Philadelphia Union to Hold Troubling Chick-Fil-A Giveaway

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I don't think he was. The fact remains that for 90% of people, they do not care about the fact that there even is an issue. They just like the chicken. I sincerely doubt that the only people dining at CFA are militant right wing Christians. I am just as certain that there are many homosexuals that actually DO eat there. It is just not that big of a deal to the average person, and I believe that was the issue Dills was trying to convey.

 

That is not a fact - you literally just made it up.

 

Yep you caught me......

 

As someone who ran a pro-LGBT educational non-profit for 10 years, and was on the steering committees and advisory boards of national and state-wide organizations with similar missions, I agree with Dills. Even people who want to be informed can't keep most of the political complexity organized in their heads, and the majority are too busy worrying about their own survival to have been informed in the first place. Is it March yet?

 

Why is it that many of the people who scream the loudest about being tolerant, are so reluctant to be tolerant of the positions of others? Tolerance is a two way street!

 

Ok, I'll bite. Which people are you talking about that are screaming for tolerance, but are anything but tolerent themselves?

 

I was not speaking about any one group in particular. Please understand that tolerance and acceptance are not the same thing. I can love you as a person and not necessarily agree with all of your beliefs or practices, that is tolerance. Acceptance is when one agrees with everything you are about. We are all different. That being said, I am sure that if we dig deep enough into anyone's person, we could all find something about just about anyone that we do not accept. However if we love them as a person, we are able to overlook that which we do not agree with. If you are a fundamentalist Christian and I am a supporter of Gay Rights, it does not mean we can not get along, and vice versa. It just requires that each of us are tolerant of one another. I have dear friends that are Christians and I have dear friends who are gay. I love them for who they are and am tolerant of all of their beliefs without accepting that which does not fit in my life. I think we all tread on very fragile ground when we start to call each other out over political and philosophical views. We are all different, it's what makes the world go around. So please refrain from implying that I ( or others on this board) are bigots. We may not share your views, but that does not mean we are intolerant.

Everyone here loves soccer. We should all be able to get along on that subject!

 

And if they work with Dills all day, you have to worry about their state of mind

 

I agree with the spirit of your post, but draw the line when someone's 'views' infringe on the rights of others. That is the critical distinction. When CFA funded multiple organizations to push an agenda that would surpress the rights of certain Americans, that pissed me off. So I appreciate your perspective and there you have mine. Also In no way did I imply that you or anyone on this board was a bigot, not sure where that came from.

 

There was some restaurant by some big lake (Lake Norman, I think) in Charlotte while driving back from Greenville, SC. They had super crispy waffle fries loaded with buffalo sauce and blue cheese crumbles. This was some gooood stuff.

 

We need to know what is Chick-Fil-A's position on the Jesus/Cheese Fries debate.

 

That would potentially legitimize our gripe with them, and certainly mobilize the otherwise divided SOB base.

 

Chick Fil A has Oreo milkshakes, Oreo is pro-gay marriage. They're falling apart in CFA.

 

I spoke to people in the marketing department about this issue over the weekend. They blamed it on the "sponsorship" department. I think that this is a classic case of salespeople selling and then getting flak for selling to the "wrong" people. The salespeople then turn around and say, "Do you want me to sell or not?"

 

no one puts a stamp of approval on these things? FYI I have never eaten at a chick-fil-a and then once the news started coming out it was easy for me to avoid it.

 

I find it extremely dubious that someone in the marketing department is going to tell some random person that throwing the salesman under the bus is the way to go here. That person in marketing should fired for playing the blame game with customers unless he/she has explicit approval to dump this on a certain department from the higher ups. I highly Sack doubt is going to allow marketing to publicly crap all over the sales department just to be PC.