They have denied employment to gay folk.
Eric Roberts Owner/Developer Three Ravens Consulting [email protected] http://www.threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-881-1515 -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 11:32 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Chick-fil-A southern bully par excellence Editorial from the Boston Globe (7/25/2012)<http://articles.boston.com/2012-07-25/editorials/32831191_1_gay- marriage-business-license-freedom-trail> But which part of the First Amendment does Menino not understand? A business owner's political or religious beliefs should not be a test for the worthiness of his or her application for a business license. Chick-fil-A must follow all state and city laws. If the restaurant chain denied service to gay patrons or refused to hire gay employees, Menino's outrage would be fitting. And the company should be held to its statement that it strives to "treat every person with honor, dignity and respect - regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation, or gender." But beyond the fact that Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays, the religious beliefs of the company's top executive don't appear to control its operations. Editorial from the Chicago Sun Times (7/25/2012)<http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/13994657-474/editorial-chick-fi l-a-boss-has-right-to-his-opinion.html> Ald. Joe Moreno wants to stop a fast-food chain, Chick-fil-A, from opening a restaurant in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood because he doesn't like the company president's opposition to gay marriage. Moreno - and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who's thinking along the same lines - should back off. Government has no business withholding zoning permits and licenses just because it objects to a businessman's religious or political views. If the residents of Moreno's 1st Ward are offended by those anti-gay views, they can choose to eat elsewhere. They might even organize a boycott. Chick-fil-A will get the message. Interesting. It almost seems like these cities are discriminating against Chic-Fil-A because of the owner's religious views. That couldn't be could it? Lack of tolerance from the left? ** J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > "Will you stop buying gasoline because the owners of OPEC put > homosexuals to death?" > > I doubt it. > > Here are some more companies and organizations to boycott if you so chose. > > 1. Exxon Mobile > 2. Walmart > 3. Boy Scouts > 4. Salvation Army > 5. Harley Davidson > 6. Phillip Morris > 7. Dish Network > 8. Cable vision > 9. Radio Shack > 10. Advance Auto > 11. Bed Bath and Beyond > 12. Lowes > 13. O'Reilly's Automotive > 14. Dick's Sporting Goods > 15. Dillards > 16. Marathon Oil > > and so on and on and on > > The list can be found here: > http://sites.hrc.org/documents/CorporateEqualityIndex_2012.pdf > > Oh, and one more for the list: Sysco foods, which provides food for > over 400K restaurants. All of those restaurants restaurants should be boycotted. > > > J > > - > I never thought this day would happen. . . . I won't have to work on > putting gas in my car. I won't have to work at paying my mortgage. You > know. If I help him, he's gonna help me. - Pe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353198 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
