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In reply to the discussion: if Rahm has the right to block a restaurant from being built... [View all]mitchtv
(17,718 posts)24. It seems wrong to have Govt refuse them.
boycott the shit out of them, have lots of actions,misbehave, and if you find a code to fuck them with, go for it,mayors should keep out of it
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if Rahm has the right to block a restaurant from being built... [View all]
scheming daemons
Aug 2012
OP
There has been no suggestion that any of their employment practices are discriminatory...
brooklynite
Aug 2012
#18
Because it was a tattoo parlor or because they didn't like the owner?
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#56
I agree. Doing the wrong thing for the right reasons is still doing the wrong thing.
berni_mccoy
Aug 2012
#13
Has the restaurant actually been blocked from being built? i didn't hear that it had been.
AlinPA
Aug 2012
#15
And it would be equally easy to craft zoning laws to conform to traditional "Christian values"
hack89
Aug 2012
#181
Not completely correct. At worst, it would be a conflict between the 1st and 14th amendments.
stevenleser
Aug 2012
#197
I will demand that Government protect the rights of those I disagree with...
brooklynite
Aug 2012
#19
So if the police raided the corporate HQ of DemocraticUnderground LLC for no reason,
Nye Bevan
Aug 2012
#36
i guess that might be applicable if dick-fil-a were having thier assets seized..
frylock
Aug 2012
#65
what is wrong with America!!! If a teabagger wants open a restaurant, as long as he doesn't
nanabugg
Aug 2012
#28
Rahm says bullshit all the time, and no one has blocked any chicken store from opening.
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2012
#31
So you've no problem with driving out Orthodox Jewish owned businesses? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2012
#107
Ordinance: all fast food restaurants opened as "out lot" facilities must be open 7 days a week.
MNBrewer
Aug 2012
#206
It's lovely how the "legitimate" religions are given such deference here in this country
MNBrewer
Aug 2012
#216
Everyone please read the article at the link so you can see how dishonest some posters really are.
DURHAM D
Aug 2012
#109
there is nothing in this thread that bashes gays. LGBTs are CORRECT to boycott...
scheming daemons
Aug 2012
#114
More importantly - did Rahm actually say what is in the title of this OP. NO !
DURHAM D
Aug 2012
#134
The OP states that Rahm is abusing his power as mayor to ban Chick-Fil-A.
girl gone mad
Aug 2012
#141
I would say that publicly supporting Alderman Moreno's quest is indeed an abuse of his power (nt)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2012
#143
You haven't shown that he does support any specific actions on the part of Moreno..
girl gone mad
Aug 2012
#149
Chick-Fil-A should follow the rules, just like every other business must.
girl gone mad
Aug 2012
#160
Anything less than the Golden Rule will produce an effect that is OPPOSITE of what one intends. nt
patrice
Aug 2012
#129
Somehow in these arguments I always seem to find myself siding with the ACLU (nt)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2012
#163
Well, I've been accused of a lot of things, but "perfect butterfly" is a first.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2012
#169