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EQUALITY

I was just about to make an Amon joke.
Scrolled down and saw yours.
Fucking shit.

EQUALITY

While they do have the right to Boycott Chic-fil-a, the basis for it is stupid and wrong.

i thought it was because they wouldn't hire gay people? I'm just asking here, cus i don't know what the shit is going on.

No, there are defiantly gay people that work there.

The President of Chic-Fil-A, which is a Christian Company and everyone knows it, was asked during an interview his stance on gay marriage, and he said a traditional marriage is between a man and a woman, so they asked ,"so, you don't support gay marriage?" he said "Guilty as charged".

So everyone started boycotting and wanting to get the restaurant out of Boston and a few other cities, just because the president gave his opinion on that. Everyone uses the excuse that he funds anti-gay organizations, but it's his money and they didn't seem to care about that before, whether they knew it or not. Either way, it all started because he himself, one man, doesn't support gay marriage.

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holy s**t seriously one of the top 15?!?!? how far can this roll go...

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Nah, the big deal is he was donating money to anti-homosexual organizations, whose agenda is to mitigate gay culture and marginalize the homosexual community.

Most people don't give a shit about his personal opinion. But they give a shit about corporate money and resources (I read somewhere Chick-Fil-A catered an event for said anti-gay associations) that are used to support inequality.


I still respect Truett and Dan Cathy for sticking to their guns but I can't look past the financial support they're giving to organizations that make it their mission to assure that friends of mine--good people--can't pursue their own happiness, that homosexuals are considered second class and, inherently, inhuman.

I'm not against gays or anything, I just don't understand why people are freaking out. he's donating money to support what he believes in and getting a lot of shit for it, but I don't see the people protesting and complaining donating to organizations that support it..

It's cause people in general need something to bitch about. If he supports it he's going to get criticism and if he's against it he's going to get criticism. it's a double fucking stanard when it comes to issues like this. You can't do anything in this country without pissing someone off cause everything has to be so PC these days.

But is attacking his entire career really necessary because of one wrong choice? You'd be overlooking the fact he is a genuinely kind person. If anything the people protesting are wasting their time and should be protesting the anti-homosexual organizations, not someone who donates to them.

Well it's not about attacking his career. It's about stopping the crusade against homosexuality. Dan Cathy can believe and say whatever the fuck he wants, but when he uses his business to achieve his social agenda, he puts that business into the firing line for all those opposed to his philosophies.

Oh, I agree. But, what if McDonalds was giving money to an organization whose mission it was to censor the internet? I mean, there isn't an immediate connection, but in both instances the pursuit of happiness is hindered by an organization that is funded by a corporation. Would it make sense to boycott both as a corporation and an organization, and not the heads of either? I would think so, right?



I'm asking for opinions (compiling a essay for a writing sample).

In all honesty, yeah I would stop eating there, but I wouldn't make a huge deal about it. Instead I would spend 100% of my energy toward protesting/helping stop the main organization responsible for the mission to censor the internet. In other words, if it's that serious, I wouldn't waste my time with anything else other than the main cause of the problem.

But, one of the problems is, those organizations are funded by other entities and aren't really effected by a waning customer base. I mean, there's an extended cost to those organizations if CFA loses customers, but organizations like these are supported by churches and other businesses. And, because they're an organization, are they even subject to the tenets of corporate social responsibility? Probably not, so boycotting them wouldn't be as effective as boycotting a contributor who has to rely on some sort of positive PR.

Not to sound like a jerk, and just clearing things up.. Are you saying that it would be better to go after every single supporter of an anti-homosexual organization rather than protest the organization itself and all its efforts, or even just support opposing organizations?

No, what I'm saying is, said organizations are not held accountable for a lot of their actions because they're not a corporation. This is why there are still white supremacist organizations, Neo-Nazi's, NAMBLA and other groups that are doing ethically questionable things. But, because they are an "organization" they are not culpable under the tenets of CSR, and instead utilize their first amendment rights--as if they were a person, similar to how corporations define themselves as a person--to limit the freedoms of other people. A corporation cannot do that because they are a money generating entity that relies on the public for funds and when your company is doing morally questionable things, the public can respond by not buying your product, thusly hurting your bottom line. An organization's source of income comes from entities that, at some level, rely on a consumer base. So, boycotting an entity that is funneling money from supporting corporations will do little to nothing since their cause is protected under the first amendment. It becomes more effective to boycott the companies from where a questionable organization is receiving support, because, unlike an organization, their business model is depends on a customer base and their customer base relies on positive PR.

so why does it matter what he does with his money?

I never thought about it like that. Shit. I'm going back to count potatoes.
You have a good day!

Thank you for the beverage, sir.

^this exactly. I work at chick-fil-a, and you'd be surprised at the amount of people that think telling their opinion to a 17 year old cashier will further them in their personal crusade against the company

If it makes you feel any better, I just no longer go to Chick-Fil-A. ...because seriously, I don't know the point of spewing civil rights shenanigans to someone who's just trying to make an extra bit of coin doing his job, heh. Kind of a case of 'don't hate the player; hate the game' sort of thing.

That is a total false equivalency.

One side is supporting giving equal rights to gay people, the other is giving money to groups which are trying to take rights away from gay people.

Surely you can see that giving people rights is better than taking them away.

thats not always true. What if some rapists decided they wanted the right to rape? Would giving them that right be better than taking it away? no, because it would upset other people.

Gay people = rapists?

Fuck you.

you dont get it, its an extreme example. i never said they equaled rapists, they absolutely do not, im just saying we cant automatically say more rights is always better. you obviously support gay marriage, im indifferent, but that doesnt mean people who were raised viewing marriage a certain way cant want to preserve things the way they are, even if it means denying someone else some rights/privalages.

You can't compare the two things at all, because gay people have not harmed anyone, while rapists obviously have.

yeah? well at lest the gays din't buy more Oreos too help their right to get married, the Oreos company din't sell the gay oreos to donate money to a gay marriage foundation were on the other hand Chick Fil A was selling their product to abolish gay marriage and that caused all of the Bigots in american to start to by it so they can make their inviable man in the sky happy. just saying.

How did they send their money to abolish gay marriage?

Make me lol as hard as a rock. <- Reward

Blame him for what?

for not having the same option as the gays.

why can we leave people alone.

It's not that hard to find. You must watch a lot of WBC news events.

Pic unrelated. It's a fucking Ovcharka.

haha nope, no WBC, I'm not big on T.V.

And why yes, that dog is awesome

I'm sure it has nothing to do with him being Christian or anything. Providing drinks to the protesters is a company policy.

Pic related.

Who cares? He still did it. Same end result. Motive doesn't matter.

Motive is the only thing that matters

Also, since when did FJ users get a working conscience about social issues?

Not at all. End result is what is important. And personally I could give a shit what the CEO of a PRIVATE company says. It's his prerogative. If you disagree with his view, which I personally do, then don't eat at his restaurants.

im pretty sure the gays are the only ones who want to do buttfucking in this thing...

Actually my brother is gay and he is wondering wtf is going on here?

I agree
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That's would be awesome if it was in HL episode 3.

Yeah, but donating money to anti-gay groups, at least one of which runs those anti-gay rehabilitation camps in the midwest?

I hadn't heard of that.

i don't think jesus actually said anything against gays in the bible, i'm pretty sure the only anti-gay part of the new testament is the letters.

I've got some funky Bible that has all these little extra thingers that help you understand what the Bible meant at certain points, and it had one on gays. It said that Jesus preached homosexuality was a sin, but to love them any way, as God does. I never checked the passages it referenced, though.

4 Chik-fil-a's have been closed in my area cause of this. Sure, ruin a mans bussiness over his moral views. No more good chicken sandwiches in PG county I guess.