I can eat at Chick Fil a again now?

[Storm]

Hey, I didn't say I'd give them my cash.

 

[Old Scratch]

Why does everyone have to support everything. As long as they don't discriminate, they can believe in whatever the heck they want. We can't tell people how to think. I thought this all about tolerance, not total acceptance.
(I am being a devil's advocate here).

Appreciate that I do!
Advocates I need.

 

[ChristineES]

Appreciate that I do!
Advocates I need.

Very funny.

Did you realize that your birthday is everyday?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I have absolutely no confidence that we won't discover a year or two from now that they're still funding anti-gay organizations, but when they're called on it, they'll say something like "but they're not 'anti-gay', they're 'pro-family'!"

Even if they really have changed their ways, I'm not keen to give them my business.

Well, that didn't take long at all:

Chick-fil-A Is Raising Money This Very Week for an Anti-Marriage Equality Group | Advocate.com

 

[Meow Mix]

Well, that didn't take long at all:

Chick-fil-A Is Raising Money This Very Week for an Anti-Marriage Equality Group | Advocate.com

LOL.

Yeah, well I'm certainly not giving Chick-Fil-A any business ever now, then, since they're demonstrating to me that they can't be trusted with my funds even if they say to my face they're not going to turn around and hit me with them.

I sort of wish donations by corporate funds had to be public; because there's something messed up about the fact that you can purchase services from a company only to find out later that company has indirectly attempted to oppress you.

I've struck Chick-Fil-A off the list of companies I'll ever purchase from. Papa Johns, too.

I'm not happy that my insurance company (Aetna) contributes to political causes not in my best interest, either; but I don't have a lot of feasible choice with them since it's all my work offers.

On the plus side, Amazon.com is known for contributing to causes I think are just. I'll support them.

 

[goatus17]

Chick fil did the right thing to stick by their beliefs.

I will most certainly eat there.

 

[Old Scratch]

Very funny.
Did you realize that your birthday is everyday?

Really? Of course!
(A long & difficult delivery it was.)

 

[Storm]

Chick fil did the right thing to stick by their beliefs.

I will most certainly eat there.

How exactly did they "stick by their beliefs?" When faced with a boycott, they backed down. They fed us some bull about how they wouldn't contribute to these things anymore, and promptly did it again.

So, they submitted, lied, and promptly broke their word. This is your idea of admirable gumption?

 

[goatus17]

afaik they stuck to their beliefs opposing SSM - or have they changed their tune now?

 

[Storm]

afaik they stuck to their beliefs opposing SSM - or have they changed their tune now?

They changed their tune when it was convenient to do so, then kept on with the same dance. Making them lying hypocrites as well as bigots.

I'd respect them a smidge more if they were honest.

 

[Alceste]

How dare they not state approval of homosexuality!
But even that wouldn't be enuf for me....they must also state that we atheists are right!
Until they think the same as I do, the boycott should continue!

Although...if I'm hungry in the neighborhood...I might make an exception.
But I will feel guilty!

Hey, if they want to vote with their dollars, two can play at that game.

I boycott everything.

 

[Father Heathen]

They're better than KFC, which is like saying Micky D's is better than Burger King.

But McDonald's isn't better than Burger King.

 

[Father Heathen]

Why does everyone have to support everything. As long as they don't discriminate, they can believe in whatever the heck they want. We can't tell people how to think. I thought this all about tolerance, not total acceptance.
(I am being a devil's advocate here).

Edit: Why don't you just eat there if you want to and not eat there if you don't want to. You don't need a group to tell you what to do, do you?

Well, as stated earlier, the problem isn't with beliefs (which don't effect others), but rather with financial support for political organizations that seek to hold sway over laws (which do effect others).

 

[Shadow Wolf]

afaik they stuck to their beliefs opposing SSM - or have they changed their tune now?

But they stated the were changing their stance, and then kept on with the same behavior. That only makes them liars, it also makes them hypocrites.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Well, as stated earlier, the problem isn't with beliefs (which don't effect others), but rather with financial support for political organizations that seek to hold sway over laws (which do effect others).

I've yet to find a belief that doesn't affect others. Our beliefs inform our actions.

 

[Meow Mix]

I've yet to find a belief that doesn't affect others. Our beliefs inform our actions.

While this is true, it seems reasonable to do business with a person who merely holds an opinion; while refraining from doing business with a person who acts on that opinion tangibly.

 

[ron4711]

I don't care about approval, myself. I count this a victory, even if it's because they didn't have the courage of their convictions. When you think about it, that's a victory too.

I wouldn't call it a defeat for them, just a strategic retreat. Personally as long as they don't preach their beliefs, I don't have to much to complain. I still disagree with their point of view. I won't go there mostly because there are none around here

They are still closed on Sundays and print bible verses on some products. But that's like complaining about a church because it has a cross on it.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

While this is true, it seems reasonable to do business with a person who merely holds an opinion; while refraining from doing business with a person who acts on that opinion tangibly.

I think "reasonable" is relative. If I can choose between a business run by people who hate and hurt the people I care about, a business run by people who merely hate them without hurting them (directly, anyhow), or a business run by people who don't hate OR hurt them, I know which one I'll choose.

It's not like we're talking about the only company in the world making some anti-cancer drug; Chick-fil-A is a fast food chain. I can't see myself ever needing to give them my business; there will always be other options.

 

[Storm]

I wouldn't call it a defeat for them, just a strategic retreat. Personally as long as they don't preach their beliefs, I don't have to much to complain. I still disagree with their point of view. I won't go there mostly because there are none around here

They are still closed on Sundays and print bible verses on some products. But that's like complaining about a church because it has a cross on it.

It's only a strategic retreat if you regroup and attack again.

That said, it turned out to be neither - just another insincere placation with no goal other than getting the boycott over with.

 

[jasonwill2]

I'm just going to say that if I decided to not shop, eat, or whatever at every place of buisness that I didn't agree with their founders on some princible, I wouldn't be able to go to much of anywhere as a Satanist. So long as they keep their beliefs to themselves I don't care. So even if Chick Fil A founder still doesn't like gays, but doesn't lobby against them, I really functionally can't care without making life very difficult...unless I want to create a double standard, which I don't.

If their beliefs (as opposed to their actions of supporting gay troops &c) don't bother you, go for it.


I mean, their nuggets are supposed to be amazing; I've never had them though as I live in the UK.

See above. Also they have the best Chicken ever... like... omg I can't describe how good it is.

Chick fil did the right thing to stick by their beliefs.

I will most certainly eat there.

Their beliefs are despicable and they didn't stick to them, and an earlier link I just saw someone post seems to suggest that they are also two-faced liars.

But they stated the were changing their stance, and then kept on with the same behavior. That only makes them liars, it also makes them hypocrites.

I don't think Jesus would be pleased;

Would Jesus Discriminate? - Jesus affirmed a gay couple