, she doesn't have an opinon on it. gotcha.
Raw meat? The LEFT brought this crap up. Nobody on the right is surprised at Chick-Fil-A's policy.
And let's not go there about distraction issues, given your track record as of late.
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Raw meat? The LEFT brought this crap up. Nobody on the right is surprised at Chick-Fil-A's policy.
And let's not go there about distraction issues, given your track record as of late.
Did the left force the CEO of a major company to "go there" on the issue?
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Did the left force the CEO of a major company to "go there" on the issue?
So - every leftist moonbat is out there in all their leftist glory on everything from gay marriage, to shutting down nukes, gun control, etc, now its a crime to be open about ones views?
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So - every leftist moonbat is out there in all their leftist glory on everything from gay marriage, to shutting down nukes, gun control, etc, now its a crime to be open about ones views?
People can say what they want. But MCWAY said the left brought this crap up. I think it was the CEO of a major corporation that brought it up. The left responded/reacted in their usually crybaby way.
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Did the left force the CEO of a major company to "go there" on the issue?
Chick-Fil-A is (and has been) a Christian organization since its existence. That's not exactly a secret. Again, among their sponsors is Focus on the Family (their "Adventures in Odyssey" toys are sometimes featured with the kids' meals). Gee... what are the odds that the company is against gay "marriage"?
You think gay activists didn't know about the association between the two, until a week ago? Or of Chick-Fil-A's Christian philosophy until now?
This is another attempt by the left to censor people who don't cower to their views.
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look, i think the peopel whining about his position are a bunch of crybaby idiots. he can feel any way he wants.
but what is super pathetic is the "reaction to the reaction" - Sarah Palin and her ilk trumpeting how much they're upset about the upset reaction of an irrational few.
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look, i think the peopel whining about his position are a bunch of crybaby idiots. he can feel any way he wants.
but what is super pathetic is the "reaction to the reaction" - Sarah Palin and her ilk trumpeting how much they're upset about the upset reaction of an irrational few.
Everyone demagoging a stupid goddam issue.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/us-region-liked-chick-fil-a-more-post-anti-gay-controversy-2012-7
Wednesday is chick filet support day, I think I'll get a shirt and wear t in grand central and down union square to piss off the communist fags.
got some time on your hands ?
Is business that slow?
I'm sure there will be a lot of other succesful lawyers out there with you
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ABC’s The View honored Roseanne Barr with a guest-host spot on July 19, which shows they probably aren’t in the habit of evaluating her sanity based on her Twitter rants. Take her wishing cancer on Chick-Fil-A fans this morning: “anyone who eats S–t Fil-A deserves to get the cancer that is sure to come from eating antibiotic filled tortured chickens 4Christ”.
This came after she told the restaurant chain to suck an appendage she doesn’t have.
This outbreak of hate was retweeted by comedian Joe Rogan, who recently hosted a newfangled version of “Fear Factor” on NBC. Shortly after her get-cancer tweet, she doubled down:
“off to grab a s–it fil-A sandwich on my way to worshipping Christ, supporting Aipac and war in Iran.”
http://visiontoamerica.com/11152/roseanne-barr-wishes-cancer-on-chick-fil-a-customers/comment-page-9
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Everyone is free to express their opinion, protest etc..
This goes for the head of Chik Fil A and all his supporters and detractors
There is supposed to be one opening in San Jose and I'll probably go check out the food
I fully expect to be disapointed in the food quality just like I was when 5 Guys came to town with so much hype
Virtually all fast food sucks and if you eat it very rarely (such as I do) the first thing you usually notice/taste is the high amounts of sodium and the low quality of ingredients.
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roseanne is trash. attention whoring. doing anything to make a headline and stay relevant.
why yall would ever acknoeledge such a moron? i dunno.
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got some time on your hands ?
Is business that slow?
I'm sure there will be a lot of other succesful lawyers out there with you
Way to stay on topic. Given the amount of time you spend on here (you're on here every day) and the fact that you drive a 15-year-old car, I think it's safe to assume that you're not exactly knocking it out of the park with your own business.
roseanne is trash. attention whoring. doing anything to make a headline and stay relevant.
why yall would ever acknoeledge such a moron? i dunno.
We acknowledge you so why not her?
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Way to stay on topic. Given the amount of time you spend on here (you're on here every day) and the fact that you drive a 15-year-old car, I think it's safe to assume that you're not exactly knocking it out of the park with your own business.
We acknowledge you so why not her?
My comment that everyone has the right to express their opinion including the owner of Chik Fil a and everyone who agrees or disgrees with him is 100% on topic
I'm on here most days because I sit in front of 2 or 3 computer screens most of the time
You'll be happy to know I bought a new Lexus a few weeks ago
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My comment that everyone has the right to express their opinion including the owner of Chik Fil a and everyone who agrees or disgrees with him is 100% on topic
I'm on here most days because I sit in front of 2 or 3 computer screens most of the time
You'll be happy to know I bought a new Lexus a few weeks ago
how big are your tires?
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how big are your tires?
The wheels are 17 inches - not sure if that's what you mean
I'm not a "car" guy. I would have kept driving my old car but the transmission was starting to slip and I knew it was time to break down and buy a new one
I hope to drive this one for 10+ years too
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Everyone is free to express their opinion, protest etc..
This goes for the head of Chik Fil A and all his supporters and detractors
There is supposed to be one opening in San Jose and I'll probably go check out the food
I fully expect to be disapointed in the food quality just like I was when 5 Guys came to town with so much hype
Virtually all fast food sucks and if you eat it very rarely (such as I do) the first thing you usually notice/taste is the high amounts of sodium and the low quality of ingredients.
expressing an opinion and legislators proposing legislation that bans businesses for their opinion are two completely different things.
Im not a fan of five guys either, it was hyped up to me too and I have to say I was sadly disappointed.
Chik-fil-a is fast food but its decent fast food, its alot better than a chicken sandwich youre going to get from McDonalds or Wendys etc.
Their establishments are also generally very clean and staffed by well dressed, well groomed and well mannered ppl as well.
give it a try, you might be suprised.
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expressing an opinion and legislators proposing legislation that bans businesses for their opinion are two completely different things.
Im not a fan of five guys either, it was hyped up to me too and I have to say I was sadly disappointed.
Chik-fil-a is fast food but its decent fast food, its alot better than a chicken sandwich youre going to get from McDonalds or Wendys etc.
Their establishments are also generally very clean and staffed by well dressed, well groomed and well mannered ppl as well.
give it a try, you might be suprised.
the very first post on this thread was about the public relations director dying of a heart attack
after that there were other posts about people protesting and a couple of mayors wanting to ban them and some councilman wanting to introduce a resolution to condemn them but I don't see anything about "proposing legislation" to ban them and, as I've mentioned, that had nothing to do with the original post that started this thread
I already said I will try them when they open up here which is supposed to be in a couple of weeks
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the very first post on this thread was about the public relations director dying of a heart attack
after that there were other posts about people protesting and a couple of mayors wanting to ban them and some councilman wanting to introduce a resolution to condemn them but I don't see anything about "proposing legislation" to ban them and, as I've mentioned, that had nothing to do with the original post that started this thread
I already said I will try them when they open up here which is supposed to be in a couple of weeks
by proposing I didnt mean on the floor I mean rhetorically.
Its one thing for ppl like me and you to talk about it even though that is assinine. It is another for a person in the position of power to make such things happen to even talk about it.
They are contemplating banning a business b/c of the beliefs of someone involved with it.
THAT IS FUKING ABSURD!!!!
and should be condemned by everyone with any amount of common sense and rationality
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by proposing I didnt mean on the floor I mean rhetorically.
Its one thing for ppl like me and you to talk about it even though that is assinine. It is another for a person in the position of power to make such things happen to even talk about it.
They are contemplating banning a business b/c of the beliefs of someone involved with it.
THAT IS FUKING ABSURD!!!!
and should be condemned by everyone with any amount of common sense and rationality
wtf are you telling this to me for ?
I never argued in favor of anyone banning them (whether with rhetorical legislation -whatever that is - or not)
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i ate there today. Oh wow that sandwich was so juicy.
it was off a free coupon. You see, a few months back, they took 7 minutes to bring me the food i ordered. So they gave me a ticket for a free sandwich :)
so today I spent 1.97 on a large tea, and ate a free sandwich with mayo. That shit was awesome.
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i ate there today. Oh wow that sandwich was so juicy.
it was off a free coupon. You see, a few months back, they took 7 minutes to bring me the food i ordered. So they gave me a ticket for a free sandwich :)
so today I spent 1.97 on a large tea, and ate a free sandwich with mayo. That shit was awesome.
we have pop eyes and Kennedy fried chicken w the thugs ruining the place. >:(.
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we have pop eyes and Kennedy fried chicken w the thugs ruining the place. >:(.
we have KFC and popeyes, they both suck.
Boston market was decent, I recall.
Chick fila very good.
Pollo Tropical is probably the best of all. All caribbean chicken, pork and steak, cooked by a carribean staff. and it shows! lol, they can COOK.
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i ate there today. Oh wow that sandwich was so juicy.
it was off a free coupon. You see, a few months back, they took 7 minutes to bring me the food i ordered. So they gave me a ticket for a free sandwich :)
so today I spent 1.97 on a large tea, and ate a free sandwich with mayo. That shit was awesome.
number 1 with mayo, waffle fries and a coke zero...good shit
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we have KFC and popeyes, they both suck.
Boston market was decent, I recall.
Chick fila very good.
Pollo Tropical is probably the best of all. All caribbean chicken, pork and steak, cooked by a carribean staff. and it shows! lol, they can COOK.
there is a Jamaican place near me and those freaks cook ox tail in the drive way and sell it along with other weird shit.
Once you go over the "Bridge" near me into Wakefield section of the Bronx it's a whole other world.
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number 1 with mayo, waffle fries and a coke zero...good shit
I've been dabbling with the #2 combo lately... lettuce, chz, tomato on it...
I can't decide if it tops a #1. I think if I'm a little stuffed up from eating too much crap earler in the day, I roll with the #2 combo.
Breakfast ain't too bad either. Those wraps with egg, chicken are nice.
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Number 1, mayo and mustard with a carrot and raisin salad and a coke zero.
Goddam that shit is good.
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I've been dabbling with the #2 combo lately... lettuce, chz, tomato on it...
I can't decide if it tops a #1. I think if I'm a little stuffed up from eating too much crap earler in the day, I roll with the #2 combo.
Breakfast ain't too bad either. Those wraps with egg, chicken are nice.
I'm jealous. I got pop eyes, Kennedy fried chicken, ox tail fro the Jamaicans on the corner, the Albanians pizza joint, and the dirty chink place w cats and rats up the block.
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I'm jealous. I got pop eyes, Kennedy fried chicken, ox tail fro the Jamaicans on the corner, the Albanians pizza joint, and the dirty chink place w cats and rats up the block.
why don't you move to a better neighborhood already
btw - oxtail can be damn good. you should try it sometime
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why don't you move to a better neighborhood alreayd
btw - oxtail can be damn good. you should try it sometime
had a buyer for my building but deal fell through. Market has since deteriorated and they are turning a reserve barracks not far by into a homeless shelter.
Not good. >:(.
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had a buyer for my building but deal fell through. Market has since deteriorated and they are turning a reserve barracks not far by into a homeless shelter.
Not good. >:(.
you only paid something like 40k right?
move out and rent the damn thing
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you only paid something like 40k right?
move out and rent the damn thing
33 is probably getting plenty of great renter offers. However, once he learns they voted Obama (he can usually tell by looking at someone), into the woodchipper they go.
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33 is probably getting plenty of great renter offers. However, once he learns they voted Obama (he can usually tell by looking at someone), into the woodchipper they go.
Since all the micks left once construction collapsed my nabe is a waste land. The thugs from Wakefield are making their way over.
times they are a changin.
no buyers, no renters, and vacancies galore.
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Since all the micks left once construction collapsed my nabe is a waste land. The thugs from Wakefield are making their way over.
times they are a changin.
no buyers, no renters, and vacancies galore.
open a homeless shelter. Require the two dozen people you allow to live there, to walk around drunk/high with Obama clothes on, handing out obama stickers at playgrounds and churches. Eventually, FOX/Drudge will cover these "typical obama supporters" and Romney will enjoy a bump in the polls.
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Since all the micks left once construction collapsed my nabe is a waste land. The thugs from Wakefield are making their way over.
times they are a changin.
no buyers, no renters, and vacancies galore.
wtf - aren't you the guy who said Obama using the phrase "I'm drawing some folks" was ghetto slang and then ebonics ?
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wtf - aren't you the guy who said Obama using the phrase "I'm drawing some folks" was ghetto slang and then ebonics ?
Sadly - I know all the ghetto slang since the thugs from Wakefield are not making their way over.
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i'm staving and chik fila is closed. i am not happy.
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i'm staving and chik fila is closed. i am not happy.
Go visit Julio at McDonalds.
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i'm staving and chik fila is closed. i am not happy.
Staving:
to break in a stave or staves of (a cask or barrel) so as to release the wine, liquor, or other contents.
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Since all the micks left once construction collapsed my nabe is a waste land. The thugs from Wakefield are making their way over.
times they are a changin.
no buyers, no renters, and vacancies galore.
you paid it off right?
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Go visit Julio at McDonalds.
me and julio aren't talking at the moment.
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you paid it off right?
Yes, but there are no buyers or renters. Even if I could walk away even I would.
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me and julio aren't talking at the moment.
Served you a bad mcmuffin?
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Served you a bad mcmuffin?
mcgriddles pwn your mcmuffins every day of the week.
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Yes, but there are no buyers or renters. Even if I could walk away even I would.
so all you have are taxes (on 40k or less) and HOA dues or something similar
that can't be that much
you can easily move if you can afford it
that property is not holding you there
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mcgriddles pwn your mcmuffins every day of the week.
The McMuffin is only 300 Calories though and I bet a McMuffin without cheese is pretty not bad for you to eat.
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we have KFC and popeyes, they both suck.
Boston market was decent, I recall.
Chick fila very good.
Pollo Tropical is probably the best of all. All caribbean chicken, pork and steak, cooked by a carribean staff. and it shows! lol, they can COOK.
Damn right. Healthy too.
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Chicago church leaders roast Rahm Emanuel over Chick-fil-A stance
By Maegan Vazquez
Published July 31, 2012
FoxNews.com
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ticked off the flocks by criticizing Chick-fil-A.
Days after the big city boss blasted the chicken chain over its president's stance on same-sex marriage, an influential Baptist minister and Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago struck back. The religious leaders, who support the traditional view of marriage, were incensed at Emanuel's claim that "Chick-fil-A's values are not Chicago's values."
"Do not disrespect us...We, too, are Chicago," the Rev. Charles Lyons of the Armitage Baptist Church thundered from the pulpit Sunday.
Is the City Council going to set up a 'Council Committee on Un-Chicagoan Activities' and call those of us who are suspect to appear before it?
- Cardinal Francis George, Archdiocese of Chicago
Cardinal Francis George also criticized Emanuel's stance, asking in the Catholic Chicago Blog if everyone who did not agree with Emanuel faced a similar fate.
"Must those whose personal values do not conform to those of the government of the day move from the city," George wondered. "Is the City Council going to set up a 'Council Committee on Un-Chicagoan Activities' and call those of us who are suspect to appear before it?"
The controversy began when a Chicago Alderman Proco Joe Moreno said he would block the restaurant from opening a location in his ward, citing recent comments by Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy. When asked about the company's values, Cathy was quoted saying he was "guilty as charged" for being "supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit."
Cathy also said on a radio program: “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say ‘we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,’ and I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.”
As officials in other cities, including Boston, San Francisco and New York, blasted Chick-fil-A over Cathy's beliefs, the company issued a new statement over the weekend.
"The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect -- regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender," the statement read. "We will continue this tradition in the over 1,600 restaurants run by independent owner/operators. Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena."
But Lyons had a warning for anyone who tries to impose their values on his congregation.
"If the thought police come to Armitage Baptist Church, we will meet them at the door respectfully, unflinchingly, willing to die on this hill, holding a copy of the Sacred Scriptures in one hand and a copy of the U.S. Constitution in the other," Lyons said in the sermon.
Legal experts note that politicians, preachers and anybody else are entitled to their opinions on same sex marriage, which polls show the country is evenly split on. But they told FoxNews.com that it is disturbing that elected officials would threaten to use their power to block a company from doing business in their community because of a difference of opinion with people who work for the company.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/31/chicago-religious-leaders-back-chick-fil/#ixzz22Ebz9pnZ
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;)
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buncha twinks on both sides of this issue getting offended, then offended that people are offended.
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Media Crusade Against Chick-Fil-A Continues
NewsBusters.org ^ | July 31, 2012 | Paul Wilson
Posted on July 31, 2012 9:47:40 PM EDT by Kaslin
The manufactured controversy over Chick-Fil-A won’t be dying down anytime soon, if media figures get their way.
Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy stated that he was “guilty as charged” when it came to supporting the traditional family, and commented on a radio show that “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say: You know, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.’”
That’s tantamount to heresy in Hollywood and in New York and D.C. newsrooms. The media have proven themselves in the tank for same sex marriage, and Chick-Fil-A is learning what it means to cross them.
Media Join Fight Against Chick-Fil-A
On July 19, CNN reporter Alison Kosik acknowledged that efforts to boycott Chick-Fil-A are not new, noting that: “It’s not the first time that people have called for a boycott of the restaurant chain.” Lately, however, media outlets have deployed their resources to help the left destroy the Christian chicken chain.
MSNBC host Thomas Roberts declared that any supporter of gay marriage eating at Chick-Fil-A was a “Chicken-eating Judas.” Dean Reynolds, reporting for CBS ‘This Morning’ on July 27, declared on air, “At Chick-Fil-A, the menu offers up sandwiches, nuggets, and strips, but to critics these days, it also includes a side order of bigotry.” ABC also played up the Chick-Fil-A controversy.
San Francisco outlet SFist even linked the sudden death of Chick-Fil-A’s PR head Donald Perry to the fanatical Westboro Baptist Church, including the phrase “God Hates Flacks” in a headline.
Politicians supporting Chick-Fil-A also faced the media’s wrath and mockery. CNN, introducing a segment showing Sarah Palin eating at Chick-Fil-A, played the song “Stupid Girls.” (A CNN spokesman claimed the song choice was unintentional.) Gawker’s Rich Juzwiak whipped himself into a frenzy over Sarah Palin’s visit to the chicken chain, snarling: “On Friday, Sarah Palin tweeted/Facebooked a picture of herself and her husband in a Chick-Fil-A looking so fucking happy. They're way happier than the oldest gay couple in America on their wedding day. Sarah and Todd are beaming hateful joy. It's really visceral.”
Descent into Lunacy
Comedy outlets couldn’t resist poking fun at Chick-Fil-A. Jon Stewart made light of the incident on the July 23 Daily Show, snarking: “Wow, open your eyes owner of Chick-Fil-A,” he said. “You are being such an asshole that even Boston won’t tolerate you.” The Onion published a satirical article about a Chick-Fil-A holding a press conference introducing a new ‘homophobic sandwich’ called the “Queer-Hatin’ Cordon Bleu.”
But several media stories and celebrity responses to the Chick-Fil-A were so bizarre they only looked like comedy.
Unhinged comedienne Roseanne Barr launched anatomically incorrect, expletive-laden broadsides against Chick-Fil-A, ranting: “Suck my dick chick filet nazi f---ing pricks” and “Giving urkds Cancer from processed fast food is child abuse.”
The Huffington Post also displayed similarly warped judgment regarding the chicken chain. Dominick Scudera wrote an unfunny satire piece displaying his breathtaking ignorance of the Bible, obliviously concluding his piece: “And I thank the Lord that I live in a country where fast food is a place of judgment and where chicken sandwiches bring me closer to the Almighty God.”
The Huffington Post also featured Mark Pettit’s self-righteous five-step plan to stop Chick-Fil-A’s “public relations nightmare.” The self-proclaimed “crisis communications expert” lectured the company: “Going forward no ‘anti’ anything groups (as in anti-gay marriage) should receive funds from the company. Not one cent. Not one chicken biscuit.” Instead, he advised the company to donate up to $5 million to build a National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
So, in Petitt’s mind, the heads of Chick-Fil-A need to explicitly reject the Biblical principles that the company was built upon and alienate the customers who support traditional marriage in order to resolve the crisis. Perhaps the “crisis” expert should check Facebook. Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called for ‘Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day’ on Wednesday, Aug. 1. As of this writing, over 500,000 people have pledged to visit a Chick-Fil-A that day.
Even Huckabee’s rally in support of the chicken chain drew bizarre media criticism. Washington Post opinion columnist Dana Milbank criticized Huckabee for the move, opining: “His defense of the fast-food restaurant will make Chick-Fil-A a fat target in the culture wars and will further divide Americans.” Milbank conveniently ignores all the vitriol spewed at the company by the left – and the fact that liberal politicians have been gunning for the company, as well.
Free Speech for Me, but …
A host of liberal local politicians have railed against Chick-Fil-A, and a few have even threatened to block the restaurant from expanding into their area.
According to the Boston Herald, Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston warned Chick-Fil-A "if they need licenses in the city, it will be very difficult -- unless they open up their policies." Menino later backtracked on his comments, but his comments reflect a desire among some politicians to use the power of the state to implement discrimination against Christian companies.
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel told the Chicago Sun-Times about his opposition to Chick-Fil-A expansion in Chicago: “Chick-Fil-A’s values are not Chicago values. They’re not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our family members. If you’re going be part of the Chicagocommunity, you should reflect Chicago values.” Ironically, Emanuel invited anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to the city, perhaps as an expression of Chicago values.
San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee even threatened the restaurant chain to stay away from San Francisco in speech reminiscent of a gangster, tweeting: “Closest Chick-Fil-A to San Francisco is 40 miles away & I strongly recommend that they not try to come any closer.”
In Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray called it “hate chicken” and said he’d oppose the company if it wanted to expand in D.C. (Chick-Fil-A has no such plans.)
City mayors were not the only local politicians to declare war on Chick-Fil-A. Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno has declared his intention to deny Chick-Fil-A building permits in his ward. Philadelphia Councilman Jim Kenney also told Cathy to “take a hike, and take your intolerance with you."
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn expressed her desire to remove Chick-Fil-A from the New York University campus. In a letter addressed to NYU President John Sexton, she demanded: "Let me be clear, I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views. We are a city that believes our diversity is our greatest strength and we will fight anything and anyone that runs counter to that."
Even reliably liberal columnists and broadcasters blasted these politicians’ ‘moral stands.’ Salon’s Glenn Greenwald declared these moves to be “dangerous attacks on free speech.” Huffington Post contributor Tracy Baim asserted that we all have a “right to be stupid and offensive.” Whoopi Goldberg criticized the effort to punish Chick-Fil-A on “The View,” declaring. “If you don’t like what they’re doing, don’t go. But don’t step on their right – anybody’s right – to have an opinion. This is still America.”
Not if Lee Fang of far-left magazine The Nation has his way. He took Greenwald and other Chick-fil-A defending liberals to task, saying their defense unwittingly defends “corporate personhood.”
Sacred Cows
The media rabidly defend any sacred cow of the left, such as Planned Parenthood or gay marriage, and will not tolerate any voices to the contrary. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat pointed out the view of the left: “If you want to fine Catholic hospitals for following Catholic teaching, or prevent Jewish parents from circumcising their sons, or ban Chick-Fil-A in Boston, then don’t tell religious people that you respect our freedoms. Say what you really think: that the exercise of our religion threatens all that’s good and decent, and that you’re going to use the levers of power to bend us to your will.”
It is difficult to disagree with Douthat’s assessment – for the media and for certain liberal politicians, religious freedom is trumped by the newfound freedom to marry. And they will brook no dissent, bashing any organization which disagrees with their views.
Ryan Robertson contributed to this report.
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Very good distraction, now back to the real world. :(
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Just got a hat. Can't wait to wear it around NYC.
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TEA PARTY GOING TO STEAM ROLL THE FAR LEFTISTS IN NOVEMBER
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Black Pastors: Banning Chick-fil-A From Cities ‘Same Thing’ As Banning Blacks From Restaurants
cnsnews.com ^
Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 12:23:
The President of the Coalition of African-American Pastors says supporters of traditional marriage are facing the same discrimination that blacks faced during the civil rights movement.
“Some people are saying because of the position that Chick-fil-A has taken - they don’t want them in their cities,” Rev. William Owens said at the National Press Club on Tuesday... (Video At Link)
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
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Chick-fil-A fans come out to show appreciation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | August 1, 2012 | Leon Stafford and John Spink
Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Though Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia had not yet opened, Martha Hyde, Betty Moses, Sylvia Parish and Ann Whitley wanted to be among the first Wednesday to demonstrate their "appreciation" for the facility's Chick-fil-A location.
"We just love Chick-fil-A, the food and the workers," the group, which meets daily to mall walk, said as they sat in the food court dining on Chick-fil-A biscuits, coffee and breakfast platters.
Today is Chick-fil-A "Appreciation Day," the brainchild of former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Huckabee last week asked fans of the Atlanta-based company to come out today to show their support for the chain, which has been the center of a media storm over statements made by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy.
Cathy's statements in June and July in support of the biblical definition of marriage raised the ire of supporters of gay unions, who have been increasingly concerned about the company's donations to anti-gay marriage groups. They plan a "Kiss in" on Friday to show their opposition to Cathy's remarks.
The company made clear that "Appreciation Day" is independent.
"Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was created by our fans, not Chick-fil-A," Steve Robinson, Chick-fil-A's executive vice president of marketing, said in a statement. "We appreciate all of our customers and are glad to serve them at any time. Our goal is simple: to provide great food, genuine hospitality, and to have a positive influence on all who come in to Chick-fil-A."
There were indications during the morning rush that the event was having an impact. Cars waiting to get to the drivethru at the Powder Springs location spilled out into the street while business was brisk inside the packed Chick-fil-A store in Fayetteville.
Julie Greene of Marietta said she and her family — including her children and her parents — plan to eat breakfast, lunch and dinnner at Chick-fil-A today in a show of solidarity with the company.
"We love the Cathy family stand on biblical values," Greene said as she waited for breakfast in Powder Springs.
But Greene was quick to say that she had no hatred toward anyone. Her support comes down to free speech.
"Why can't (Cathy) say what he believes without being persecuted for it," she said. "We have our freedoms. And freedom of speech is one of our greatest."
Conyers resident Clarence McSwain, who also was with the Stonecrest Mall walking group, said, "Chick-fil-A is a very nice establishment and I wholeheartedly go with Mr. Cathy and his values. I think he and Chick-fil-A have been consistent."
Parish, also of Conyers, agreed. "Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays, so nobody should be surprised by their position on this. I think they are making a mountain out of a molehill."
Stay tuned for updates throughout the day on this developing story.
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Awesome. You clowns on the hard left communist fringe are going to get smacked again in November.
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Just got a hat. Can't wait to wear it around NYC.
Your life sounds exciting
Don't forget to watch out for the scary thugs
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yall have to have a boogeyman, don't you?
hell, this was probably an intentional ploy by chik fila ceo.
"oh, we're so offended at how offended people are - please come out and purchase our products. This will show those who are offended that you are offended by them"
I love chik fila, but seriously, they're facefcking both sides here. enjoy your glaze.
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yall have to have a boogeyman, don't you?
hell, this was probably an intentional ploy by chik fila ceo.
"oh, we're so offended at how offended people are - please come out and purchase our products. This will show those who are offended that you are offended by them"
I love chik fila, but seriously, they're facefcking both sides here. enjoy your glaze.
Sorry - your messiahs Rahmbo, Mumbles, and the other hard fringe left started this mess, the sleeping giant is awakening and going to end this bullshit in november.
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Sorry - your messiahs Rahmbo, Mumbles, and the other hard fringe left started this mess, the sleeping giant is awakening and going to end this bullshit in november.
this might be true, but is has absolutely nothing to do with my post.
you know, the one about chik fila capitalizing upon the anger and insecurity of the far right, who can't just sit and let the libs be pissy little bytches.
No, they have to wait in long lines to spend $ to prove how mad they are. Swell.
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this might be true, but is has absolutely nothing to do with my post.
you know, the one about chik fila capitalizing upon the anger and insecurity of the far right, who can't just sit and let the libs be pissy little bytches.
No, they have to wait in long lines to spend $ to prove how mad they are. Swell.
What are you talking about? The guy was asked a question and gave the answer, then what proceeded was the intolerant communist left trying to shut him down.
In response, millions and millions of people sick to death of the communists are striking back. you don't get it do you?
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What are you talking about? The guy was asked a question and gave the answer, then what proceeded was the intolerant communist left trying to shut him down.
In response, millions and millions of people sick to death of the communists are striking back. you don't get it do you?
but aside from whining like pissy little bitches - what did those offended wimps really do to make them communists?
I mean, I guess you equate people saying "oh, I dislike his comments" with dictators that starve tens of millions of ppl. Same thing - commies.
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but aside from whining like pissy little bitches - what did those offended wimps really do to make them communists?
I mean, I guess you equate people saying "oh, I dislike his comments" with dictators that starve tens of millions of ppl. Same thing - commies.
Rahmn mennino and the other hard leftists you worship tried banning them from opening up in the cities remember you lying sack of turd?
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Rahmn mennino and the other hard leftists you worship tried banning them from opening up in the cities remember you lying sack of turd?
those 5 or 7 morons who said this - yes, they are commie trash.
I thought you were calling millions of people commies, because they didn't like his comments. I didn't know you only meant a few elected officials who make silly statements.
anyway, i was going to be over near chik fila today and planned on eating there since last week, but not if there's a line around the block. WTF, people?
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those 5 or 7 morons who said this - yes, they are commie trash.
I thought you were calling millions of people commies, because they didn't like his comments. I didn't know you only meant a few elected officials who make silly statements.
anyway, i was going to be over near chik fila today and planned on eating there since last week, but not if there's a line around the block. WTF, people?
No, it was the leftist media outlets coordinating an attack on the business as well attacking this guy personally.
Fuck them all, communist trash every last one of them.
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NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn asks NYU to evict Chick-fil-A
By Perry Chiaramonte
Published August 01, 2012
FoxNews.com
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (AP)
A powerful New York politician claims she was just speaking as a private citizen when she tried to run Chick-fil-A out of town, but she used her official letterhead and even invoked her position as City Council speaker to apply pressure on the embattled chicken chain.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has mayoral aspirations, sent a letter to New York University president John Sexton on Saturday asking the school to immediately end their contract with the fast food restaurant. The Atlanta-based company's sole New York City outlet is in the school's food court.
"I write as the Speaker of the NYC Council, and on behalf of my family. NYC is a place where we celebrate diversity. We do not believe in denigrating others. We revel in the diversity of all our citizens and their families,” the letter begins.
"Let me be clear ‐‐ I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views," Quinn, an open lesbian who recently married her longtime partner, also wrote in the letter. "We are a city that believes our diversity is our greatest strength and we will fight anything and anyone that runs counter to that."
'If we allow something like this, then the next letter might be concerning someone’s view on abortion.'
- NYC Council member Peter Vallone
“As such I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick‐fil‐A establishment that exists on your campus,” the speaker added.
The letter has drawn the ire from others on the council.
“She can write to someone as a council member, but if she states that she is writing as the Speaker it can only be on behalf of the entire council. She has to have the majority vote of the council, and I don’t recall voting on this matter,” City Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens) told FoxNews.com. “A stance on gay marriage is in no way a forum to prevent someone form running a business in a community.
“If we allow something like this, then the next letter might be concerning someone’s view on abortion.”
A spokesperson for Quinn told FoxNews.com in a written statement that, while officials in other cities have said they would block Chick-fil-A through land-use means, Quinn was just expressing her own views.
“Christine Quinn was simply voicing her own opinion; she fully understands that Mr. Cathy has the right to say and donate to anything he wants. But she has the right to use her voice just as much as he does,” Quinn’s spokesperson added.
The speaker elaborated on her stance and seemingly backpedaled while speaking with reporters at an event in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday.
“I support businesses that are open and inclusive -- that reflect the viewpoint of New York City, the most in diverse city in the world. That said, businesses that follow our laws have a right to open here,” said Quinn during the announcement of the city starting a career center for veterans. “We are asking Mr. Cathy to reconsider, open up his mind and really overcome his homophobia and stop investing his money in efforts to limit the rights of LGBT Americans. I’m raising my voice -- which can be loud at times -- but I’m never going to misuse this office in any way at all.”
Whether the school will take Quinn's advice remains to be seen. In 2011, NYU’s Student Senators Council considered a resolution to remove Chick-fil-A from campus but ultimately ruled that, “to ban any entity from campus for ideological reasons is, in most every case, to limit freedom of expression,” and did not seek a resolution from the full University Senate.
But John Beckman, a spokesman for NYU, tells FoxNews.com in a written statement that given the recent news, the matter will be revisited by school officials.
“The University Administration will ask the University Senate to take up the issue of Chick-fil-A’s status on campus again when it reconvenes this fall to make a recommendation on how to proceed,” he said.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last week that he would not follow the lead of his counterparts in Chicago, San Francisco and Boston, who all said Chick-fil-A was not welcome in their cities. Bloomberg said it was “inappropriate” for any government to decide if a business can or cannot operate in a city because of someone's political views.
Quinn also had posted a petition on Change.org last week that demands Cathy apologize for his remarks. Another petition on the website was created by an NYU student and gathered 15,000 signatures of students also demanding that the chicken chain be removed from the campus.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/01/nyc-council-speaker-christine-quinn-asks-nyu-to-evict-chick-fil/#ixzz22K2R6KNv
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Bomb threat called in to Chick-fil-A in Martinsburg
August 1, 2012
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MARTINSBURG - Police and fire crews are blocking off the Chick-fil-A on Foxcroft Avenue in Martinsburg following a bomb threat that was called in just before 1 p.m. today.
The building has been evacuated. Martinsburg City Police and the Martinsburg Fire Department personnel are investigating the scene, along with Berkeley County Sheriff Kenny Lemaster. A U.S. Park Ranger with a canine unit arrived at the scene at approximately 2:45 p.m. to assist.
The fast-food chain has come under fire recently for comments made by its president, Dan Cathy, to the Baptist Press. According to an Associated Press report, today has been declared "National Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by supporters of traditional marriage. However, it is unknown if the threat against the local restaurant is related
http://journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/582561/Bomb-threat-called-into-Chick-fil-A-in-Martinsburg.html?nav=5006
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I ate there today and they were beyond crowded. The drive thru was 30-40 cars deep and zero open parking spaces. Getting mad at Chick Fil A is like putting Baby in a corner, you just don't do that ;)
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NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn asks NYU to evict Chick-fil-A
By Perry Chiaramonte
Published August 01, 2012
FoxNews.com
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (AP)
A powerful New York politician claims she was just speaking as a private citizen when she tried to run Chick-fil-A out of town, but she used her official letterhead and even invoked her position as City Council speaker to apply pressure on the embattled chicken chain.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has mayoral aspirations, sent a letter to New York University president John Sexton on Saturday asking the school to immediately end their contract with the fast food restaurant. The Atlanta-based company's sole New York City outlet is in the school's food court.
"I write as the Speaker of the NYC Council, and on behalf of my family. NYC is a place where we celebrate diversity. We do not believe in denigrating others. We revel in the diversity of all our citizens and their families,” the letter begins.
"Let me be clear ‐‐ I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views," Quinn, an open lesbian who recently married her longtime partner, also wrote in the letter. "We are a city that believes our diversity is our greatest strength and we will fight anything and anyone that runs counter to that."
'If we allow something like this, then the next letter might be concerning someone’s view on abortion.'
- NYC Council member Peter Vallone
“As such I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick‐fil‐A establishment that exists on your campus,” the speaker added.
The letter has drawn the ire from others on the council.
“She can write to someone as a council member, but if she states that she is writing as the Speaker it can only be on behalf of the entire council. She has to have the majority vote of the council, and I don’t recall voting on this matter,” City Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens) told FoxNews.com. “A stance on gay marriage is in no way a forum to prevent someone form running a business in a community.
“If we allow something like this, then the next letter might be concerning someone’s view on abortion.”
A spokesperson for Quinn told FoxNews.com in a written statement that, while officials in other cities have said they would block Chick-fil-A through land-use means, Quinn was just expressing her own views.
“Christine Quinn was simply voicing her own opinion; she fully understands that Mr. Cathy has the right to say and donate to anything he wants. But she has the right to use her voice just as much as he does,” Quinn’s spokesperson added.
The speaker elaborated on her stance and seemingly backpedaled while speaking with reporters at an event in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday.
“I support businesses that are open and inclusive -- that reflect the viewpoint of New York City, the most in diverse city in the world. That said, businesses that follow our laws have a right to open here,” said Quinn during the announcement of the city starting a career center for veterans. “We are asking Mr. Cathy to reconsider, open up his mind and really overcome his homophobia and stop investing his money in efforts to limit the rights of LGBT Americans. I’m raising my voice -- which can be loud at times -- but I’m never going to misuse this office in any way at all.”
Whether the school will take Quinn's advice remains to be seen. In 2011, NYU’s Student Senators Council considered a resolution to remove Chick-fil-A from campus but ultimately ruled that, “to ban any entity from campus for ideological reasons is, in most every case, to limit freedom of expression,” and did not seek a resolution from the full University Senate.
But John Beckman, a spokesman for NYU, tells FoxNews.com in a written statement that given the recent news, the matter will be revisited by school officials.
“The University Administration will ask the University Senate to take up the issue of Chick-fil-A’s status on campus again when it reconvenes this fall to make a recommendation on how to proceed,” he said.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last week that he would not follow the lead of his counterparts in Chicago, San Francisco and Boston, who all said Chick-fil-A was not welcome in their cities. Bloomberg said it was “inappropriate” for any government to decide if a business can or cannot operate in a city because of someone's political views.
Quinn also had posted a petition on Change.org last week that demands Cathy apologize for his remarks. Another petition on the website was created by an NYU student and gathered 15,000 signatures of students also demanding that the chicken chain be removed from the campus.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/01/nyc-council-speaker-christine-quinn-asks-nyu-to-evict-chick-fil/#ixzz22K2R6KNv
Censorship.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-appreciation-day-photos-conservatives-mike-huckabee-rick-santorum-2012-8
November is coming.
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wow, ppl are sheep.
so an intolerant old religious guy gives his opinions.
so some d-bags over-react.
so some other d-bags go out and buy food "just to show" the overreacting d-bags?
Man, I really wish we had thought of thise earlier. Tomorrow I hope Obama comes out and criticizes gyms, so the obese among us will exercise just to spite him
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wow, ppl are sheep.
so an intolerant old religious guy gives his opinions.
so some d-bags over-react.
so some other d-bags go out and buy food "just to show" the overreacting d-bags?
Man, I really wish we had thought of thise earlier. Tomorrow I hope Obama comes out and criticizes gyms, so the obese among us will exercise just to spite him
LOL - serious question - are you going to seek depression therapy when gaybama is sent packing?
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wow, ppl are sheep.
so an intolerant old religious guy gives his opinions.
so some d-bags over-react.
so some other d-bags go out and buy food "just to show" the overreacting d-bags?
Man, I really wish we had thought of thise earlier. Tomorrow I hope Obama comes out and criticizes gyms, so the obese among us will exercise just to spite him
He also spends milliions of dollars to support restricting cilil rights for gay people and this whole thing started when one of their business partners (The Muppet Company) found out and severed their busines relationship and there is certainly nothing wrong with that
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He also spends milliions of dollars to support restricting cilil rights for gay people and this whole thing started when one of their business partners (The Muppet Company) found out and severed their busines relationship and there is certainly nothing wrong with that
Correct, and there is nothing wrong w people voting with their $$$$ showing their support for free speech and differing opinions, something most totalitarian leftists can't tolerate. .
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Is today the day? I just went for a lemonade and the drive thru was closed and there's literally a line all the way out the doors and down the road.
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Is today the day? I just went for a lemonade and the drive thru was closed and there's literally a line all the way out the doors and down the road.
Yup.
The leftists are in total panic over this.
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Updated: ‘Absolutely mobbed’ - Chick-Fil-A restaurants deluged
Life Site News ^ | August 1, 2012 | KATHLEEN GILBERT
Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 6:10:41
WASHINGTON, August 1, 2012 (LifeSitenews.com) - Countless lunchgoers posted pictures on their Facebook pages and Twitter showing their Chick-Fil-A stores and drive-thrus stuffed to the gills on Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day, a show of support for CEO Dan Cathy’s Biblical stance on marriage.
Conservative leaders from across America described the chicken-crazed chaos.
Jim Sedlak of the American Life League said that “our little Chick-Fil-A in Stafford, Virginia was absolutely mobbed at lunch time,” forcing hungry families to journey over from nearby parking lots.
“They have a very little parking lot, but it was just absolutely mobbed today. It was terrific,” Sedlak told LifeSiteNews.com over the telephone. He said the drive through line “snaked almost twice around the building” and, “from the size of the bags people were carrying out, purchasing LOTS of food.”
“Drive thru 1/4 mile long and an epic crowd outside waiting. No parking for 1/4 mile,” Troy Newman of Pro-Life Nation, which is based in Wichita, Kan., told LSN in an email from his mobile phone. “And it’s 106 degrees! Get me a peach shake.”
Both mainstream media and local media are taking notice. NPR noted with photos that the Appreciation Day brought out “supportive crowds,” while the Huffington Post posted a liveblog streaming news of luncheoning marriage supporters, contrasted with sentiment from opponents. ABC and CNN noted the “throngs” of “thousands” supporting the event, while the U.K.‘s Guardian newspaper catalogued the chicken-fest from afar with a collection of Twitter updates.
Another marriage supporter said she was “a little disappointed” when she saw no crowd in the morning, but the quarter-mile drive through backup at lunch made up for it.
“Once I got into the place, you could hardly move. It was rockin’! And no one seemed to mind the wait. Everyone was smiling and high-fiving each other,” she said. A friend said the nearby restaurant in a shopping mall was also packed.
Blogger Jill Stanek told LSN simply, “overcrowded” - with a picture of a sign directing Chick-Fil-A parking to the home improvement megastore Lowe’s.
Cassie Dignam, marketing manager of the Chick-Fil-A in Orland Park, IL, told Stanek the business was “crazy since 9 am” despite having been barely aware of the event themselves. “We heard about the Chick-Fil-A appreciation day through the media. It isn’t sponsored by us,” she said. “We’ve had more customers today than we had at our grand opening.”
As fans line up for a hot chicken lunch at Chick-Fil-A Wednesday to support the company’s stance for traditional marriage, one family leader is calling on participants to snap photos of the event at their local restaurant and send them in for publishing on his Facebook page.
Over 600,000 people joined the Facebook event for Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day, vowing to “Eat More Chikin” at their local restaurant.
Bryan Fischer, Director of Issues Analysis for the American Family Association (AFA) and host of talk radio program Focal Point, is calling on all involved in the August 1 “Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day” to help him collect proof of participation of those who decided to “eat mor chikin” than usual that day. Photos can be sent to focalpoint (at) afr.net, along with information on the location, what was ordered and when.
“Be Creative and your picture will be more likely posted,” said a post on the Focal Point Facebook page Wednesday.
The attacks against Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy for defending traditional marriage has made unlikely allies, with the likes of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and former Sen. Rick Santorum siding with the American Civil Liberties Union to decry discrimination against Cathy’s right to his religious beliefs.
The mayors of Boston, Chicago and D.C. have meanwhile joined a chorus of liberal personalities calling for the famously Christian restaurant to be banished, declaring belief in traditional marriage tantamount to bigotry against homosexuals: D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray in a tweet Friday dubbed the chain “hate chicken.”
The crusade against traditional marriage supporters marks a new epoch unleashed after President Obama walked back his own long-held position in favor of traditional marriage, finally declaring support for redefining the institution in May after months of speculation.
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Chick-fil-A fans flock to Dallas restaurants to show support for stance on marriage
Dallasnews ^ | August 1, 2012 | Talia Richman
Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:25:28
Dallas-area fans of Chick-fil-A showed up in droves at the fast-food restaurant today to show their support for the chain’s stance on marriage.
“I was drawn to Chick-fil-A this morning not only because it is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, but because the company supports the biblical definition of marriage,” said Richard Norris, a first-time Chick-fil-A customer visiting the Preston Road location. “They’ve always stood for good Christian values.”
Norris was among thousands of customers who ate “mor chikin” today, lining up to heed the call of conservative pundits who stood behind the Atlanta-based company’s leader. Lines of cars snaked around the block in Upper Greenville, and in the underground location downtown there was extra security and a two-hour wait to order.
A torrent of criticism from the gay community was unleashed last month after Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press that the Atlanta-based company was “guilty as charged” for backing “the biblical definition of a family.”
Customers at Dallas Chick-fil-A restaurants had no criticism for Cathy on Wednesday.
Frederic Martin planned to eat all three meals at Chick-fil-A as to statement for Christian values. With each bite of his oatmeal and yogurt parfait, chicken sandwich and chicken-fruit salad, he says he is taking a stand against “the people who want to utterly destroy the Judeo-Christian values this country is built upon.”
“People who are boycotting Chick-fil-A are full of hatred against the God they do not know and against the Constitution they have not read,” the 66-year-old said.
Radio host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee declared Wednesday national “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,” and more than 600,000 people declared their intentions to participate on the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/events/266281243473841/) set up by the one-time presidential candidate and Baptist minister.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
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FNC's Shep Smith Slams 'Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day' As 'National Day of Intolerance'
Newsbusters ^ | 8/1/12 | Ken Shepherd
Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 6:06:52
On his way out to commercial break at 3:24 p.m. Eastern, Studio B host Shep Smith noted that August 1 is "National Badminton Day," and quipped "Forget National Day of Intolerance, let's just stay with badminton."
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LOL!!!!!
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LOL - serious question - are you going to seek depression therapy when gaybama is sent packing?
Serious question - are you going to seek medical help when Obama wins reelection? Or will you continue to stay in a "total panic" mode for another 4 years?
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Had some chick fillet today, it was standing room only, this shit is funny, all the twinks and dykes were out trying to block the entrances, i just kept going with the truck and trailer, they figured out very quick they had better move.
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Yup.
The leftists are in total panic over this.
panic over what exactly ?
you're the dude who seem to live in a state of panic 24/7 and can't stop talking about the scary thugs and savages so mabye that is clouding your judgement
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panic over what exactly ?
you're the dude who seem to live in a state of panic 24/7 and can't stop talking about the scary thugs and savages so mabye that is clouding your judgement
Panic over the fact that the various factions of the right are going to unite in November to send your messiah out!
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Panic over the fact that the various factions of the right are going to unite in November to send your messiah out!
These people do definitely know how to mobilize... Wish this kind of effort into getting us a decent president, not Romney.
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Any other businesses the leftists feel like helping achieve record profits?
The whole irony in this has to be the leftist intolerance to right intolerance. All hypocrites.
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Any other businesses the leftists feel like helping achieve record profits?
The whole irony in this has to be the leftist intolerance to right intolerance. All hypocrites.
I best most businesses right now are trying to figure out how to. Get the LGBT. To boycott them like this. ;D.
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I best most businesses right now are trying to figure out how to. Get the LGBT. To boycott them like this. ;D.
I'm all for gay marriage, to be honest, but the far-left reaction to this shows just what they would be like should they ever get absolute control. The Khmer Rouge liked banning things they didn't agree with, too. ::)
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I'm all for gay marriage, to be honest, but the far-left reaction to this shows just what they would be like should they ever get absolute control. The Khmer Rouge liked banning things they didn't agree with, too. ::)
my beef is with the politicians le. Rahm and memino more than anything
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ACLU Attorney: Blocking Chick-fil-A Over Gay Marriage 'Viewpoint Discrimination'
Examiner ^ | JOE NEWBY | JULY 26, 2012
Posted on July 27, 2012 2:40:26 PM EDT by nickcarraway
Although the ACLU strongly supports same-sex marriage, a senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois warned that if Chicago bans Chick-fil-A over the religious views of its management, it will be engaging in "viewpoint discrimination," Fox News reported Thursday.
“The government can regulate discrimination in employment or against customers, but what the government cannot do is to punish someone for their words,” said ACLU senior attorney Adam Schwartz.
“When an alderman refuses to allow a business to open because its owner has expressed a viewpoint the government disagrees with, the government is practicing viewpoint discrimination,” he added.
Chicago Alderman Proco Joe Moreno said he intends to block the chain from opening its second Chicago location over president Dan Cathy's position on gay marriage. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel supports Moreno's position.
Schwartz explained to Fox that "if a government can exclude a business for being against same-sex marriage, it can also exclude a business for being in support of same-sex marriage."
“But we also support the First Amendment,” Schwartz said. “We don’t think the government should exclude Chick-fil-A because of the anti-LGBT message. We believe this is clear cut.”
But Moreno has already said he is not concerned with the First Amendment.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
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Panic over the fact that the various factions of the right are going to unite in November to send your messiah out!
what are you basing this on
I've seen nothing of the sort and I actually watch MNSBC
btw -various factions on right coalescing behind the Republican is what happens every year
you just better hope the various factions show up to vote for the turkey you're running this year
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I'm all for gay marriage, to be honest, but the far-left reaction to this shows just what they would be like should they ever get absolute control. The Khmer Rouge liked banning things they didn't agree with, too. ::)
x2, dont necessarily agree with it, but if they want to get married, more power to them.
However, getting really sick of the "tolerant" left trying to silence anyone or anything that offends their liberal sensibilities.
Tolerance is a 2 way street.
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LA Times Columnist to Chick-fil-A: Shut Up and Fry!
NewsBusters.org ^ | August 1, 2012 | Matt Vespa
Posted on August 1, 2012 9:32:15 PM EDT by Kaslin
Today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day and freedom of speech never tasted so good. However, as millions of Americans lined up to grab one of their tasty chicken sandwiches and waffles fries, counter protests were also planned over Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy's , alleged anti-gay remarks, which were nothing more than an expression of his religiously-informed believe in traditional marriage. In a confusing piece in the L.A. Times by Michale Hiltzik, he directly quoted what Cathy said:
We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit, he told the Biblical Recorder. On the radio, he observed: I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.
But being pro-family is not anti-gay. Indeed, Chick-fil-A serves anyone who comes in the door and doesn't discriminate against homosexuals for employment. But in the midst of all the left-wing clucking over Cathy's remarks, Democratic Mayors Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Thomas Menino of Boston hinted they'd block Chick-fil-A's expansion in their cities just because they didn't like Cathy's politics. Other liberal Democratic mayors, like Ed Lee of San Francisco, have made similar rumblings.
Hiltzik turned to anti-Christian mockery of Cathy's religious beliefs, snarking that "it might not be a terrible idea to try to learn a little more about why he thinks he has a direct line into God's medulla oblongata before accepting his claim to be the Lord's personal spokesman." It's comforting to see how the mainstream press can be so fair in their assessment of personal faith.
Hiltzik also suggested that CEOs of corporations should keep their mouths shut because they might be boycotted. He mentions Whole Foods founder John Mackey who:
in 2009... wrote an op-ed attacking President Obama's healthcare proposals. Mackey hinted that we could probably do away with the need for organized healthcare by eating from the right menu, such as that marketed by his stores. He argued that the nation's founding documents didn't reveal any intrinsic right to healthcare, food, or shelter" anyway, so quitcher bellyachin'. A boycott of Whole Foods was promptly launched. In 2010, similarly, it was revealed that Target had contributed $150,000 to a PAC backing a gubernatorial candidate opposing gay rights. A customer and shareholder backlash followed.
Despite these boycotts, both Whole Foods and Target are still getting along quite well and arguably saw upticks in business from political conservatives who were annoyed at the Left's boycotts. However, Hiltzik doesn't mention anywhere in his piece that "Google, Ebay, Microsoft, Starbucks, Electronic Arts (EA) and Zynga are among the 70 companies, professional organizations and municipalities opposed to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which bans federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples." Furthermore, "the employers filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find portions of the act unconstitutional in Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management." That is far more political than anything Dan Cathy has done.
Nevertheless, Hiltzik argued that Cathy has every right to say how he feels on political matters but he just can't do it at work, which happens to be based on the values he was espousing in the interview. A privately-held company, Mr. Cathy can afford to not worry about the politically-correct tempests that keep publicly-traded companies like McDonald's or Burger King from offending the PC police.
In an another act of liberal presumption, Hiltzik concluded his piece by complaining that
corporate executives surrounded by yes men telling them how wise they are will probably continue to try sharing their wisdom on subjects well outside their core competencies. Sometimes they'll tailor their words to what they think are their target markets. Sometimes, like Cathy, they'll discover that there are bigger markets out there where customers may not care for what they have to say. We should defend to the death their right to speak, and also our own right to make them pay for it, or not, at the cash register.
Perhaps on his lunch break today, Mr. Hiltzik had the chance to pass a Chick-fil-A that was lined up around the block with customers.
Ha ha ha ha!"",
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It's it any real suprise that porcine america lines up from fried chicken sammies, especially angry teabaggers who think they are making a point at the same time
Let's hope they have the same movitavation to wait in line to vote for a candidate that they don't really like in the first place
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It's it any real suprise that porcine america lines up from fried chicken sammies, especially angry teabaggers who think they are making a point as the same time
Let's hope they have the same movitavation to wait in line to vote for a candidate that they don't really like in the first place
Lol!!!!! take off your bedroom slippers!!!! you are going to néed them!
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Lol!!!!! take off your bedroom slippers!!!! you are going to néed them!
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btw - I'm still waiting for Chik Fil A to open here so I can go see what everyone is raving about
After all the hype I'm hoping it will at least be decent
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It's it any real suprise that porcine america lines up from fried chicken sammies, especially angry teabaggers who think they are making a point at the same time
Let's hope they have the same movitavation to wait in line to vote for a candidate that they don't really like in the first place
Haha, this post is dripping with hatred and intolerance. How ironic. Looks like it was written by a child, too.
Pray tell, were you grinding your teeth when you typed it?
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Haha, this post is dripping with hatred and intolerance. How ironic. Looks like it was written by a child, too.
Pray tell, were you grinding your teeth when you typed it?
your imagination is running wild so if you see hatred and intolerance then it exists soley inside your skull
I'm always laughing when I post on this site
This is entertainment for me and If I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't be posting
GB.com gets some of my best comedy material
It's really too bad you can't appreciate it
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your imagination is running wild so if you see hatred and intolerance then it exists soley inside your skull
I'm always laughing when I post on this site
This is entertainment for me and If I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't be posting
GB.com gets some of my best comedy material
It's really too bad you can't appreciate it
"It's it any real suprise that porcine america lines up from fried chicken sammies"
There's a lot rage in that quote. Good try on playing it off, though.
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most people are sick of political thugs like Rhambo amd menino w their ridiculous agenda.
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"It's it any real suprise that porcine america lines up from fried chicken sammies"
There's a lot rage in that quote. Good try on playing it off, though.
there is no rage in that
that's pure comedy gold spun exclusively for GB.com
enjoy
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DNC plans on running their own Boycott Chik-Fila day, this Sunday August 5th.
I predict a HUGE success.
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DNC plans on running their own Boycott Chik-Fila day, this Sunday August 5th.
I predict a HUGE success.
LOl!!!!!
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DNC plans on running their own Boycott Chik-Fila day, this Sunday August 5th.
I predict a HUGE success.
LMFAO I bet you do
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We only have ghetto joints in NYC like pop eyes, Kennedys etc.
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DNC plans on running their own Boycott Chik-Fila day, this Sunday August 5th.
I predict a HUGE success.
I'll bet they won't sell a single sandwich in the entire nation on that day
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Im going to my local chick fila and spending $500 on chicken sammies and maybe ill give em to a shelter or something. Fuck democrats
you should definitely go there this Sunday
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Cool post. This is comedy gold.
I agree
and much better than your comedy too
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We only have ghetto joints in NYC like pop eyes, Kennedys etc.
you've said this about a 100 times
we get it
you are broke and live in a shithole surrounded but savages and beasts not to mention those scary thugs
you'd move out but you can't even find anyone who wants to rent your place much less buy it
how many more times do we need to hear your sob story
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Are you asian?
no
are you?
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;D the chick fil a down the street, they had to close like 2 hours early b/c they ran out of food!!!
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Holy Shit. This is from N.J.
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did you hear the latest repsonse? groups are encouraging gay and lesbian couples to make out in chik fail and take pics of it. i'm a huge supporter of girls making out with girls, so i think this is definitely appropriate.
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did you hear the latest repsonse? groups are encouraging gay and lesbian couples to make out in chik fail and take pics of it. i'm a huge supporter of girls making out with girls, so i think this is definitely appropriate.
I have a feeling these girls aren't going to have the look that we're into... :-X
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I have a feeling these girls aren't going to have the look that we're into... :-X
argh! I feel you may be right. I've only seen one and it was not what i had hoped for!
when all is said and done, I think chik fila will have enjoyed one massive sales day, along with the next 6 month being dedicated to gay kink pics for the world to see. Book hasn't been written on this one yet.
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I have a feeling these girls aren't going to have the look that we're into... :-X
Flabby, buzz cut and covered in flannel? Skinny, flat chested, and with multiple face piercings? Are you saying those woMEN are not beautiful? LOL
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argh! I feel you may be right. I've only seen one and it was not what i had hoped for!
when all is said and done, I think chik fila will have enjoyed one massive sales day, along with the next 6 month being dedicated to gay kink pics for the world to see. Book hasn't been written on this one yet.
Did Truett Cathy plan all this, knowing what would happen? ???
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argh! I feel you may be right. I've only seen one and it was not what i had hoped for!
when all is said and done, I think chik fila will have enjoyed one massive sales day, along with the next 6 month being dedicated to gay kink pics for the world to see. Book hasn't been written on this one yet.
That's the Hollywood chick-fil-a... It's a really cool spot, but of course being like 2 minutes from west hollywood you're going to get a million gay people there.
I wonder if that one stores sales took a hit after the statements?
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i'm sure sales werent affected much initially - if you eat there, you pay $7.30 for dinner instead of $5.30 for a McD chicken combo, or $1 for a mcchicken - yuck.
So there's already a good chance you're a high quality diner, meaning you have a job and conservative leanings.
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[VIDEO] Professor verbally abuses Chick-fil-A drive-through employee
Campus Reform ^
Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2012 3:34:07 PM
A college professor on Wednesday verbally abused a drive-through employee at a Chick-fil-A in Tucson, and then posted a video of the incident on YouTube.
Adam Smith, an adjunct professor from the University of Arizona – Tucson, described himself in the video as “totally heterosexual” without “a gay in me” who believes that Chick-fil-A is “a horrible corporation with horrible values.”
Smith proceeded to belittle the attendee asking how she managed to live with herself.
“I don’t know how you live with yourself and work here,” Smith told the woman, identified as “Rachel” on her nametag. “This is a horrible corporation with horrible values. You deserve better.”
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...
TYPICAL LIB
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Exec Bullies Chick-Fil-A Worker, Then Promptly Gets Fired For It
Kim Bhasin|14 minutes ago|1,083|7
Screengrab from jtinthedc on YouTube
Adam Smith, former CFO and treasurer of medical supplies manufacturer Vante, riled people up today when he put up a video of himself bullying a Chick-fil-A drive-thru employee in Tucson on YouTube.
Smith unsympathetically berates the worker in the video, which was initially titled ”Reduce $’s to Chick-Fil-A’s Hate Groups.” It has since been taken down (though other have uploaded it too).
”I’m a nice guy, by the way … totally heterosexual," he says to the worker. "Not a gay in me, I just can’t stand the hate.”
Watch the video:
Smith has now been fired from his job at Vante. Here's the press release from Vante announcing that Smith is "no longer an employee of our company," effective immediately:
TUCSON, AZ--(Marketwire - Aug 2, 2012) - The following is a statement from Vante:
Vante regrets the unfortunate events that transpired yesterday in Tucson between our former CFO/Treasurer Adam Smith and an employee at Chick-fil-A. Effective immediately, Mr. Smith is no longer an employee of our company.
The actions of Mr. Smith do not reflect our corporate values in any manner. Vante is an equal opportunity company with a diverse workforce, which holds diverse opinions. We respect the right of our employees and all Americans to hold and express their personal opinions, however, we also expect our company officers to behave in a manner commensurate with their position and in a respectful fashion that conveys these values of civility with others.
We hope that the general population does not hold Mr. Smith's actions against Vante and its employees.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/vante-cfo-bullies-chick-fil-a-worker-then-promptly-gets-fired-for-it-2012-8#ixzz22QgkLmQO
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i'm betting obama delivers some sort of comment or 'gaffe' or some other nonsense this afternoon.
It'll knock the job numbers right off tomorrow's news cycle. And the ppl screaming loudest about it will be repubs lol.
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http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/08/02/the-civil-rights-agenda-files-several-complaints-against-chick-fil-a
LOL - the twinkies are melting down.
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Good grief. Completely unnecessary and inconsistent meltdown. Where were these people when Obama and Biden had the same views as this guy? ::)
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http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/08/02/the-civil-rights-agenda-files-several-complaints-against-chick-fil-a
LOL - the twinkies are melting down.
what are these people complaining about
Chik Fil A isn't denying business to anyone nor are they in the business of providing marriage services
It's one thing to protest but I don't understand on what grounds they can justify filing a complaint with the
Illinois Department of Human Rights
btw - if Chik Fil A CEO support Biblical marraige that I assume he is in favor of polygamy since that's in the bible too
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They're too busy killing innocent children in the Middle East, and making women carry babies they don't have the resources to take care of.
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Maybe, if we break ideas down to bit-size for you, you can understand them:
A meta-analysis of 55 independent studies carried out in the United States with more than 20,000 mostly Christian participants has found that members of religious congregations tend to harbor prejudiced views of other races.
In general, the more devout the community, the greater the racism, according to the authors of the analysis, led by Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at USC College and the USC Marshall School of Business. The study appears in the February issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review.
http://news.usc.edu/#!/article/26776/Study-Links-Religious-Groups-and-Racial-Bias/
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Flabby, buzz cut and covered in flannel? Skinny, flat chested, and with multiple face piercings? Are you saying those woMEN are not beautiful? LOL
;D ;D ;D
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I didn't know this:
"The media has either intentionately or ignorantly FAILED to grasp a major reason the LGBTQ community is opposed to Chick-Fil-A. The corporation has donated at least $5 million to organizations (including a certified hate group) that depict gay people as pedophiles, want to make "gay behavior" illegal, and support the exportation of gay people out of the USA. Furthermore Chick-Fil-A has been sued over a dozen times for employment discrimination. The company has fired women to force them to be "stay home" moms against their will. In 2007 Forbes called Chick-Fil-A a "cult" in its business publication. This is NOT about Free Speech!"
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I didn't know this:
"The media has either intentionately or ignorantly FAILED to grasp a major reason the LGBTQ community is opposed to Chick-Fil-A. The corporation has donated at least $5 million to organizations (including a certified hate group) that depict gay people as pedophiles, want to make "gay behavior" illegal, and support the exportation of gay people out of the USA. Furthermore Chick-Fil-A has been sued over a dozen times for employment discrimination. The company has fired women to force them to be "stay home" moms against their will. In 2007 Forbes called Chick-Fil-A a "cult" in its business publication. This is NOT about Free Speech!"
Another leftist lie totally debunked.
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Another leftist lie totally debunked.
Chik Fila didn't donate 5 mil to political organizations? Or those orgs didn't hate on gay ppl?
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Another leftist lie totally debunked.
Great job.
What part of that statement was debunked?
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Chik Fila didn't donate 5 mil to political organizations? Or those orgs didn't hate on gay ppl?
Who gives a fuck? They're a PRIVATELY-held company.
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Who gives a fuck? They're a PRIVATELY-held company.
So people have no right to publicly object or oppose them because they are a privately owned company?
Why not?
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So people have no right to publicly object or oppose them because they are a privately owned company?
Why not?
I was referring to where they donate. If you want to protest fast food, be my guest. It's comical...and that's coming from someone who has long been in favor of gay marriage.
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I was referring to where they donate. If you want to protest fast food, be my guest. It's comical...and that's coming from someone who has long been in favor of gay marriage.
yes, where Cathy chooses to donate money is a valid reason to protest for those inclined to do so
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yes, where Cathy chooses to donate money is a valid reason to protest for those inclined to do so
Thats not the issue. The issue is Rahmbo, Menino, and the far leftist govt thugs trying to squash business over political views.
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Thats not the issue. The issue is Rahmbo, Menino, and the far leftist govt thugs trying to squash business over political views.
Which is obviously fucking bullshit... On no level should they be denying business licenses based upon this criteria... It's goddam sad.
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Thats not the issue. The issue is Rahmbo, Menino, and the far leftist govt thugs trying to squash business over political views.
the groups that Cathy funds seem to be an issue to gay people and for good reason
What a handful of mayors are trying to do is a separate though related issue and I think this board is almost unanimous in objecting to their actions
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the groups that Cathy funds seem to be an issue to gay people and for good reason
What a handful of mayors are trying to do is a separate though related issue and I think this board is almost unanimous in objecting to their actions
You should buy some stock and make your voice heard. Oh, wait. Hahahah
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the groups that Cathy funds seem to be an issue to gay people and for good reason
What a handful of mayors are trying to do is a separate though related issue and I think this board is almost unanimous in objecting to their actions
So? Ben n Jerry's donates to left wing causes.
Do you see people trying to boycott them?
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the groups that Cathy funds seem to be an issue to gay people and for good reason
What a handful of mayors are trying to do is a separate though related issue and I think this board is almost unanimous in objecting to their actions
yep. no liberals of anyone else on getbig are agreeing with those dipshit mayors.
it's this far-right victim mentality at work once again - they just assume everyone is saying that, everyone agrees, everyone is out to get them. Most getbiggers look at Rahm and consider him to be an unconstitutional dipshit pandering to his base. But they need a boogeyman, so they'll invent one.
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yep. no liberals of anyone else on getbig are agreeing with those dipshit mayors.
it's this far-right victim mentality at work once again - they just assume everyone is saying that, everyone agrees, everyone is out to get them. Most getbiggers look at Rahm and consider him to be an unconstitutional dipshit pandering to his base. But they need a boogeyman, so they'll invent one.
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So? Ben n Jerry's donates to left wing causes.
Do you see people trying to boycott them?
yes and not even for a very good reason
it would be one thing if fundies wanted to boycott Ben and Jerry's because the owners gave money to a group that falsely try to portray fundamentalist christians as pedaphiles.
That would be a perfectly reasonable reason to boycott them for those inclined to do boycotts in the first place
But the actual reason that fundies wanted to boycott Ben and Jerry's is absurd (as it usually is, like the time that fundies that their panties in twist over Harry Potter books and movies)
This was last September
http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-moms-urge-boycott-over-ben-and-jerrys-schweddy-balls-56165/
btw - christians are planning to boycott Ben and Jerry's yet again
http://dailybleach.com/christians-plan-to-boycott-ben-and-jerrys-ice-cream-for-supporting-non-traditional-marriage/
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you roll your eyes whenever you don't have a comeback.
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you roll your eyes whenever you don't have a comeback.
Not really worth it since you have gone full retard lately as obamas performance gets worse and worse. Direct relationship.
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"Tastes Like Hate" Painted on Torrance Chick-fil-A, More Protests Planned
NBC Los Angeles ^ | Aug. 3, 2012 | NBC News
Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 11:04:30 AM by Beaten Valve
Vandals at a Chick-Fil-A in Torrance left a message on the restaurant Friday during a week of protests in response to the company president's comments regarding same-sex marriage.
"Tastes Like Hate" and a cow with a paint brush appeared on the Torrance restaurant early Friday as same-sex marriage activists planned a "National Same-Sex Kiss Day" at Chick-fil-A locations nationwide. The kiss-in comes two days after a "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," which resulted in what the Georgia-based chain called a "record-setting" day.
The company's executive vice president of marketing declined to offer sales figures to NBC News.
Participants in Friday's counter-protest will lock lips at chain locations.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbclosangeles.com ...
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333 -no response back on the fact that fundies have been boycotting Ben and Jerry's over THE NAME of their ice cream?
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333 -no response back on the fact that fundies have been boycotting Ben and Jerry's over THE NAME of their ice cream?
They are free to do it, even though i think boycotts are stupid.
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They are free to do it, even though i think boycotts are stupid.
boycotts can be stupid or not stupid
boycotting a company that spends money to falsely promote the idea that a group of people are pedaphiles is not unreasonble (i.e. most reasonable people could understand that motivation)
boycotting a company because you object to the name of their ice cream is beyond silly, especially when that name has nothing to do with your religious beliefs and doesn't have anything to even do with religion
Their motivation ?
the name of the ice cream is "disrespectful to me and my family.”
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So? Ben n Jerry's donates to left wing causes.
Do you see people trying to boycott them?
all the time.
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So? Ben n Jerry's donates to left wing causes.
Do you see people trying to boycott them?
Don't a ton of Christian groups boycott Disney?
Isn't that like boycotting yourself? Seems odd.
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Don't a ton of Christian groups boycott Disney?
Isn't that like boycotting yourself? Seems odd.
yes, they do and the list of things that Christians boycott is long and ridiculous
Here are a couple of recent and ridiculous examples
Oreo cookies;
http://www.usanewsfirst.com/2012/06/30/boycott-oreos-growing/
The Hobbit Movie
http://moviepilot.com/#328594-hide-your-children-the-hobbit-is-the-work-of-the-devil
They've also boycotted the Harry Potter (books and movies), The TeleTubbies and, well you get the idea
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lol @ boycotting the hobbit.
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University Suspends Chick-Fil-A from Campus [NC college is first to do so]
Campus Reform.org ^ | Aug 13 2012 | Cameron Harris
Posted on Mon Aug 13 2012 15:02:43 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) by
Davidson College in North Carolina has become the first university in the nation to prevent Chick-fil-A from being served on campus.
A liberal arts college in North Carolina has become the first in the nation to prevent Chick-fil-A from being served at campus events over the restaurant's indirect support of pro-family groups perceived by some as “anti-gay.”
The student organization that controls student funds at Davidson College made the decision last week to prevent the sandwiches from being served at a series of events called “After Midnight,” when students circulated a petition expressing outrage over a Chick-fil-A’s owner’s monetary donations to groups including Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council.
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...
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yes, they do and the list of things that Christians boycott is long and ridiculous
Here are a couple of recent and ridiculous examples
Oreo cookies;
http://www.usanewsfirst.com/2012/06/30/boycott-oreos-growing/
The Hobbit Movie
http://moviepilot.com/#328594-hide-your-children-the-hobbit-is-the-work-of-the-devil
They've also boycotted the Harry Potter (books and movies), The TeleTubbies and, well you get the idea
How many of those boycotts were successful?