Chick-fil-a, gay marriage, and related topics

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  1. Unread #1 - Aug 3, 2012 at 3:32 PM
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    Curious to see where everybody here stands on the whole chick-fil-a controversy since it seems to be momentarily omnipresent.
     
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    I haven't heard anything about it. Of course, I don't have cable. So what is it about?

    Maybe a link for people who don't know.

    I assume they don't support gay marriage or something?
     
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    I think the whole thing is stupid. I believe gay people should be allowed to be married, and it's stupid that they can't. However, Chick-fil-a's owner chooses to believe that marriage should only be between a man and a women, and it is his right to believe that, no matter how stupid myself and others believe that is. I'm not gonna boycott chick-fil-a or anything, it's just another thing that was blown way out of proportion, that really wasn't a big deal to begin with.
     
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    Typical Christians who bigot against their fucking retarded conservative point of view. You see many people out there at their shitty restaurants to protest against gay people, and are constantly bashing them. What they preach is supposed to be the opposite. They don't have the time to help the homeless or help out to improve the community, but they have the time to consistently bash someone for their sexuality? It's fucking hypocritical. Preach love, not hate.
     
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    Who read the news to you, champ?

    Just fyi - It's the gay-community that's protesting against that shitty restaurant (Not really, they have amazing food if any of you have never been).

    So the owner of HIS restaurant chain had HIS opinion publicized, big whoop. (He was probably asked about it too, if you ask me that's like entrapping someone with a rhetorical question [I've always known Chick-fil-A was a Christian-value chain, so duh that was going to be his stance])

    Chick-fil-A still, and more than likely always will, serve people who are homosexual, who is being discriminated against?

    You should all be happy that there are people still out there who aren't afraid to not be "Politically/socially correct" and aren't scared to stand out for what they believe in just because it may hurt their reputation or because someone might get butt-hurt or offended. But no, here in America we love controversy and we love to stir shit up so of course we're going to pounce on any chance to make a public scene.

    In short, anyone partaking in either side of this controversy should stop and find something more productive to fight for.

    No one cares if you like pussy or if you like a meat-whistle up your ass. Seriously, love is love, and no one's preference's deserves any recognition. If you truly feel the way you do, then live your life and stop looking for trouble.

    I actually know a gay dude who works at the chick-fil-a here in my town and he's very embarrassed that these groups are making huge scenes like this. I know I can't be the only one thinking like this.
     
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    This is very well said, it doesn't make a difference who you're married to as long as you have love inbetween yourselves i don't understand why people don't just mind their own business when it comes to this kind of thing.
     
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    I think its stupid and pointless and I respect free speech but people shouldnt go to chik-fil-a to support it. Today was kiss someone of the same sex day at chik-fil-a and I think that is an alright counter to what people were doing in the first place but I think they should really focus their efforts on people who actually affect gay rights, politicians
     
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    Honestly.. I don't give a flying shit.

    We have the right to free speech and if they don't support it SO WHAT.. don't eat there if you don't like it but it's stupid that would influence your decision ON WHAT TO EAT.... ITS A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.. WHO CARES WHAT THEY DECIDE.. oh wait gays do..

    GET OVER IT.. FREE SPEECH
     
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    When the company is spending millions of dollars to stop gay marriage becoming legal boycotting them is the appropriate stance. Of course all the Christians started screaming about how freedom and speech and they all decided to go buy more of it which to me just shows me that they are hateful bigots. The funny thing is that when Oreo announced it supported gay marriage all the bigoted Christians were calling for a boycott. They have a ridiculous double standard at play here.

    And honestly the whole thing was never a big issue until the Christians decided to flood the place yesterday. The Boy Scouts controversy is much more important and people are continuing to give back their Eagle Scout badges but no one seems to care anymore. The only reason this silly chicken boycott and support is everywhere is because the media decided it should be everywhere since people started screaming about freedom of speech and they thought it would bring in ratings.
     
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    Some republican friends on my fb liked a photo saying "Oh you won't eat at Chick-Fil-A because they don't support gay marriage? Well when will you stop buying gas since all the big oil companies don't support gay marriage?"

    Or something like that..

    That photo was completely ignorant considering the owners of Chick-Fil-A actually donate to anti-gay groups and the such, whereas you don't hear of the oil company's CEOs (etc.) doing such a thing.
     
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    Same thing could be said of Christians boycotting Oreos... while organizing that boycott using a Windows PC (complete support of gay marriage) on Facebook (atheist in charge and full support of gay marriage). >_>
     
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    Atleast they aren't afaid to speak there opinion like everyone else does compared to other restaurant chains would just hold back to make more profits. Kudos to them.
     
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    The CEO of Chick-fil-A didn't bring the topic up, he was asked about it, and answered appropriately. He is a Christian and he believes in a faith that does not allow gay marriage or behavior. He's not banning gay people from eating at Chick-fil-A, he's not firing any gay workers, and essentially, he isn't hurting the gay community at all. He just took his stance on a particularly heated debate. You can disagree with him and that's fine, but all this nonsense that it's bringing up is just stupid.
     
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    I haven't really read up on the subject because it doesn't interest me. But here's what I believe:
    - I'm all for free speech. If someone is against gay-marriage because of their beliefs, fine. I personally don't care. If two gay people want to get married, why not?
    - I don't believe that the above should lead to discrimination, though.
    - They shouldn't be using money to stop gay-marriage.

    Tl;dr: I'm ok with them voicing their opinion to an extent. When they start using funds to advocate anti-gay establishments, then that crosses the line.
     
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    I really don't know why a fast food business has any say in whether gay people can get married. The money is just a circular process that goes back to the government so that Congress can decide on these topics themselves. If a fast food organization wants to give a public stance, so be it... It can only affect the public's interest in them.
     
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    What was really childish was the move by Thomas M. Menino, the mayor of Boston, sending a letter to Chick-fil-A, urging them not to build any restaurants in Boston.

    I think Chick-fil-A's personal views have nothing to do with their food. We shouldn't be mixing politics with our commercial lives.

    This is just like when Nike was accused of child labor, and everyone began boycotting it. If you're going to boil down every business to its beliefs, then you'd only be satisfied with a few of them.

    If a math teacher is, say, against gay marriage, and you're with it, you don't boycott his/her class just for this reason. Why? Because the purpose of the math teacher is to teach you math - not his/her beliefs. You're coming to class to learn math and math only. Same with Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A's purpose is to feed you. You're only going there to eat. Not to debate about gay rights. Pictures like this are just completely silly to me: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/08/04/nyregion/BELIEFS2/BELIEFS2-articleLarge.jpg
     
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    I just want some chicken. Gay.. straight.. who cares? Give them all some chicken. I hate how these chicken places are ruined by protests. I like to enjoy my chicken in peace.
     
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    They are hurting gays by giving millions of dollars to hate groups trying to stop gay marriage. And your math teacher analogy makes no sense. They will be getting paid the same amount whether you go to their class or not.
     
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    You're interpreting the analogy incorrectly. It does make sense - you're viewing it from the wrong observer. The math teacher is Chick-fil-A, the student is the gay person. You're viewing it from the math teacher - this is not analogous to the discussion at hand. You have to view it from the student, as I'm arguing that the actions being taken by the gay community (such as the image shown in my previous post, where the gay people are boycotting eating food at Chick-fil-A) are wrong. To the student, even if his/her math teacher was against gay rights, even if his/her math teacher donated millions of dollars to hate groups to try and stop gay marriage, you still go to the math teacher's class to learn math. The math teachers actions outside of class, as long as they're not extreme (such as murder), should not affect the delivery of the math course to the student.

    Such is the case with Chick-fil-A. Just because they are against gay rights, doesn't mean that gay people should boycott their services - being food. And surely Chick-fil-A is following this rule - they wouldn't refuse to feed a gay customer.

    And this is not about Chick-fil-A losing business because of the boycott. This is about the reasoning behind the boycott being silly in the first place. That reasoning is because Chick-fil-A doesn't support gay rights. The gay community are the ones committing the boycott, and they are the target of my argument. I mean, come on, the gay community are acting so childish - they're going to Chick-fil-A restaurants, kissing each other for their 'Chick-fil-A Kiss Day', as a means of protest.

    God, no one can even voice their opinions against gays anymore. What would happen if Bill Gates were to say he was against gays? Would all gays stop using Windows, the most popular operating system, just because of the CEO of Microsoft's opinion?
     
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    Sigh. I think it's wrong they went public about it, but whatever it's their choice. It's not like their against gays just gay marriage. I don't know what to think of this... Marriage should be for everyone.
     
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