23 thoughts on “The War On Chick-Fil-A”

  1. Why is it that when their biology makes them want to kiss, that is beautiful and sweet; but when my biology makes me shudder when I see two guys kissing that I am evil and wrong?

    (And just for full disclosure – it’s not that I don’t like gay people. Two women kissing I don’t mind watching… biology is a little weird sometimes.)

  2. I really don’t know if the kiss-ins will help. Did the sit-ins at Walgreens to protest racial segregation help the civil rights movement?

    Did you see Issac’s live lip dub video? It is a completely heterosexual production, featuring a quite attractive female singer and dancer, although that’s not the point. The point is that a guy who wants to propose to his girlfriend brings in everyone they know know, including their parents and family, to participate in the proposal. It has received 15 million views on youtube, and was featured on lots of national news shows (good morning America, etc). Nearly everyone who watches it describes it as heartwarming. It is almost certainly going to be a good video to watch with your wife. (My wife teared up.)

    Here is the video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7QrIW0zY

    Why I am talking about it? Two of the couple’s friends are gay and they very briefly kiss as they put on a five second mini-skit. I’ve seen plenty of comments that this kiss did quite a bit to further the gay rights agenda. The power of the kiss came from its brevity and non-importance in the overall production. I would think that “kiss-ins” at Chick-fli-A, staged in similar fun way, might actually help.

    Alternatively: I wouldn’t mind watching two hot lesbians make out while I eat a sandwich.

    2. I think the Walgreens sit-ins in the early 60’s probably did help, because store owners called the police. Seeing people arrested for trying to buy lunch is pretty provocative. That’s the key: if Chick-Fil-A stores try to throw people out of their restaurants for being gay that will be a huge boon to the gay rights movement. If they just say, “You want fries with that?” then the misguided protesters will have only managed to underline the distinction between the left’s rampant viewpoint discrimination and the right’s relative tolerance of other views.

  3. It’s always been a mystery to me how a relatively free countries (Italy and Germany in the early 20th century) could allow fascism to take control.

    Living in a country where it is happening has been quite enlightening.

    1. Indeed. Or debating with them on social networks.

      I put it flat out – What’s more important to you, keeping our 1st Amendment rights, or advancing narrow political agenda (in this case, gay marriage). And the plainly answered: the latter.

      Volataire (as paraphrased by Evelyn Hall) is spinning in his grave.

      1. If they were capable of rational thought (as some liberal writers are), they’d be careful what they asked for. They’re establishing a precedent that government can harass or even shut down businesses because of the opinions of the owners and in doing so, they’re opening a huge can of worms. Would they be opposed if conservative communities started doing the same things to liberal businesses? One would hope they’d realize how wrong it’d be for either side to do this.

        1. Larry & Brock, I don’ t think there is much new here. Visit your local planning board or city council; it sounds like you’d be surprised at how much leeway local government has in denying business licenses to legitimate businesses for the worst sort of reasons. Municipal government is usually so boring that most people don’t pay attention, and don’t realize what absurd but utterly mundane abuses of power go on there year after year.

          1. Abuse of power is one thing, but when an executive in the government announces his intent to block a business somehow and includes in the announcement that he wants to do so due to viewpoint discrimination, the government in question has already lost the lawsuit. It’s just a formality after that.

  4. I support same sex marriage. I even have attended such a marriage back in North Carolina about fifteen years ago and consider that a legitimate marriage even if the state of North Carolina doesn’t. But I don’t support this boycott nor see why I should.

    I think it’s wrong to boycott a business merely because the business owner (or in this case, an executive working for the company) has unpopular personal opinions. There’s a difference between personal opinion and official policy. I’ll just say that I diligently work for a company that is owned by someone who is supports a number of groups opposed to same sex marriage and which has had some success in their endeavors. I have no trouble separating our common interest in the business from our wildly divergent personal opinions.

    1. Doesn’t matter. You are not in lockstep with the LGBT and therefore a bigot.

      “Bigot! Bigot! Bigot!”

      1. I know. You got to ape the right behavior and have the right biases or you’re a nasty bigot. Well, someone has to twist the oily mustache else the narrative would be no fun. I hope your evil cackle is up to snuff, Titus. I need to do more aerob to increase lung capacity.

  5. If the people participating in the kiss in are buying food, then I approve but if they are just there to disrupt the business and act like the typical progressive ows style jerk, then I think they are out of line.

    1. Good point, I agree. They should buy something if they decide to stay in the restaurant, just like any other customer.

      (Although, walking in, looking at the menu, deciding not order, and then leaving promptly might be ok too, since that’s acceptable consumer behavior.)

        1. Watching that video made me miserable, so your work here is done.

          To answer your question, the topic of ordering water at fast food restaurants is covered quite throughly on the web — people seem to enjoy discussing it. Much of the discussion you can find if you google the subject is from years ago, and has nothing to do with the recent Chick-fil-a controversy. Leland will be disappointed if I don’t provide a link, so here you go:
          http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/394499

          1. Watching that video made me miserable, so your work here is done.

            That is revealing, on more levels than I wish to explore. Personally, I found the video uplifting. Here is a young woman who is forced to address a former college professor and company CFO, who is bigoted and the very face of intolerance, and she handles herself with grace and professionalism. As long as we in this country have people like her, amid all the ugly and calculated divisiveness currently emanating from your side of the spectrum, we will endure.

            As for “my work”, if that video makes you miserable then the only “work” that could possibly be salient would be psychopathology. And I have no medical training.

          4. I thought the girl was great, and I thought the guy was a complete jerk.

            Unfortunately, so are each of you.

  6. The usual pithy commentary by Wretchard at Belmont Club: The Chicken Disses the Hat

    I commented about my own experience of Chickenstock on a previous thread.

    This was an absolutely huge event, and I believe that we will come to regard it as a watershed of sorts. It was a genuine grassroots uprising. It was not about gay marriage, but was a defiant defense of the First Amendment and a pushback against fascism and politically correct orthodoxy. It had a Boston Tea Party feel to it, even more so than actual Tea Party rallies. Yet, as I said earlier, I saw no signs or political t-shirts. It was just a whole bunch of people simultaneously deciding to enjoy a yummy chicken dinner.

    August 1, 2012 may very well be written about in the history books. Time will tell.

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