If the LGBT "community" boycotts your business, does that mean you're about to shatter all of your sales records?

by JenSemPa Posted 2012/08/02 01:08:14

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/08/02 01:17:25

Yes.

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Of course having government officials publicly threaten your business, the people are sure to come out to support you.
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Jensenmk 2012/08/07 12:50:50

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Not necessarily however, if the left continues their hate, hypocracy and interlorance, they will alienate a lot of 'moderate' undecided and awakened sheeple.

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brittany 2012/08/03 21:47:52

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what I'm going to say is, i think it is selfish because someone's company who they worked so hard for might go out of business because some people don't like it and want to get rid of it.

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Jesston... to brittany 2012/08/04 02:18:00

That company they worked so hard for donates money to hate organizations, including one that supports legislation in Uganda to make it legal to murder homosexuals. Yeah, I'm sorry I'll cry for Chik-Fil-A later.

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brittany to Jesston... 2012/08/04 19:41:05

yeah im sorry you will.

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Jesston... to brittany 2012/08/08 08:27:00

I somehow doubt it, you're on the wrong side of history here - hilariously wrong. To an awesome extreme. One day this will be taught in school as an absolute shame on our country, for being so close minded and evil as to support fricking murder (Somehow I think murder is a sin, too, isn't it? As is judgement? And casting the first stone? And getting a hair cut?) - lol, what is wrong with you? I'm going to go out on a limb and say the answer is, 'lots of stuff'.

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fudge35 2012/08/02 19:36:36

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Maybe for a day, but in the long run, people will remember your business as having intolerant management. These CEOs cant rant their bigotry against a segment of the public, and not offend some of their customers. They can't win when they get into politics!!!

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kraftymomma1979 2012/08/02 15:38:40

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Many people supported Chick-Fil-A in their right to freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Let's remember they aren't being hypocrites, and what they said was not designed to hurt anyone. I hear a lot of companies say they are "gay friendly" but really aren't. I am divorced twice. They also commented that they were still married to their first spouses. I could've taken that as a slur toward divorced people, but I didn't.

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SEAL76 2012/08/02 15:08:13

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I don't care one way or the other about homosexual marriage or what bisexuals and transvestites do. They should not try to shove their agenda into the faces of others. They will only see it backfire as it did with Chick Fillet.

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Jim A 2012/08/02 14:09:08
RS 2012/08/02 12:37:07

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Ok. My Dad once said that I may not agree with what you say but I would die defending your right to say it. We need to get back to this. Of late it seems we are more about attemptin reeducation camps to change peoples thoughts. That will never work. This business owner broke no law. It is what he feels but if someone wishes not to go there...Don't. I do not love everything Barbara Striesend believes but I still buy her music because she has one of the greatest voices in history. THIS CRAP NEEDS TO STOP! What is next?

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JasonKaas to RS 2012/08/02 13:35:01

Exactly

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JasonKaas to RS 2012/08/02 13:35:02

Exactly

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Jim A to RS 2012/08/02 14:12:49
RS to Jim A 2012/08/02 15:31:33

Thanks. I feel very strongly about this. In America we can feel and say what we want.

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britbiker 2012/08/02 12:19:39

Yes.

I must be doing something right

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joan.sloane 2012/08/02 12:05:01

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In this case it does and rightfully so. The man has the right to believe whatever he wants. As long as there is no discrimination involved in his hiring practice and gay customers are treated and served in the same manner as every other customer, there is no law broken. At least Mr Cathy is honest about his believes. I may not agree with him but I do respect him and his rights.

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Concerned Voter 2012/08/02 11:04:18

Yes.

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because most people came out in support of Dan Cathy's excerise of his freedom of speech rights. They analized the whole situation behind this story and realized that whatever mr. Cathy held in his personnal beliefs on same sex marriage, he didn't let his personnal beliefs affect the running of his buiness and hiring employees. Chick fil a doesn't desciminate homosexuals in hiring them as employees or servicing them as customers. This whole issue blew up when alderman Proco Joe Moreno tryed to fan this up for personnal political gain because he mistakenly taught Cathy's words translated into business practices which they didn't. There is not oe shred of proof that Chick-Fil-A desciminates against homosexuals in anyway. Mayor Rahm Emanuel came out in support of Moreno only to end up with egg on both of their faces (no pun intended) when it came out that Chick-Fil-A doesn't descriminate against homosexuals and same sex marriage partners in hiring or serving customers. Then it became a case of punishing a person because what he said and personnally belived. That is when both Emanual and Moreno started backpeddeling or at least modifing their statesment against Cathy. .Especially when a ton of political heat came out in the point that many politicans said the Moreno's intenti...

because most people came out in support of Dan Cathy's excerise of his freedom of speech rights. They analized the whole situation behind this story and realized that whatever mr. Cathy held in his personnal beliefs on same sex marriage, he didn't let his personnal beliefs affect the running of his buiness and hiring employees. Chick fil a doesn't desciminate homosexuals in hiring them as employees or servicing them as customers. This whole issue blew up when alderman Proco Joe Moreno tryed to fan this up for personnal political gain because he mistakenly taught Cathy's words translated into business practices which they didn't. There is not oe shred of proof that Chick-Fil-A desciminates against homosexuals in anyway. Mayor Rahm Emanuel came out in support of Moreno only to end up with egg on both of their faces (no pun intended) when it came out that Chick-Fil-A doesn't descriminate against homosexuals and same sex marriage partners in hiring or serving customers. Then it became a case of punishing a person because what he said and personnally belived. That is when both Emanual and Moreno started backpeddeling or at least modifing their statesment against Cathy. .Especially when a ton of political heat came out in the point that many politicans said the Moreno's intention to block a building of a new Chick-Fil-A in his ward based solely Mr Cathy's personnal beliefs on Same sex marriage was in itself descrimination by Moreno.and Emanuel and unconsitutional. including the ACLU pointed out is was Moreno who was practicing descrimination;
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http://www.foxnews.com/politi...

“The government can regulate discrimination in employment or against customers, but what the government cannot do is to punish someone for their words,” said Adam Schwartz, senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. “When an alderman refuses to allow a business to open because its owner has expressed a viewpoint the government disagrees with, the government is practicing viewpoint discrimination.”
The ACLU “strongly supports” same-sex marriage, Schwartz said, but noted that if a government can exclude a business for being against same-sex marriage, it can also exclude a business for being in support of same-sex marriage.

“But we also support the First Amendment,” he said. “We don’ think the government should exclude Chick-fil-A because of the anti-LGBT message. We believe this is clear cut.”
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And that was what most people saw, a politician trying to unconstitutionally punish a business because it's owner exercised his freedom of speech rights and expressed a belief was contrary to Mr. Moreno's views on same sex marriage. The 1st Amendment was being trampled on.

But that is nothing new when it comes to liberals with a socialist leanings. They feign to value freedom of speech and beliefs but they really don't. They'll only say it is freedom of speech and beliefs if it is their beliefs and viewpoints are the ones being expressed but the are the first ones to practice censorship and try to shut you up or , as in this case punish you if you dare to exercise your freedom of speech and dare to express your support of an idea or belief that is contrary to theirs.
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peter.g.mackie 2012/08/02 10:39:27

No.

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Anyone has a right to voice an opinion about anything and, if people lose this right, it is no longer a free country. Many people are prejudiced against other groups of people such as nudist/naturists, for example - or cannabis smokers or people with mental health problems - and nothing is being done about that. Perhaps we are paying a bit too much attention to the gay community.

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TheTruth1313 2012/08/02 07:25:32

Yes.

I guess you could benefit from all the free advertising. LOL

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freakoutnow... cuz mom's here 2012/08/02 07:03:08

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If you have a good product the boycott will have limited effect because some people will only follow through on a partial boycott (eating there less instead of never eating there). When the boycott is of an company that is open about there views (which Chick-Fil-A is very open to the extent of even being closed on Sunday), it's has the political intrest of those wishing to protect free speech, and it's getting major publicity then some records will be broken that will actually blow up in the face of the boycotters because thier boycott and the political misconduct of some mayors will give the company being boycotted the ''sympathy vote'' helping them to do really well buissiness wise.

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Patent1 2012/08/02 05:16:49

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In some states yes, in other states no.

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mamacrash 2012/08/02 05:11:53

No.

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There are quite a few 'straights' who feel the same way and will support the 'gay community' with boycotts, votes or whatever it takes. Just because you have differing points of view on any subject does not mean you should find them morally bankrupt and spew hate.

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Red Branch 2012/08/02 04:58:26

Yes.

Hopefully

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Edwin 2012/08/02 04:40:19

No.

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Seriously. It depends on what you sell, and who your primary customers are. In the case of Chik-Fil-A, the boycott actually would have hurt sales... if the politicians hadn't started making threats.

The boost in sales was not because of the threatened boycott -- it was in reaction to the threats by local governments (which were, quite honestly, illegal).

All told, Chik-Fil-A got an insane amount of free publicity from this whole debacle. And free publicity -- even bad publicity -- is good publicity.

If the liberal mayors of Boston and Chicago had kept their mouths closed, then the LGBT community could have organized a fairly successful boycott. They have good connections to a lot of key players. But once the First Amendment came into play, decent-minded Americans recognized the real foul-play here was not by Chik-Fil-A... and that was that.

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Ms. Texas 2012/08/02 04:24:51

Yes.

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Since LGBT "community" is less than 10% of the population their non-support won't make a bit of difference.

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Mel Mar... to Ms. Texas 2012/08/02 04:32:42

Yet the people that support them are a much higher percentage.

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Ms. Texas to Mel Mar... 2012/08/06 03:33:29

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A much higher percentage than what? Records were shattered and LGBT non-support didn't make a bit of difference.

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Mel Mar... to Ms. Texas 2012/08/06 03:54:52

*sighs* I wasn't even referring to your country's Chicken place whatever it is. Greasy chicken...yeh...groovy. I was referring to the percentage overall of supporters of gay equality and anti-bigotry stance.

For example.
I don't like eating lamb, squid or oysters...but I'm not going to make it illegal for others to eat it because I disagree with them. But it comes from the Bible so I SHOULD be telling them to not eat it (this is pretty much the only reason the law has an issue with Gay equality, because the Bible said so. I'd like to hear a reason that does not refer to that book for once. If you have one, please tell me.)

Basically the Chicken place gave money to organisations that condone horrible acts of violence against homosexuals. That would be reason enough for me to boycott it regardless. It's like saying "Yeh I really condone people to go kick that kid to death. Yeh he's gay so he deserves pain and suffering because of reasons." (reasons yet to be figured out by the sane people)

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raine 2012/08/02 03:41:12

Yes.

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Maybe just maybe because the regular people who can keep sex problems to themselves will be more likely to go anyplace no sex fiends are visiting.

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Mel Mar... to raine 2012/08/02 04:31:59

Please stop shoving your heterosexual lives into everyone else's face then please. I'm in a hetero lifestyle and find seeing women all over men on giant billboards for underwear ads rather disgusting.

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Starman 2012/08/02 03:30:30

No.

Maybe in parts of Jesusland, but in most of the country they are toast.

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Turings... to Starman 2012/08/02 04:24:02

California is 'Jesusland'? LOL Okay.....

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jenkiez 2012/08/02 03:28:18

Yes.

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If you sell chicken...it seems so.

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alun.palmer 2012/08/02 02:59:19

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I hope not

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Christian 2012/08/02 02:49:22

No.

I doubt it and those things usually don't keep very long.

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kobidobidog 2012/08/02 02:42:52

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The gay should back off. Let that restaurant spout off. They will say what they will say. My advice for the gay is to love them anyway regardless of what Chik-Fil-A says. That will show that the gay is better than those that are against them. Don't show any animosity towards them. To do so feeds Chik-Fil-A's negativity.

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Turings... to kobidob... 2012/08/02 04:25:14

What negativity? Got a link to a Chick fil A hate comment?

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kobidob... to Turings... 2012/08/02 07:03:18

you are saying the hate from Chick fil A is false? That is what I thought this was all about.

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kobidob... to Turings... 2012/08/02 15:29:35 (edited)

I got some sleep. I am trhinking better now. I see what is going on. The business Chik-Fil-A actually got better when the gays wanted to have a kiss in around the restaurant. Other bushiness are thinking of doing the same thing that Chick - fil - A did to improve their business. The gays way of boycotting is improvising the businesses they are said to be boycotting. The opposite outcome occurs that a person would expect from the word boycott.

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Turings... to kobidob... 2012/08/02 17:30:49

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Thing is, ChickFilA isn't in the hate business. But gay activists are. Their hate is out in the open for everyone to see. Mr Cathy merely stated that he was pro-family. That's IT. The rest was cobbled together by haters looking to make an 'example' of him. They failed miserably.

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