Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Or Dukakis riding around in a tank wearing an ill-fitting helmet, for that matter.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>They should be able to attend, but OUT of uniform, not in uniform. << I've seen a few Pride parades and in my experience that wouldn't raise an eyebrow.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I have a question for Chick Fil-A appreciation day, were you still paying full price or was there a buy one get one free type of deal?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Chick Fil A has never been accused of anti homesexual conduct, they are being boycotted because their CEO made his personal beliefs public. << This keeps getting repeated, and I have to jump in here and correct, because NO. I was still eating at Chick-Fil-A even though I knew about the foundation and the CEO's views and the Focus on the Family Kids Meals, for precisely that reason. There is no sense in boycotting a restaurant just because of what the CEO believes. We'd all go hungry. And I *do* buy the argument that none of organizations they've given money to, as distasteful as some of them are, are in existence solely to prevent gays from getting married. I think that's overstating the situation, and I wish liberals would knock it off. But I am boycotting now. And here's why: He did not state his PERSONAL beliefs. He stated that it was the OFFICIAL POLICY OF CHICK-FIL-A that marriage was between a man and a woman. That's what the "guilty as charged" stuff was all about. Here's the original article about the interview: >>Some have opposed the company's support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position. "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.<< <a href="http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=38271" target="_blank">http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.a...id=38271</a> When asked about the COMPANY'S POSITION. Not Dan Cathy's. THE COMPANY'S. That's why I'm boycotting. CHICK-FIL-A ITSELF is the one discriminating against gay marriage here. For the record, I don't think they should be denied restaurant licenses over this, and I don't believe their CEO hates gays. Now, the people who flooded the restaurants yesterday ... I have a much easier time ascribing some hate to their actions. I wouldn't have gone within a mile of a Chick-Fil-A yesterday, even if I wasn't boycotting them. >>More hateful? How? Giving millions of dollars to organizations that hate chicken sandwiches? I didn't realize anyone had done so.<< I am SO stealing this.
Originally Posted By oc_dean just a little fyi - CEO & co. founder, is the father - Truett Cathy President, is the son - Dan Cathy Both, however, "guilty as charged" for donating to hate groups against gay people!
Originally Posted By 182 Dshyates in post 143 are you honestly trying to compare Dan Cathy to Hitler ???? That is digusting of you.
Originally Posted By oc_dean ^^^ I would say it's spot on! That company has given money to some anti gay groups .. that support harming gays in ways that is really shocking to me!
Originally Posted By oc_dean Anyway ... it's getting worse and worse for Chick Filled hAte .... more organizations/websites ... are finding out more and more about CFA's ugly homophobic side - <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/report-chick-fil-a-sued-19-times-for-discriminating-against-minority-groups" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/articl...y-groups</a>
Originally Posted By dshyates Donny, yes I am camparing Cathy to Hitler. Haters B Haters! Dan Cathy uses the exact same rhetoric to justify his hate that Hitler used. They both claim to be protecting Christianity with hate and discrimination. Cathy is financially supporting groups that advocate imprisoning people for who they are not what they do. Just like Hitler. Both believe that the existence of the target of their hatred is enough to act against them. Both are evil.
Originally Posted By barboy But that's a faulty comparison because 'Club Fed's' conditions are nowhere as deplorable as Dachau. One place offers high speed internet for the inmates while the other featured mass starvation and hangings..... not the same at all.
Originally Posted By ecdc I won't be eating or supporting Chick-Fil-A, but Godwin's Law is Godwin's Law, and it applies here. <a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law" target="_blank">http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/G...%27s_Law</a>
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Every time I see Cathy's name, I think of this: <a href="http://www.hark.com/clips/pdfhzbgktp-everyone-calls-me-vicky" target="_blank">http://www.hark.com/clips/pdfh...me-vicky</a>
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Donny, people like Cathy made it possible for Hitler to do what he did. Hitler didn't exist in a vacuum, and he appealed to hatred and fear to gain power and commit genocide. Cathy is not a Hitler, but his ideas ultimately serve the same evil.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 For most protesting against this you would think Chick Fil-A is too low brow for them
Originally Posted By dshyates DDMAN, your not trying to imply that non bigots are elitists are you? Because that is just an ignorant statement.
Originally Posted By 182 Every single Jewish Holocaust story is different, and it differs from every country. Here's a small list of what Hitler did to Jews: Before the Mass-Murders Jews were prohibited to walk into many stores, restaurants, etc. Jews had to be identified with a Star of David. (Danish Jews, however, did not have to wear the Star) and had to have a J on their passports, etc. Jews had to give up jewelry, food, etc. Jews had reduced rations on their cards. During the Mass-Murders Polish Jews were forced in ghettos, then moved toy camps like Auschwitz. Jews were forced in cattle-cars from anywhere to 2-7 days without food, water, etc. Jews were beaten, starved, etc. Jews were threatened Some made unrealistic and grotesque experiments on Jewish people. Jews were gassed and burned. Read more: <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_did_the_Nazis_do_to_the_Jews#ixzz22U9dT3H5" target="_blank">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What...2U9dT3H5</a> Cathy thinks marriage is between one man and one woman. Dsyhates I would like to introduce a friend of mines great uncle who's mother and father was murdered by Nazi's.He lives here in Orlando,would you be willing to tell him Cathy is like Hitler ???
Originally Posted By mawnck Meet Jane Devin, a lesbian from Tucson. >>I drove by the Chik-Fil-A on Broadway Street in Tucson and the drive-thru line was backed up to the street. I've never seen more than five cars in their drive-thru before and now, at 9:00 at night, there were dozens and dozens of them. My reaction surprised me. It felt like all those people -- young men in pickup trucks, moms with kids, older couples -- were stepping on my chest. It felt like hidden bigotry had come out to make itself known. It felt like hatred and rejection. It felt like go home, you're not wanted here. My response was visceral. My gut ached, a sob caught in my throat, and my eyes welled up with tears. I couldn't drive away fast enough. And I'm not a person who cries easily, at least not usually, but I cried all the way home. Just those couple of minutes of seeing how many people are anti-gay, anti-me, hurt more than I could have ever expected. ... That line at Chik-Fil-A touched me like a banner of unwelcome, like a vigilante caravan of people who could hardly wait for the opportunity to openly express their belief that I was an enemy to be conquered -- someone they longed to see be put back in her place as an anamoly, a threat to society, a pervert, a half-person. It broke my heart.<< <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-devin/chik-fil-a-gay_b_1731532.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...532.html</a>
