Chick-fil-A probably would have been better off finding a new place to donate their money. CEO Dan Cathy's support for anti-gay groups is hurting them in many ways. The individual boycotts may not do a whole lot, but the big cuts -- Chicago, Boston, and the Jim Henson company -- are going to hit their bottom line hard.
Anyone who believes otherwise should take a look at the company's pathetic attempts to cover up the bad publicity. Thus far their PR people have possibly posed as a teenage girl on Facebook to defend the company and they have made up a preposterous lie about Jim Henson's toys being dangerous for kids (insert major eye roll) when the real reason there are no Muppets toys is Jim Henson's company refused to do business with them and donated all their money to gay rights organization GLAAD.
We should all boycott them for their business mistakes alone.
Many people are offended and sending messages of support to the embattled chicken chain, but let's face it: they are in the minority.
People in this country are disgusted by the message of hate this chain is peddling and they aren't going to stand for it. While individual boycotts may not hurt, the incredible corporate boycotts might. Both the cities of Boston and Chicago are trying to block Chick-fil-A from entering the city. Tom Menino, the mayor of Boston, said in a letter to the company's president Dan Cathy:
You called supporters of gay marriage 'prideful.' Here in Boston, to borrow your own words, we are 'guilty as charged.' We are indeed full of pride for our support of same-sex marriage and our work to expand freedom to all people. We are proud that our state and our city have led the way for the country on equal marriage rights ... There is no place for discrimination on Boston's Freedom Trail and there is no place for your company alongside it.
Dang! Those are fighting words. The fact is, everyone has a right to an opinion, but not all opinions are equal. Discrimination (the kind against a WHOLE GROUP of people) has no place in this country, and yes, we will boycott to fight it.
Sure, Cathy has a "right" to his opinion. But Cathy's opinion is that it's OK to oppress a whole group of citizens because of his religious beliefs. There is no oppression in a boycott. There is no hate. It's just citizens peacefully disagreeing and putting their money (literally) where their mouth is.
Opinions that promote bigotry and hate deserve to be stopped. If we can't change someone's mind, then we can stop using their product or service in protest. It's the power of this country.
Are you boycotting Chick-fil-A?
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"Discrimination is discrimination NO MATTER WHAT. Discrimination use to be about RACE, now since it is ILLEGAL to discriminate based on race people are discriminating against peoples sexual preferences. Any city state government has the right to say that discrimination is NOT WELCOME in their state."
^This! Gay marriage is not only a moral issue, it is a political one. Not allowing someone to marry because of their sexual orientation is discrimination. So yes, Chic Fil A is entitled to their moral beliefs, but they are NOT entitled to discriminate against people. By supporting anti-LGBT groups, that is exactly what they are doing!
^^Exactly!!
Everyone is entitled to their beliefs! That's the great thing about this country of ours! If you don't like it fine, but it really isn't effecting you in any way and it's not "harming" anyone for these owners of this company who feel this way!
I am literally LOL'ing at the irony in that statement. Granted, I don't know your stance on gay rights but here we go: If you don't like it (gays or gay marriage) fine, but it really isn't Affecting you in anyway and it's not "harming" anyone for these people to get married.
I cannot believe how out of control our government is getting... In capitalism, the consumers CHOOSE which businesses they will give their money to. Not the government. Unless the business is doing something illegal, they are free to carry on. I support eqaulity for the gay community and I do not agree with everything Chick-fil-A stands for. But does that mean that they should not be able to run a business, just because I don't like what they believe in? Absolutely not. I have a right to choose to just go somewhere else. No one is holding you down forcing you to go there! Many people dislike the business practices of Wal-Mart, so they choose not to shop there. It's their choice. People should be able to HAVE that choice!
As already pointed out, he did not "ban them"
billsfan - You got a source for that? That he said he would make it hard for them to get additional permits?
Regardless, I'm not certain on the legality of an actual city prohibiting their business coming into their city so I don't have much of an opinion on that. HOWEVER, I do want to get something straight with those of you bitching about the boycotts, just so we can be clear here. It's ok for them to have their own opinions and beliefs and even say those beliefs (I agree with you there, they do have that right) but it's not ok for people and companies to boycott them if they don't agree? Methinks your hypocrisy is showing. You should fix that.
All that said though, I'm not boycotting them. We go there once every few months. My brother boycotts them though and that's fine. I boycott Monsanto while the majority people don't care or even know who they are. We have a right to put our money where we want. I'm not sure why this was all of a sudden big news though. I thought it was pretty common knowledge they were a Christian company. There are all kinds of Christian stores in this country who probably don't support it either. I don't shop at the ones I know of here because I've seen people asking for signatures for "personhood amendments" and "traditional marriage" bullshit outside of them. I don't make a big stink, I just ignore them and walk right on to Old Navy. lol