Rave This if you pledge to boycott Chick-fil-A.

You don't need to be rude or insult me, or tell me to stay out. That's ignorant of you. I don't need a lesson on what it means to be American because frankly, what it means to be American has no effect on my life. Because I'm not. With the way morons like you treat foreigners on the internet, it's no wonder I want to stay out of the States.

This issue is really not about suppressing free speech. Ninety percent of people who are boycotting Chick-fil-a are doing so not because they want Chick-fil-a to change their opinion or because they think Chick-fil-a should not be allowed to say things like that, but simply because they don't want to spend their well-earned money at a place that hold beliefs they see as discriminatory. The "traditional marriage" crowd does all the time in response to companies supporting gay marriage, too-- and nobody screams "free speech" when they do it.

Chick-fil-a may be free to say whatever they want, but everyone else is just as free to judge them or make decisions on their next meal based on those choices. Free speech does not mean freedom from the consequences of your speech. If you were spouting hatred to a person and they walked away from you because of it, would you chase after them screaming, "You can't walk away from me because I'm free to say it!"? You may be free to say it, but everyone else is free to not stick around because they don't want to hear it.

I don't agree with anyone who may be outright protesting Chick-fil-a's beliefs or trying to keep the company out of their town and I never said so, but the boycotters have the right idea-- you don't want to hear it, then walk away. Let them say whatever they want, just don't support them. That's completely reasonable and far from suppressing their free speech.