Chick-Fil-A is "Guilty as charged!" — Page 5

I honestly don't know much about how these things are decided, but I'm hopeful that the Mayor wouldn't have sent that letter without checking the legality of it.

I always thought the city council had to vote on these things also.

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I'm not a legal mind, which is why I asked the question. I think it would be a lot easier to keep out an Adult Video Store or a Gay Pride store than a Chick Fil A just about anywhere in this country.

If I wanted to open an Adult video Store in downtown Branson Missouri would the residents or Mayor have a legal say? If I wanted to open a Gay Pride store next door to the local church would I have any say in the matter?

You'd have to check the zoning laws first. And in many cases, residents do have the right to petition a new business. Usually, they have to state their cause in the petition and with the required signatures, can present their petition to the City and state their position in a public Council meeting.

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I've had mixed feelings since I heard about the mayor's response (though I was mostly glad he said it).

I feel better seeing the actual letter, which doesn't seem to contain any threats or legal langauge--just "there's no place for you in a city that doesn't believe in the discrimination you cherish."

Whether he has the power to stop them or not--or whether he should exercise that power if he does--is a different question. Certainly one I'm not prepared to weigh in on. But I like the letter.

CFA fights back- playing the (let's call it) "Church Card":

The leader of a Christian group today said Ald. Joe Moreno displayed hypocrisy for his decision to deny Chick-fil-A the right to open in his ward because of the chain restaurant president’s opposition to gay marriage.

“It’s hypocritical,” said David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, which opposes gay marriage. “Here’s the alderman turning around and being intolerant and discriminatory because somebody has a different view than he does. Would he do that to a Muslim company?”

“I think what Ald. Moreno is doing is terrible,” Smith said. “He is playing partisan politics. He is pandering to a segment of his district or his ward, and he’s actually not helping his overall community by refusing to help develop that part of the ward to bring in jobs and to bring in tax revenue. It’s like cutting your nose off to spite your face, all because Mr. Cathy spouted his opinion about same-sex marriage.”
If you want a fight we ain't chikn!

Well Phylis, Christian groups get persecuted mercilessly- even simple chicken stands that support Christianity. Them Muslins get to do whatever they please and you cain't say a word agin them.

I always love when these groups start whining about all the benefits and "tolerance" those darn Muslims get.

And I love Jon Stewart!

http://www.towleroad.com/2012/07/jstewgaywatch.html

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Cock as in rooster?

^ That's not very nice.

LMFPRAO!!! You so silly!

Well God bless 'em.