Eat up, you godless Sodomites!

[SCcoug]

Can anyone summarize or link to the chick fil a guy's actual controversial statement?

[DU Ute]

It's a business providing employment and services to people of all persuasions. There is no heterosexual soda fountain counter, there is no gay play place. The objective of Woolworth's and CFA are not the same.

Maybe Chick fil a wouldn't go so far, but I'm betting there are thousands of businesses in the US that would refuse service to gays if they thought they could get away with it.

[Indy Coug]

Maybe Chick fil a wouldn't go so far, but I'm betting there are thousands of businesses in the US that would refuse service to gays if they thought they could get away with it.

Thousands of US businesses consist of one or two people. Given that threshold, the above quote could be converted into a fill-in-the-blank exercise where you could find any number of businesses that would refuse service to ______.

[Moliere]

I wonder if a lot of conservative white folks rallied to support Woolworth's back during the Civil Rights movement when they refused to serve blacks in Memphis. Probably.

There were two groups that were at chickfila today. The first were the people that were protesting the various mayors comments that they want to keep cfa out of their towns. This protest makes some sense as I'd prefer people decide who gets their business instead of city government, although I realize it's still somewhat bigoted. The other group consisted of gay haters and traditional family supporters.

That being said, your comparison isn't really relevant.

[DU Ute]

Thousands of US businesses consist of one or two people. Given that threshold, the above quote could be converted into a fill-in-the-blank exercise where you could find any number of businesses that would refuse service to ______.

OK, tens of thousands. Whatever. And just because other businesses would discriminate against other groups doesn't make it any better. I'm sure a lot of businesses would blacklist Mormons as fast as they would gays.

[YOhio]

If you go on Tuesday night you get the kids meals for free (with the purchase of a regular combo meal). Too bad they couldn't have planned the Support Chick Fil A day on a more family friendly night.

[Indy Coug]

OK, tens of thousands. Whatever. And just because other businesses would discriminate against other groups doesn't make it any better. I'm sure a lot of businesses would blacklist Mormons as fast as they would gays.

Undoubtedly.

[DU Ute]

The first were the people that were protesting the various mayors comments that they want to keep cfa out of their towns.

How horrible that the government would prohibit some people from doing something it lets everyone else do just because they don't like something they do and feel like it would have a bad influence on their community.

[myboynoah]

Also, I think chik-fil-a is the only fast food place that serves Diet DP. I like that.

[lambdacoug]

http://teamcoco.com/chaz-the-intoler...hicken-returns

On a related note, today has been proclaimed Chick-fil-a appreciation day by Mike Huckabee, but honestly I'm pretty sure that everyday is Chick-fil-a appreciation day for Mike.

Well dammit! This ruined my whole outlook on life, the universe and everything.

[YOhio]

Also, I think chik-fil-a is the only fast food place that serves Diet DP. I like that.

OMG! Me too!! I also like that they have Texas Pete's Hot Sauce and the Dip and Squeeze Heinz Ketchup.

[DU Ute]

Well dammit! This ruined my whole outlook on life, the universe and everything.

OMG! Me too!! I also like that they have Texas Pete's Hot Sauce and the Dip and Squeeze Heinz Ketchup.

If you like it so much why don't you marry it?

[Surfah]

OMG! Me too!! I also like that they have Texas Pete's Hot Sauce and the Dip and Squeeze Heinz Ketchup.

And Purell Wet Naps!

[YOhio]

And Purell Wet Naps!

Wet naps. lol. Been years since I've had one of those.

[TexTechCoug]

This entire discussion is absolutely retarded.

There is no similarity between CFA and any form of actual discrimination. CFA has no discriminatory practices or policies and undoubtedly employs homosexuals at all levels of the organization. CFA also serves without discrimination.

The founder/CEO is an evangelical and voiced his opinion in regards to homosexuality.

Because intolerance of intolerance is obviously the way to go, several politicians decided to try to use their political power to threaten someone who espouses a different philosophy.

The only real issue to be found is the inappropriate use of political power to try and silence those who hold differing opinions.

If someone wants to boycott CFA because Cathy doesn't support gay marriage, more power to them, that is totally appropriate. If politicians are barring CFA from opening due to Cathy's views, that is criminal. So far as I can tell CFA has done nothing wrong and this is nothing more than the liberal thought police trying to show us how intolerant they are.