Originally Posted By mawnck This report is a bit confused, since the Muppets are Disney characters now, not Henson, and thus have nothing to do with this story. Nevertheless, the company is pulling its toys from Chick-Fil-A kid's meals as a result of the COO's remarks about gay marriage. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jim-henson-company-pulls-muppets-toys-from-chick-fil-a-kids-meals-2012-7" target="_blank">http://www.businessinsider.com...s-2012-7</a>
Originally Posted By ecdc Nice! I wonder if Chick-Fil-A is 2012's LDS Church - they just are run by out of touch people who do not get how much the tide has shifted. I've found when most people make a principled stand, and their wallet seriously suffers, suddenly they have a change of heart.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan ecdc -- can you email me when you get a chance? kar2oonman@comcastdotnet Thanks!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb We're actually supposed to get our first Chick-Fill-A soon, but now that's come into question with this whole mess. The COO is free to hold whatever opinion he likes, but really should have kept his mouth shut on the subject, it's just good business.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I've found when most people make a principled stand, and their wallet seriously suffers, suddenly they have a change of heart.<< FWIW, Chick-Fil-A puts its money where it's mouth is. For instance, they don't open on Sundays. You might not agree with them, but they are principled. Also, the one in my neck of the woods seems to do brisk business.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "The COO is free to hold whatever opinion he likes, but really should have kept his mouth shut on the subject, it's just good business." IIRC, the company is privately held by a Protestant Fundy family.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I've found when most people make a principled stand, and their wallet seriously suffers, suddenly they have a change of heart.<< I doubt their wallet is going to suffer much. All they have to do is wait it out and not do anything stupid to reignite the story, and the press will forget about it for them. Their sandwiches ARE really good (if they don't dry them out too much, which one of my local stores tends to do), and I've been wrestling with whether or not I really should be boycotting them. My auto mechanic, who I trust to the end of the earth, is a VERY conservative guy who I'm sure donates to plenty of causes I can't stand. So is one of my supervisors. So are the owners of probably dozens of other businesses I patronize on a regular basis. This is the OC after all. I haven't eaten at Chick-Fil-A in a couple months now, and I doubt I will again any time soon, but it's more an emotional rather than a logical response. I just don't feel right about eating there any more. Now if I go there I won't be thinking about waffle fries, I'll be thinking about their dingbat COO's statement, and about that Focus on the Family kid's meal I remember seeing in there a while back. Do I want to live in a country where there are red businesses and blue businesses? Do I boycott all conservatives? In-n-Out Burgers hides bible verses on some of their packaging. Should I boycott them too? Why not? Because they're less open about their support of hate groups? Because an average animal style combo #2 is better than Chick-Fil-A on their best day? I dunno. Help me out here, somebody.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I love the smug answer from the COO -- 'Guilty as charged' He also goes on to say that 'we're married to our first wives' Bleccch! Holier than thou much?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Hopefully this will be a lesson for any other business out there considering doing or saying anthing in line with Chick-fil-a.
Originally Posted By dshyates I always knew that the family that owned Chick-fil-a werre "principled" Christians. And I was ok with it. They can close their stirs on Sunday if they want. Free country and all. I would even occasionally swing by for lunch. Then I read the COO's smugly bigoted comments and realize he is donating 10s of millions of $$$ to fight against me. I feel it would be immoral to give this man one cent more of my money that he could use against me.
Originally Posted By andyll Not Pakistan. Not Afghanistan. Nebraska. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/justice/nebraska-hate-crime/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/...pt=hp_t3</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA It's really amazing that in this day and age, people are still so afraid. I feel like it really comes down to fear. They're afraid of gay and lesbian people, and others who are 'not like them.' It's kind of baffling, really.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Do I want to live in a country where there are red businesses and blue businesses?<< I pretty much figure most businesses are red. Certainly Republican politics will benefit the big ones more. So I don't sweat it too much, but to be openly anti-gay in the 21st century? I'll pass on chick-Fil-A. >>Do I boycott all conservatives? In-n-Out Burgers hides bible verses on some of their packaging.<< NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Please tell me it's not true! I love me some In 'N Out. >>Because an average animal style combo #2 is better than Chick-Fil-A on their best day?<< Exactly. So very tasty.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!<< Yeeeesssssssssssssss. <a href="http://badmouth.net/in-n-outs-bible-passages/" target="_blank">http://badmouth.net/in-n-outs-...assages/</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA From Snopes... <a href="http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/inandout.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/business...dout.asp</a>
