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Looks like you and anyone who attended "Chick Fil A appreciation day" FAILED to even know what the REAL hoopla was about.
Hint: It wasn't about what the guy said. That was the catalyst to expose the fact that the company DONATES MONEY (Which is ACTION, not just mere speech) to hate groups, groups that advocate and help support "death penality for gays in foreign countries" laws, and a host of other nasty things. THAT'S why the company was/is attacked and boycotted.
I don't know how many times you people need to be told this before it sinks in!!
If it was just one bigot executive spouting off, then whatever. Have at it. But ACTIONS have consequences more than words.
And yes: Fat, white religious whackjobs are no different than fat black religious whackjobs who "supported" Chick Fil A for the same thing! Knuckledragging yahoos come in all colors.
more ignorant tripe. the CEO isnt anti-gay, he is anti-gay marriage, which is his right. he also has teh right to say he is against gay marriage. there are gay people that work for chick-fil-a, and, for your information, many gay people attended chick-fil-a appreciation day, again because it WASNT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE, BUT FREE SPEECH. i didnt attend by the way, i knew it would be huge success and i dont like crowds.
and again you show the intolerance of the left with people who disagree with you.
so one more time, if the government, at ANY level, can abrogate free speech for someone against gay marriage, then how long before government at ALL levels abrogates free speech for EVERYONE? i may not like what some people have to say, but i will defend their RIGHT ti say the things they do, because i know if one persons free speech rights are eliminated, then NO ONE has a right to free speech. once you understand that, you will truly understand chick-fil-a appreciation day.
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Sexual orientation should not be a protected class.
Discrimination against someone for their sexual practices should not be protected.
How or who you decide to screw is none of my business.
I don't want to work next to pedophiles, zoophiles, or polygamists, or polysexuals or anyone else, when they scream that they're a protected sexual class.
It's forbidden to discriminate against someone with disabilities or genetic disorders, that's where gays should fall on the spectrum. They don't need to be protected because of who they choose to have sex with or their sexual orientation. Unless you're screaming about your sex life when you apply for a job, nobody needs to know you're a homosexual, or heterosexual, it's not asked on any employment form anyhow.
If you really knew anything about MLK you would realize that a screed like this is not the way to win hearts and minds.
I think that you really would benefit from learning more about whom opposes gay marriage and hint....it's not just "pudgy old white people". Prop 3 passed in california with a LOT of latino support, just as one example.
P.S. Hate crimes vs. gays have a 5x higher rate of occurrence by black males than white. If you are serious about gay rights you need to take off your political blinders and not make every problem out to be the fault of "acceptable" targets like old white people.
more ignorant tripe. the CEO isnt anti-gay, he is anti-gay marriage, which is his right. he also has teh right to say he is against gay marriage. there are gay people that work for chick-fil-a, and, for your information, many gay people attended chick-fil-a appreciation day, again because it WASNT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE, BUT FREE SPEECH. i didnt attend by the way, i knew it would be huge success and i dont like crowds.
and again you show the intolerance of the left with people who disagree with you.
so one more time, if the government, at ANY level, can abrogate free speech for someone against gay marriage, then how long before government at ALL levels abrogates free speech for EVERYONE? i may not like what some people have to say, but i will defend their RIGHT ti say the things they do, because i know if one persons free speech rights are eliminated, then NO ONE has a right to free speech. once you understand that, you will truly understand chick-fil-a appreciation day.
"Ignorant tripe" indeed!
Way to go buddy! Bury your head in the sand. Sure is a lot easier than to expect you to actually do something revolutionary like... oh, I don't know... RESEARCH? about what the controversy is/was from the perspective of gay people (and those gay people whose lives are destroyed and effected by the ACTIONS of companies like Chick Fil A, who actively work against their ability to live as free and equal people not only in THIS country, but others!)
As far as your "overreaching government tripe," there is no instance of the government shutting down Chick Fil A's "freedom of speech." None. There were officials expressing THEIR opinion (which is THEIR free speech as well!) but no instances of Chick Fil A being denied their rights to do business.
Chick Fil A doesn't need heartland conservative lardarses to line up to support it. That's what lawyers are for if there's an ACTUAL abridgement of freedom of speech. Which there wasn't. Which is why there was no lawsuits.
what you dont understand is that chick-fil-a appreciation day was NOT about gay rights, it was about FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
Yes there were people who made that argument. They had no real idea about why a certain segment of the population takes issue with Chik-Fil-A. Has nothing to do with what the CEO said or with his beliefs.
Sexual orientation should not be a protected class.
Discrimination against someone for their sexual practices should not be protected.
How or who you decide to screw is none of my business.
I don't want to work next to pedophiles, zoophiles, or polygamists, or polysexuals or anyone else, when they scream that they're a protected sexual class.
Nobody should be discriminated against for innate characteristics. Period.
Sorry you seem to believe only categories that "you believe in" should get protection from discrimination!
It doesn't matter if you want to work next to these people. Tough sh** if you don't like someone whose handicap, gay, a different race or religion.
And: technically, polygamists would arguably fall under a "marital status" protection. POLYsexual is really just a version of sexual orientation.
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Originally Posted by Luckygem
It's forbidden to discriminate against someone with disabilities or genetic disorders, that's where gays should fall on the spectrum. They don't need to be protected because of who they choose to have sex with or their sexual orientation. Unless you're screaming about your sex life when you apply for a job, nobody needs to know you're a homosexual, or heterosexual, it's not asked on any employment form anyhow.
Do you live and work in the real world? Ya know, with real people in an office environment?
Your persepctive is so incredibly naive it's not even funny. A new young man started in my office recently. At a happy hour the female employees were grilling him: "Do you have a girlfriend? Are you dating? Seeing anyone?" "What's her name?"
Wedding announcements, baby announcements, FAMILY PHOTOS announce a person's sexuality.
Yours is a fantasy world if you believe that sex, relationships and human interactions won't or don't ALWAYS be a part of every facet of our lives.
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