How does this happen? Chick-fil-A branded as anti-gay?

[Lonestar]

Is he going to kick out the Catholic Churches in Boston since they have the same position?

I would be okay with this.

I'll note, however, that the Mayor of Boston has not been banning Chikfila from Boston, or denying new licenses or what have you. He is, however, using the Bully Pulpit. If the owner of Chikfila wants to publically say he's anti-gay and so is his organization, fine, that's his right. It's the right of the Mayor of Boston to say that that kind of attitude isn't welcome around here.

[Hauldren Collider]

The mayor of Chicago, on the other hand, has prevented Chick Fil A from opening new locations.

[Lonestar]

The mayor of Chicago, on the other hand, has prevented Chick Fil A from opening new locations.

Yeah, You won't see me holding up Chicago Politics as a beacon of honest and fair governance. Not more than, say, DC.

[Hauldren Collider]

Vincent Gray

I'm half a mind to take away DC's home rule, since voters there seem bent on proving themselves incapable of democracy.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

If anyone's still interested in the opening post, after about five seconds work with Google I concluded that the Mayor wasn't referring to, or quoting from, the particular one that Albie is offering as the source.

[SlowwHand]

Really. That's certainly a valid point.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Well, the clues are there in the fact that the Mayor is clearly quoting words such as "prideful" which don't actually appear anywhere in the proffered interview. I'd hope that would get a few alarm bells ringing, but it looks like people are just desperately keen to swallow whatever the internet tells them to think.

My money is on him referencing this interview- http://www.towleroad.com/2012/07/cathycomments.html

And possibly others besides.

[SlowwHand]

People think that if a person takes the time to write something, it must be true. Basically what you said.
I like these hoax buster sites. Email, posts. Look it up. Maybe it's true, partially true or total fabrication.

[Felch]

The purpose of a business is to sell stuff. Businesses discriminate all the time, "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone". No business is required to serve someone. If the tea shop owner doesn't want Christians to come into his business because they give him bad q - that's entirely his business.

Not really.

[MrFun]

Being against gay marriage is not bigotry, and being religious is not bigotry. Making a ****ing chicken restaurant political over its owner's religion is bigotry.

Being against gay marriage is no more bigoted than being against abortion is sexist.

"Being against interracial marriage is not bigotry or racist."

Another retarded statement brought to you by regexcellent.

[MrFun]

There was a lengthy thread about this before. Gay men are allowed to marry gay women.

Laws against interracial marriage were not discriminatory. Black men and black women were still free to marry one another.

[MrFun]

Basically, if you don't like gay marriage . . . . DON'T GET ONE.

[kentonio]

It's amazing how many people can post so much stupid **** in one thread. So being against bigotry makes you a bigot and a mayor is unconstitutional to try and stop bigots coming to his city? Wow, America is hilarious these days.

I'm sorely tempted to do a little digging and see how many of the people up in arms in this thread were equally up in arms about the campaign to try and stop that mosque being built in NY a year or two back.

[Kuciwalker]

and a mayor is unconstitutional to try and stop bigots coming to his city?

Yes. Unlike Europe, America actually values freedom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_America_v._Village_of_Skokie

[kentonio]

The truly, truly funny thing is that you poor ****ers actually believe that.