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An unpopular opinion:
While I consider Chick-Fil-A’s position supporting conservative Christian groups loathesome, and haven’t eaten there for years on account of that DESPITE my love of both waffle fries and lemonade that tastes like lemons, and personally ridicule them in this very space, an official government representative threatening to deny them a building permit on religious grounds (to the best of my knowledge, beyond being closed on Sundays Chick-Fil-A doesn’t have any overt religious practices, such as the prayer meetings routinely held at one company I worked for) is both unconstitutional and wrong.
It’s both our right and responsibility to not patronize establishments who espouse hateful views (which is why I stopped going to Burger King in Memphis when their franchisee called global warming “baloney” and will walk out of a restaurant if they’re showing FOX news,) but it’s not the job of the government to censor speech—even terrible, bigoted speech.
Sorry, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, when you say some views are allowed to do business within the city limits and others aren’t, you’re engaging in censorship of constitutionally protected speech. We can take care of hurting Chick-Fil-A’s business all by ourselves, as citizens.
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scholvin said:
I tend to agree with this. That said: I think Menino was just grandstanding. Does the mayor have the power to stop a business from opening? Was that letter binding? I’d think it would take an act of the city council.
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