Chick-fil-a Ceo steps back after making comment opposing gay marriage in Atlanta

Steps back? Sounds like he's not backing down at all. Why should he care if he angers such a small segment of society that he clearly recognizes as deviant? As an American he is entitled to his opinion. Go ahead and boycott PLEASE. If you can resist.
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Ha ha loser Dan .... your just a chicken boob pedler... like a chicken pimp or some sh#t

While entitled to his ignorant and harmful opinion, others are also entitled to point out the irrational prejudice he promotes only results in needless suffering and death.

But he not only expresses an irrational prejudice, he spends millions in an attempt to use the law to harm others. His desire is to use the law to refuse to treat others the way he wants to be treated.

As a straight white male who believes in everyone's right to chose, I chose to never go there again. F-n backwards hillbilly idiot.

Not Yet Equal wrote:

While entitled to his ignorant and harmful opinion, others are also entitled to point out the irrational prejudice he promotes only results in needless suffering and death.
But he not only expresses an irrational prejudice, he spends millions in an attempt to use the law to harm others. His desire is to use the law to refuse to treat others the way he wants to be treated.

Use the law? How so?

General Robert E Lee wrote:

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Use the law? How so?

u know genius... by funding hate groups that deny equallity and promote hate and bigotry...

General Robert E Lee wrote:

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Use the law? How so?

Cathy funds efforts to deny legal equality.

Some states and the federal government do not treat the legal marriages of gay people equally under the law to the marriages of straight people. Gay people are also denied equal legal treatment in the areas of public accommodations, housing, employment, parental rights, in addition to the 1,138 federal rights of marriage denied to gay people.

Lililth_Satans_Wh_ore wrote:

<quoted text>u know genius... by funding hate groups that deny equallity and promote hate and bigotry...

No, I don't know, that's why I asked, genius. Can you name some of those groups?

Not Yet Equal wrote:

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Cathy funds efforts to deny legal equality.
Some states and the federal government do not treat the legal marriages of gay people equally under the law to the marriages of straight people. Gay people are also denied equal legal treatment in the areas of public accommodations, housing, employment, parental rights, in addition to the 1,138 federal rights of marriage denied to gay people.

What efforts?

State and federal laws as you mention, are set by the people.

The Judge wrote:

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What efforts?
State and federal laws as you mention, are set by the people.

Whether passed by the legislature or by popular vote, funding is involved in passing laws. Lobbyists as well as advertisements, signature drives, and other efforts require money. Cathy gives money to groups such as the AFA, NOM, and other organizations that work to deny legal equality.

"The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections." (US Supreme Court)

"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." - Thomas Jefferson

General Robert E Lee wrote:

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No, I don't know, that's why I asked, genius. Can you name some of those groups?

"Chick-fil-A gave $2 million to seven anti-gay groups in 2010." http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much...

"Chick-Fil-A gives nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2009" www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/chick-fil-a... ...

Much more documentation is available.

fr General Robert E Lee:

>No, I don't know, that's why I asked, genius. Can you name some of those groups?<

Sure. The "focus on the family" CULT, the "afa", the "frc" the "cwa", are the groups that this nutball contribues to.

Not Yet Equal wrote:

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"Chick-fil-A gave $2 million to seven anti-gay groups in 2010." http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much...
"Chick-Fil-A gives nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2009" www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/chick-fil-a... ...
Much more documentation is available.

It's their money,they're entitled to their opinion.If you don't like it,don't eat there.

Lonewolf wrote:

<quoted text>It's their money,they're entitled to their opinion.If you don't like it,don't eat there.

I couldn't agree more.

Lonewolf wrote:

<quoted text>It's their money,they're entitled to their opinion.If you don't like it,don't eat there.

As documented, they are not just expressing a hateful and destructive opinion, but spending money to support writing their irrational, scientifically unsupportable prejudice into law.

Using the law to force their narrow, destructive religious beliefs on the entire population goes far beyond simply expressing an opinion.

Not Yet Equal wrote:

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As documented, they are not just expressing a hateful and destructive opinion, but spending money to support writing their irrational, scientifically unsupportable prejudice into law.
Using the law to force their narrow, destructive religious beliefs on the entire population goes far beyond simply expressing an opinion.

The money you're speaking of is a trickle compared to the money supporting gay issues. From the press to the president it seems like there's a general plan to have everyone engaged to a same sex partner as fast as possible. With only 2% or so of the population admitting to being gay it's amazing how their platform eclipses that of black Americans who hover around 13%.

There are all kinds of religious perspectives out there, but do you really see them as any match for the constant stream of pro-gay language that has permeated our media for decades now? Cathy has been doing this for years, so what? Has he made any progress? Not from what I have seen.

Still, you have that urge to utterly crush him because of his opinion don't you?
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Not Yet Equal wrote:

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As documented, they are not just expressing a hateful and destructive opinion, but spending money to support writing their irrational, scientifically unsupportable prejudice into law.
Using the law to force their narrow, destructive religious beliefs on the entire population goes far beyond simply expressing an opinion.

It is the minority special interest groups, whatever they may be, using the law to force their narrow, and destructive beliefs on the entire population.

General Robert E Lee wrote:

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It is the minority special interest groups, whatever they may be, using the law to force their narrow, and destructive beliefs on the entire population.

Backwards hillbilly. What are you so afraid of? Ignorant southern man.

icouldusesomehel p wrote:

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Backwards hillbilly. What are you so afraid of? Ignorant southern man.

Is he (General Robert E Lee) correct regarding his last comment?

Grob Hahn wrote:

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The money you're speaking of is a trickle compared to the money supporting gay issues. From the press to the president it seems like there's a general plan to have everyone engaged to a same sex partner as fast as possible. With only 2% or so of the population admitting to being gay it's amazing how their platform eclipses that of black Americans who hover around 13%.
There are all kinds of religious perspectives out there, but do you really see them as any match for the constant stream of pro-gay language that has permeated our media for decades now? Cathy has been doing this for years, so what? Has he made any progress? Not from what I have seen.
Still, you have that urge to utterly crush him because of his opinion don't you?
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I am not proposing any laws that would deny to him the legal rights I enjoy.
He is trying to use the law to deny to all gay people the legal rights he enjoys.

You have no evidence we are trying to "crush" him.

There is plenty of evidence including his own admission, he is trying to use the law to refuse to treat us the way he wants to be treated. We are merely trying to get him to stop using his millions to harm us through denial of equal treatment under the law as required by the constitution.