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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:32 AM

Jawja (3,188 posts)

4. Yes, I agree.

Cathy nas a right to be a jackass and throw some hateful religion in with his chick and waffle fries. I have a right not to buy any. But I don't agree with banning business opportunities.

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91 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Chick Fellatio: stuck in the craw [View all]	RockaFowler	Aug 2012	OP
Amazing how some people--EVEN HERE--seem to think a boycott	joeybee12	Aug 2012	#1
It is not the boycott. It is elected officials threatening to deny business permits	hack89	Aug 2012	#5
Yes, that is wrong.	HuckleB	Aug 2012	#8
That's too fine a distinction for some folks. I'll react with my wallet - no more chic-fil-a for me.	marble falls	Aug 2012	#10
Show me where they have said they would deny permits...	joeybee12	Aug 2012	#16
So what other means would they use to "discourage" building of more Chic-Fil-a shops?	marble falls	Aug 2012	#19
Who said that Boston or Chicago is denying permits. There are those here who want that.....	marble falls	Aug 2012	#22
+1,000 nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#56
No it's not, and it's pissing me off that you're deliberately trying	joeybee12	Aug 2012	#11
This Chicago alderman has said "we won't let you" twice.	hack89	Aug 2012	#37
Has anybody actually threatened to deny a business permit? I hadn't heard that.	yardwork	Aug 2012	#26
Three have verbally threatened to	niceguy	Aug 2012	#30
Goddess forbid that somebody would verbally suggest that a bigoted company isn't welcome.	yardwork	Aug 2012	#33
The decision is made on the class of business	niceguy	Aug 2012	#39
I think there is starting to be recognition that this is a civil rights issue.	yardwork	Aug 2012	#40
absolutley 100% correct	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#58
Here	hack89	Aug 2012	#38
Yes. It was a Chicago Alderman, who has the power to do so. See post #25.	TalkingDog	Aug 2012	#46
Bingo!!!	liberallibral	Aug 2012	#44
saying they weren't welcome in their cities isn't the same as	Bluerthanblue	Aug 2012	#48
This Chicago Alderman has done it before for Walmart and intends to it for Chick-fil-A	hack89	Aug 2012	#52
doesn't sound to me that the alderman was prohibiting Walmart because of what it "said"	Bluerthanblue	Aug 2012	#62
"He had issues with the property owner" - sounds pretty personal to me	hack89	Aug 2012	#64
Read the Patriot Act	Eddie Haskell	Aug 2012	#27
Except when mayors threaten to banish Chick-Fil-A from their cities	nxylas	Aug 2012	#2
Exactly.	Travis_0004	Aug 2012	#3
strip clubs, liquor stores and porn shops...	lame54	Aug 2012	#6
and they still get built. Whatever hoops they jump have nothig to do with politics......	marble falls	Aug 2012	#18
not always...	lame54	Aug 2012	#42
Pretty much the high bar is not build too close to a church or school, no overt to children aimed ..	marble falls	Aug 2012	#68
no they don't.	uncle ray	Aug 2012	#55
The difference is	niceguy	Aug 2012	#31
that's why most CEO's...	lame54	Aug 2012	#43
Let me repeat...stop the buillshit...	joeybee12	Aug 2012	#14
And we’re not going to have a company, Chick-fil-A or whatever the hell the name is.......	RantinRavin	Aug 2012	#23
A: Yes, a govt. official did say permits would be denied. (not a mayor)	TalkingDog	Aug 2012	#25
Let me repeat. Mayor Menino said the he would deny...	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#50
Wow--you are misrepresenting what the Mayor said completely, and you got the letter wrong, too. nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#57
How's that?	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#69
No he did not. nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#70
Then why did he retract?	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#71
He didn't retract. He said he was expressing HIS OPINION.	MADem	Aug 2012	#72
In what language is "I can't do that"...	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#73
It means what he said it means--that he cannot do that. D'oh!	MADem	Aug 2012	#74
Speech is protected...	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#77
Government intimidation would consist of a rejection of an application for a victualer's permit.	MADem	Aug 2012	#78
Still comprehension challenged...	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#79
Oh please--when you fling personal insults like loose poop, you've lost the argument.	MADem	Aug 2012	#80
Not a personal insult...	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#81
It was a personal insult. No backtracking, now.	MADem	Aug 2012	#82
How silly of me to not...	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#83
Yes, quite. How silly of you, indeed.	MADem	Aug 2012	#85
I'm curious. Since I am not...	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#86
You have your facts wrong.	MADem	Aug 2012	#88
Absolutely true.	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#89
Keep digging. nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#90
Thanks.	meaculpa2011	Aug 2012	#91
Yes, I agree.	Jawja	Aug 2012	#4
The problem is with focusing only on that side of the equation.	HuckleB	Aug 2012	#9
How is Chick-fil-A using government to deny rights?	groundloop	Aug 2012	#24
Chick-fil-A is advocating against gay rights, with money and support for anti-gay advocacy groups.	HuckleB	Aug 2012	#67
Bullshit...	joeybee12	Aug 2012	#12
There is one case	niceguy	Aug 2012	#32
I have not heard any mayor threatening to banish a Chick-Fil-A nor deny permits to open one.	AlinPA	Aug 2012	#21
Isn't it the mayors' right of free speech to say what they think about a business?	yardwork	Aug 2012	#34
so mayors don't have free speech?	Bluerthanblue	Aug 2012	#49
Some folks think only HATERS have a right to free speech. It's the most curious thing! nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#75
Recommended.	mmonk	Aug 2012	#7
+1	DearAbby	Aug 2012	#13
Regarding businessess...	Genghis_Sean	Aug 2012	#15
My opinion -- Yes we can.	DaveJ	Aug 2012	#41
I disagree	LittleGirl	Aug 2012	#17
No matter how much I like their product...	YellaDog1950	Aug 2012	#20
Yep push back.	zeemike	Aug 2012	#28
We can't back down	LittleGirl	Aug 2012	#35
No we can't back down...just keep making the same mistake and it will all work out.	zeemike	Aug 2012	#36
Destroy them!!!??? Wow.	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#61
I forgot that some don't get sarcasm.	zeemike	Aug 2012	#63
No worries mate, I figured as much.	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#65
BTW, you don't happen to be the Mike Z that owns	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#66
Some people might "hate" the CEO, but that's not what the push back is about	TalkingDog	Aug 2012	#45
The goals of the civil rights movement were different.	zeemike	Aug 2012	#47
Money is not speech. Businesses cannot express ideas. They are not people.	TalkingDog	Aug 2012	#51
with all respect, doesn't that open a very wide door	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#59
No I don't think it I know it.	zeemike	Aug 2012	#60
They can't talk about their Dark Lord anymore	DaveJ	Aug 2012	#29
I'd like two of your sammiches, and a side of hate. nt	DCKit	Aug 2012	#53
Oops!	Lint Head	Aug 2012	#54
PLEASE go to this link, if you haven't.	annabanana	Aug 2012	#76
I agree	RockaFowler	Aug 2012	#84
Didn't DU have a huge feud that hid behind chicken?	JHB	Aug 2012	#87

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