Emanuel goes after Chick-fil-A for boss’ anti-gay views

[bsteadman]

Emanuel goes after Chick-fil-A for boss’ anti-gay views

Chicago Sun-Times
Fran Spielman
7/25/2012

Excerpt:

"The anti-gay views openly espoused by the president of a fast food chain specializing in chicken sandwiches have run afoul of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a local alderman, who are determined to block Chick-fil-A from expanding in Chicago.

“Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago values. They’re not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our family members. And if you’re gonna be part of the Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values,” Emanuel said Wednesday.

“What the CEO has said as it relates to gay marriage and gay couples is not what I believe, but more importantly, it’s not what the people of Chicago believe. We just passed legislation as it relates to civil union and my goal and my hope … is that we now move on recognizing gay marriage. I do not believe that the CEO’s comments … reflects who we are as a city.”

Ald. Joe Moreno (1st) is using the same argument to block Chick-fil-A from opening its first free-standing restaurant in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.

Chick-fil-A already has one Chicago store — at 30 E. Chicago near Loyola University’s downtown campus.

“Same sex marriage, same-sex couples — that’s the civil rights fight of our time. To have those discriminatory policies from the top down is just not something that we’re open to. …We want responsible businesses,” Moreno said."
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My comment: Be afraid -- very afraid, for our country!

This is how it all starts, and in many ways reminds me of what happened to the Jews after that country's take-over by Hitler and the fascists (Nazis) in Germany after WWI.

Since WHEN can't ANY citizen, especially including a highly successful and respected Christian business man like CEO Dan Cathy, son of Chick-fil-A company founder, Truett Cathy, EXPRESS THEIR CONSTITUTIONALLY-GUARANTEED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

NOW, exercising these basic rights -- with fascist Rahm Emanuel in control in Chicago, relying on what I am sure is moral support from fascist Barack Obama in control in Washington, DC -- can apparently result in a citizen's loosing his or her right to do business in Chicago!

What's next? -- a 'kristallnacht' brick to be thrown through the window of the existing Chick-fil-A store near Loyola University in Chicago? --- then, at some future date, shameful, distinguishing armbands required to be worn by all outspoken Christians?

[bsteadman]

‘Kauft Nicht bei Chick-fil-A’

PJ Media
Michael Walsh
7/26/2012

Excerpt:

"How quickly does the Left move from “tolerance” (for one of its transgressive ideas) to fascism? This fast:

All of a sudden, biting into a fried chicken sandwich has become a political statement.

Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain known for putting faith ahead of profits by closing on Sundays, is standing firm in its opposition to gay marriage after touching off a furor earlier this month.

Gay rights groups have called for a boycott, the Jim Henson Co. pulled its Muppet toys from kids’ meals, and politicians in Boston and Chicago told the chain it is not welcome there.

It’s only been two months since President Obama came out of the closet as a supporter of gay marriage, but that’s all it took for the Regressives to move from pleading for acceptance to organizing boycotts and using thug political muscle to try and ruin a private business. And why?

The latest skirmish in the nation’s culture wars began when Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press that the company was “guilty as charged” for backing “the biblical definition of a family.” In a later radio interview, he ratcheted up the rhetoric: “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.’”

That fired up gay rights advocates, including a group that waged a campaign against the company in recent years by publicizing $3 million in contributions that the Cathy family foundation has made to conservative organizations such as the Family Research Council.

“This solidifies Chick-fil-A as being closely aligned with some of the most vicious anti-gay voices in the country,” said Carlos Maza of Equality Matters.

When the mask drops on the Fairness & Tolerance crowd, it’s never a pretty sight. Expect a lot more of this should Obama somehow win a second term. And speaking of socialist boycotts against commercial establishments with religious principles with whom the rabid Left disagrees…"

Video: 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses

http://youtu.be/Xh95Ijf5BjI

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