I have never eaten at a Chick-fil-A, mainly because, until recently, the restaurant chain did not have a location in my area. Now that they do, I intend to try it very soon. I would have done so yesterday, Aug. 1— dubbed “Chick-fil-A appreciation day” by former Gov. Mike Huckabee on his Fox TV show — but instead I am here slaving over a hot laptop, writing this column for you fine folks. Duty trumps chicken, at least for today.
Tomorrow, however, I intend to try the fowl fare at Chick-fil-A, not because I am a huge fan of fried chicken sandwiches but rather because I am a gigantic fan of free speech and traditional marriage, both of which are under assault from the Radical Left — a term once used to describe a far flung periphery of the political spectrum but which today connotes the Democrat Party. Don’t think so? Google same-sex marriage and the Democrat Party platform. (Hint: they’re for it.)
For those who may have been vacationing in Katmandu, Antarctica or on the lunar surface for the last two weeks, this whole brouhaha with Chick-fil-A started when their Chief Operating Officer, Dan Cathy, had the unmitigated gall to express his support for traditional marriage between a man and woman. Until recently, such a statement would have led the PC Gestapo on America’s kook fringe, which now runs our big cities — Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, etc. — to simply whine, harrumph, and stomp their feet about “discrimination” and “homophobia.”
However, since President Barack Obama suddenly “evolved” into a supporter of same-sex marriage a few months ago, his now-emboldened supporters have come to believe that anyone expressing an opposing point of view should be punished. One who seems to believe such things is former Obama Chief of Staff and current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who may have thought he was being bold and standing tall on behalf of civil rights or human rights or marriage rights or whatever other rights he thinks he’s defending. However, Emanuel may well have taken on more than even his pugnacious personality can handle when he declared that “Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago values.”
Really, Mr. Mayor? Have you seen the line stretching around the block today at the existing Chick-fil-A locations in your city? I’m hearing reports of Chick-fil-A restaurants all across the country being inundated by supporters who seem to think that this company’s values are America’s values.
Even worse than Emanuel’s bloviating are the statements coming out of the mouth of Chicago Alderman Proco (Joe) Moreno, who is attempting to use his office to block Chick-fil-A from opening more locations in the windy city. This man actually had the audacity to state that before he will consider allowing zoning rights to a Chick-fil-A restaurant in his ward, the company’s corporate board must put in writing that they “won’t support any groups with a political agenda, including those with an anti-gay marriage stance.”
One wonders if the alderman has ever bothered to read the First Amendment.
To their credit, the Chicago Republican Party has filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights and Attorney General Lisa Madigan over this blatant discrimination by Alderman Moreno. They later expanded their complaint to include Mayor Emanuel’s statements as well. The complaint states that the alderman and the mayor have broken civil rights laws pertaining to religious freedom and the First Amendment in denying Chick-fil-A a permit to operate its business in the City of Chicago.
“Chick-fil-A may have a pretty good case under the First Amendment if the city uses their religious or political beliefs as a basis for denying a business license or ability to do business in the city,” said Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department civil rights attorney who now a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
God bless America. She isn’t finished yet. I don’t know about you, but I know where I’m having lunch tomorrow.
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Had breakfast there this AM….line was too long yesterday; and I was running late for work. I think if we really want to show our support, on Friday when the gays have their "kiss-in", we heterosexual people should go with our husbands, wives or significant other and join them….imagine the novelty of the man-woman kissing each other. Is this a sad state of the country when this is even being talked about? I hope God continues to be merciful and give us a little more time to get our loved ones saved before He comes back and destroys this mess…. I don't think He is very happy with us.
I went 12 miles from my home to a Chick-Fil-A. A line wrapped around the restaurant; unfortunately, I didn't go in because nature called real bad. So, I ate at a different restaurant.
Our Chick-fil-A here in the Dallas, Ft. Worth area ran out of food at 9 o’clock PM last night. They had meant to stay open till 10, but had no more food. The police were directing traffic during the day because of the long lines of cars trying to get into the parking lots at Chick-fil-A’s there.
I think that there were more people eating at the Chick-fil-A’s yesterday, than there will be “kissing” perverts at their nasty “kiss ins”! I say nasty, because to see two men kissing is just eeeewww, icky, eeewww! EW! I don’t care if they want to suck face or suck the other end all day long, if they do it in their private places of perversion, but not out on the streets, and in the faces of everyrone else. It’s just disgusting. Hell, I don’t want to watch two hetrosexual people get all hot and bothered in public, it’s a private thing, and should be kept private! And the biggest problem with these homos is that they don’t tolerate anyone’s feelings or thoughts except their own. They talk about “toleration”, but they do not TOLERATE anyone else! It has to be THEIR WAY of no way at all, and that is why they are so revolting and unacceptable. They have gotten to be as bad, or worse, than the mu SLIMES with all their “rights” and no one else should have any at all! On a bright side, mu SLIMES have no use for this perversion of homosexuality, their “religion” puts them to death!
How about you all go kill yourselves. Who do you think you are judging someone for who they love? Does it affect you? No. Do they bother you? No. Who do you think you are ruining someone’s happiness cause you find It “gross”. If being gay Is a choice, when did you choose to be straight? You are so disrespectful and ignorant. You are hateful human beings who don’t deserve happiness because you’re taking It away from someone else just cause they love differently than you. Love has no gender. I Am a proud lesbian and I will stand up for My Rights. Whether anyone wants To hear it or not.