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Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day brings out supporters, protesters [W:529]

hazlnut said:
What part of 'similar' did you not understand?

Nice straw man attempt though.
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You're really taking the SSM issue really personally, aren't you?

A weak attempt to compare a white establishment that refused service to black customers has no connection to this debate about Chick-Fil-A and SSM.

News flash: There is nothing similar. Apples and oranges.

Is that a bit of intolerance I'm detecting? :popcorn2:
 
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Ikari said:
And fair enough. You know, I'm one who has oft argued FOR same sex marriage, marriage license is government issued and recognized contract, can't deny the individual their right to contract. But this is just a side show meant to distract from whatever **** they're trying to get passed in Chicago and Boston. It's misdirection and nothing more, it must be recognized for what it is.
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I have absolutely no problem with the bolded, but before mayors open their mouths, and try to demonize a private businessman, in order to make a political statement, then they should understand that not everyone marches in lock-step. Personally, I hope the business has the biggest quarter ever, just because it was none of Emanuel's business to go after him in the first place.
 
I'm honestly surprised at how much political importance they're giving to a fast food chain that makes mediocre chicken sandwiches.
 
Luna Tick said:
I'm honestly surprised at how much political importance they're giving to a fast food chain that makes mediocre chicken sandwiches.
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mediocre sandwhiches????


thems be fightin words,you can hate their beliefs but when you talk bad about their sandwhiches:shock:
 
disneydude said:
I love how bigots always try to claim "persecution" whenever they are forced to live with the consequences of their stupidity and ignorance.

Free Speech doesn't mean the freedom to live without repercussions....it simply means that you have the right to speak your mind.
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Of course it does silly! It's part of the Left's evil plan to subvert the Constitution. Disagreeing with Conservatives is EXACTLY THE SAME AS OPRESSING THEM.
 
Never underestimate Americans' capacity to completely overreact
 
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i have calmed down and admittedly overreacted on some people on this issue.

Tried to go support chick fil a tonight, cant even get near the place. Didnt see any protesters. Chick Fil A is not suffering over this. Mr. Cathy should send the idiots in chicago and sf and nyu a thank you note.
 
The Chick-Fil-A across from my office (in Arlington VA) had a line stretching out the door and down the sidewalk today. Most of them were wearing suits and ties...it looked to me like some Republican congressmen and their staffers decided it would be a good idea to go to Chick-Fil-A today so that they can boast about how much they hate gay people to their constituents back home. And sadly, it will probably help them.
 
Kandahar said:
The Chick-Fil-A across from my office (in Arlington VA) had a line stretching out the door and down the sidewalk today. Most of them were wearing suits and ties...it looked to me like some Republican congressmen and their staffers decided it would be a good idea to go to Chick-Fil-A today so that they can boast about how much they hate gay people to their constituents back home. And sadly, it will probably help them.
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supporting free speech and religious tolerance does not constitute hating gays.
 
muciti said:
supporting free speech and religious tolerance does not constitute hating gays.
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So if a business owner made public comments that he supports bringing back segregation and banning interracial marriage because his religion mandates it, and if he donated money to organizations dedicated to rolling back the civil rights movement, would you go out of your way to support his business so that you could "support free speech and religious tolerance"?
 
Kandahar said:
So if a business owner made public comments that he supports bringing back segregation and banning interracial marriage because his religion mandates it, and if he donated money to organizations dedicated to rolling back the civil rights movement, would you go out of your way to support his business so that you could "support free speech and religious tolerance"?
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oh i supposed i missed the part where he was trying to segregate gays and roll back the civil rights movement. Can you link that? please.
 
jamesrage said:
Good for Chick-fil-A.


Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day brings out supporters, protesters | Fox News
It used to be that taking a bite of a chicken sandwich just meant you were hungry. Now it has become a symbol of whether you stand for or against same-sex marriage, or – alternately – the right to express your personal views without fear of retaliation.
At Chick-fil-A locations across the country, people voted with their wallets today, coming out to express support for the fast-food chain after CEO Dan Cathy said in an interview that he is a firm backer of traditional marriage.
“I believe what the Bible says (about marriage),” Chauncy Fields told us after wolfing down a breakfast of chicken and biscuits. “So I came out here to support Chick-fil-A and the movement.”
Chris Johnson sees a double standard. “He (Dan Cathy) said the exact same thing that President Obama said,” Johnson told Fox News -- referring to the president’s past opposition to gay marriage – “And he gets negativity, and Obama gets positivity.”
At one Atlanta location, the restaurant was packed, while the line for the drive-thru looped twice around the building and out into the street.

The backlash across the country against Chick-fil-A has been ferocious. After the mayors of Chicago and Boston heaped scorn upon the company, the mayor of Washington, DC, suggested it was peddling “hate chicken.”
Those comments drew a sharp response from Rev. William Owens of the Coalition of African American Pastors. “Some people are saying that because of the position that Chick-fil-A is taking, they don’t want them in their cities. It is a disgrace. It is the same thing that happened when I was marching for civil rights, when they didn’t want a black to come into their restaurant," he told a press conference in Washington, DC.
The Chick-fil-A firestorm has taken on different meanings for different people. For some, it harks to the days of intolerance and segregation. For others, it is about religious views of marriage. But for most people who Fox News spoke to today, it is about free speech.
“I think it comes down to a First Amendment issue. I mean, I do believe in the traditional values of marriage between a man and a woman,” youth pastor Stephen Lenahan told Fox News after a leisurely breakfast with three members of his ministry. He is also puzzled as to why Dan Cathy is such a target, when other corporate CEOs who openly support same-sex marriage are not similarly criticized by conservatives.
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I think it's a hoot that so many outlets had lines going around blocks. That's the spirit, America!
 
Wiseone said:
You missed my post, so let me explain again. You are persecuting a person you believe is a persecutor, Emanual is doing the exact same thing you two just disagree on who the target should be but you both agree that persecuting persecutors is justifiable. Doesn't that make you stop and think for a second?
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Emanuel is the govt, he's wrong period. He'll find that out soon enough.
 
muciti said:
oh i supposed i missed the part where he was trying to segregate gays and roll back the civil rights movement. Can you link that? please.
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Yes. He has donated money to groups dedicated to denying homosexuals their civil rights (including one classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center), and has openly declared that he does not believe that they should be able to get married. Denying people marriage rights *is* a form of segregation and a restriction on equal protection under the law.

If his religion has a problem with that, **** him and **** his ignorant religion too.
 
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jamesrage said:
Good for Chick-fil-A.
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I support SSM and I like Chik-fil-a. After the initial controversy, I didn't care about the CEO's position against SSM because I like Chik-fil-a as a restaurant and had no intention of boycotting it or supporting anybody's effort to push it out of their city. However, this "appreciation day" nonsense just turns me off because anti-SSM people are turning Chik-fil-a into an anti-SSM restaurant rather than a restaurant whose CEO just happens to be against SSM. I actually think this might do more harm than good because, at this point, I don't want to be associated with the types of people who are going out of their way to support a place because they support it's leaders' bigotry.
 
muciti said:
i have calmed down and admittedly overreacted on some people on this issue.

Tried to go support chick fil a tonight, cant even get near the place. Didnt see any protesters. Chick Fil A is not suffering over this. Mr. Cathy should send the idiots in chicago and sf and nyu a thank you note.
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I actually suspect this might make it suffer more than if "appreciation day" didn't exist since it turns off a lot of pro-SSM people. The majority of pro-SSM people I associate with were not supportive of Chicago and Boston's efforts to push chik-fil-a away. However, now it's almost becoming a mascot for anti-SSM people and opinions which is frankly off-putting for many of those who are pro-SSM.
 
Darn, I forgot to patronize my local restaurant today.
 
MaggieD said:
Now that's the kind of tolerance we like to see!! That.Right.There.
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Whatever. I'm not the one saying that Southern Baptists shouldn't be allowed to get married. I'm not trying to take away any of his civil rights. I don't give a **** if he's tolerant or not; he can hate gay people all he wants, if that's what floats his boat. But actively supporting legal discrimination against them is WAY over the line, and not something that anyone with a conscience should support.

If you simply don't care about the issue and just want to go to Chick-Fil-A because you want a chicken sandwich, that's fine. To each his/her own; I have no problem at all with that. But if you go out of your way to attend "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day," or boast about your support for it (as you and others are doing), that's ****ing disgusting and bigoted. You (presumably) wouldn't do the same thing if he had made similar statements about black people and contributed money to take away their civil rights. So why should this be any different?
 
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Kandahar said:
Yes. He has donated money to groups dedicated to denying homosexuals their civil rights (including one classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center), and has openly declared that he does not believe that they should be able to get married. Denying people marriage rights *is* a form of segregation and a restriction on equal protection under the law.

If his religion has a problem with that, **** him and **** his ignorant religion too.
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Funny, but up to a few weeks ago that was the Obama position as well, as he supported marriage as one man and one woman. Since the Obama position has "evolved" it is now politically correct to label SOME on the right as "bigots" but, of course, black church leaders with EXACTLY the same opinion are exempt from this feigned "outrage".

Black Pastors Say Gay Marriage Hijacks Civil Rights Movement | WREG.com — Memphis News & Weather from WREG Television, News Channel 3

Pastor Jamal Bryant:
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Funny, but up to a few weeks ago that was the Obama position as well, as he supported marriage as one man and one woman. Since the Obama position has "evolved" it is now politically correct to label SOME on the right as "bigots" but, of course, black church leaders with EXACTLY the same opinion are exempt from this feigned "outrage".

Black Pastors Say Gay Marriage Hijacks Civil Rights Movement | WREG.com — Memphis News & Weather from WREG Television, News Channel 3

Pastor Jamal Bryant:
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:shrug: I've criticized religious blacks who area against gay marriage as much as i've criticized anyone else for believing the same. I've even criticized Obama (up until a few months ago obviously) for not manning up and having some balls to speak out on the issue, but to draw some sort of parity between what Obama has said about gays and their right to marry and what Cathy has said is downright foolish. Not to mention the fact that Cathy's business actively contributes monetary support to organizations who make it their goal to deny gays their right to marry.
 
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