For those of you who have been paying attention to, well, you know... real news. You may have missed this one. A fast food Chicken restaurant chain in the United States called Chick-Fil-A, apparently is owned by someone who doesn't like Gay people and donates money to anti-gay causes and groups.
Pro-LGBT rights activists began an boycott of Chick-Fil-A which led to outrage and cries of "denying Chick-Fil-A's first amendment rights", by social conservatives. Who then declared August 1st as "Chick-fil-A appreciation day", and flooded the place in droves to show their support for the company's CEO, and their collective hatred of the Gays, and I guess, love for deep fried processed chicken parts.
To be perfectly honest, I had never even heard of Chick-Fil-whatever before all the hubub. Frankly, since I was never going to eat there anyway I really couldn't care what the owner does with his own money. But it's worth pointing out the hypocrisy on the Right is a bit more telling than usual.
When "Social Conservatives" boycott companies like , gee... I don't know. Companies like Disney, JC Penny, DC Comics, EA Games, Marvel Comics. Target, Google, Apple, Toys R Us, and pretty much any other Fortune 500 Company that includes sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies; THAT is exercising their freedom of Speech. But when LGBT rights activists do the exact same thing? That is apparently an ATTACK on freedom of speech.
You have to love wing-nut logic.
I really don't care if people eat at Chick-Fil-A or not. Personally I think the CEO's anti-gay sentiments are the least of the reasons to avoid the place. Your health being a far better reason to not eat there. But what is good for one side is good for both. I make it a point to support the companies that make the Human Rights Campaign pro-equality index. So if homophobes want to stuff their faces with greasy hormone filled pseudo-food, to show how icky they think Gays and Lesbians are. I say, knock your selves out kids!
4 comments:
Dave, just because someone opposes gay marriage, doesn't mean they hate gay people. While I don't agree with his stance he has every right to express it. Chick Fil a employs straight and gay people. It will serve anyone who has the money to pay for the food. It also has the best service and some of the healthiest food of any fast food restaurant. Nobody was worried about people boycotting CFA until the mayors of Boston, Chicago and San Francisco said they would ban CFA from locating in their cities. It seems to me that government officials trying to outlaw a legal business because because of a political belief of the owner goes against one of those pesky amendments to the constitution. The owner of the company is an evangelistic Baptist and will never be for gay marriage. But that is not going to stop gay marriage from happening, it is an inevitablity.
Don, You miss my point. None of the Mayors spouting off about Chick-Fil-A not being welcome in their cities have the power to prevent CFA from opening restaurants there if they so wished. None of them said they would "ban" CFA (another false talking point courtesy of FOX), they said CFA was not welcome, or not consistent with their cities "values". But none of the Mayors have the power to ban CFA and you know it. This is about the sheer HYPOCRISY on the right when it comes to calling a boycott "Free Speech".
It's silly....I just wanna eat some yummy chicken :-)
Dave I don't get my news from FOX. Nor MSNMBC. (I do watch both to get laughs and sometimes blow a gasket). And while I know those mayors don't have the power to prevent a restaurant from opening in their city, it doesn't mean they wouldn't try to prevent it.
Also nobody said that the LGBT community didn't have the right to boycott but it was only when public officials said they would not be welcome in their communities that the right started the eat at chick fil a counter protest (I don't know what to call it really).
I disagree with Mr Cathey's stance on gay marriage (I don't think the government should have anything to do with marriage period except to honor the terms of the contract that marriage is)
But I still like their food. I have many friends who got their first job at Chik fil a (both straight and gay friends) they learned a great work ethic.
But pointing out hypocrisy on the right while ignoring on the left (there is plenty of hypocrisy on both sides to overload the internet) is just naive.
Also it's damn near impossible to read your captcha to prove I'm not a robot. (Maybe that means I am, hmm.)
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