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

[Elok]

If he does not, he is fortunate. That song chupa los huevos de burro.

[Guynemer]

I think I know what that means, and even if I'm wrong, I'm sure I agree with it.

(loosely, it sucks donkey balls, right? huevos also means balls in slang, IIRC.)

[Elok]

Yes. Actually, the slang use of "sucks" to mean "is bad" isn't found in Spanish AFAIK, so a Mexican would get the mental image of the song literally applying itself to a smelly barnyard pair. But I think that's even better.

Now I have that damned song in my head, so I'm going to ask Kuci to give his little brother a nipple-twister for me.

[The Mad Monk]

We're living in a time when a presidential candidate can openly lie and contradict himself on the record, sometimes in the space of a single day without any kind of condemation from half the posters here.

When a councilman says,

Moreno said he has an ace in his back pocket if he runs into legal trouble: traffic and congestion issues caused by the store that have been the subject of behind-the-scenes negotiations for the last nine months.

...I tend to believe him.

[giblets]

What I mean is that they would have if these protesters hadn't made a fuss.

Are you suggesting the legal system wouldn't have done its job and struck down unconstitutional actions by local governments?

[The Mad Monk]

Are you suggesting that the legal system doesn't need a kick in the pants to do so?

[giblets]

Well, they should already have an understanding of what's legal under the constitution.

[The Mad Monk]

There are a lot of "shoulds" in this world, that's why we need to be vigilant.

[regexcellent]

Chicago's leadership should not be waiting for the courts to tell them that they can't do something blatantly illegal. The government is not a dog and the courts are not holding a leash.

[kentonio]

Did the courts need to intervene or are you actually just wanking off over imaginery bull**** yet again?

[MrFun]

a) You spend way too much time on Facebook.
b) No one cares about a piddly boycott from people who likely never ate there to begin with. The perceived threats to free speech came from mayors and other governmental officials threatening action over this. Thankfully the mayors at least have started walking that back.

I still don't see how mayors wanting to prevent CFA restaurants locating in their cities takes away CFA executives' free speech.

The CFA executives can continue to spew all the hatred-based opinions they want about gay marriage and gays in general. The anti-CFA mayors are not stopping them from doing that.

[MrFun]

In other news, gay employees who work at CFA restaurants suffered homophobic slurs and verbal gay bashing on CFA appreciation day. I did not think that being Christian involved demeaning fellow human beings.

[giblets]

Did the courts need to intervene or are you actually just wanking off over imaginery bull**** yet again?

Republicans have very active imaginations. Why else would gun sales be increasing?

[Al B. Sure!]

In other news, gay employees who work at CFA restaurants suffered homophobic slurs and verbal gay bashing on CFA appreciation day. I did not think that being Christian involved demeaning fellow human beings.

So Chick-fil-A isn't prejudiced in their hiring practices They hire gays and serve gays

I was scared REAL discrimination was occurring.

[giblets]

I still don't see how mayors wanting to prevent CFA restaurants locating in their cities takes away CFA executives' free speech.

The CFA executives can continue to spew all the hatred-based opinions they want about gay marriage and gays in general. The anti-CFA mayors are not stopping them from doing that.

If someone were actually legally prevented from opening a chicken sandwich restaurant in Chicago, they would lose an opportunity for profits. Indirect financial punishments aren't that different from direct financial punishments such as a fine, and a fine for opposing gay marriage would obviously be an infringement free speech.