Chick-Fil-A.....

is sooo yummy. I'm eating one of their chicken egg and cheese bagels right now.. mmmmm. I don't care what their beliefs are.. they could believe that the purple people eater is coming tomorrow to send us all to hell. They make yummy food, no matter how ignant they may be.  

All this talk of Chick-Fil-A makes me want to eat them more!!! lol

Jack had a kid meal from there yesterday.

Idgaf whether or not they support gayness.

People are entitled to their own opinions. It's not like the Chick-Fil-A bigwigs are picketing alongside those Westboro Baptist Church people


I must snort a bit at people screaming tolerance, but refuse to tolerate an opinion different than their own.

It's a hit or miss with ours. Usually they're awesome and their chicken is always hot and whatnot. Last time the chicken was meh on the temperature side and the fries were overdone.  

We had it Wednesday, so so good.

Quoting Danielle: Jack&Basil'sMom:" Jack had a kid meal from there yesterday. Idgaf whether or not they support gayness. People are entitled ... [snip!] ... Church people I must snort a bit at people screaming tolerance, but refuse to tolerate an opinion different than their own."

Exactly.  
My view on it is, they are a business... they are good at what they do, that's all that matters.

Quoting Mc Lovin:" is sooo yummy. I'm eating one of their chicken egg and cheese bagels right now.. mmmmm. I don't care ... [snip!] ... the purple people eater is coming tomorrow to send us all to hell. They make yummy food, no matter how ignant they may be.  "

In some ways I agree with that.. On the other hand, if you are strongly opposed to their beliefs, but you keep giving them money, then you're helping them to have a bigger voice to express the beliefs that you're strongly against. (which just doesn't make any sense)..

The people (or corporations) with the most money have the biggest voice.. and I wouldn't want my money going to a cause that really got under my skin (this one does because it affects my mother and many friends .. and greatly affected me growing up as my mother's daughter)... Even if it was really tempting because the food was so tasty.. Fortunately, we don't have a Chick-Fil-A, so I don't have to make that difficult decision. lol.

I have heard a lot of people say that their beliefs don't matter because they're a fast food place, but to me, the fact that they are a business, and a successful one, is why their beliefs do matter because when it comes to political and social issues, money = voice = power.

And if they promote inequality.. I mean, what if they were saying that they don't want women or black people to vote.. Would anyone give them money to promote those causes?

The only reason it matters is because money = voice = power... so the more money they have, the more of a voice they have to promote their political views and beliefs... and if you happen to be strongly opposed to inequality, then it doesn't make sense to help them to promote inequality by giving them money.

And I can tolerate their opinion. They are more than welcome to their opinion and should be free to express it and to work towards whatever they believe.. but since I am strongly opposed to that opinion, I'm not going to help them express it.

...but that's just my opinion..  

Quoting johnna.diane:" In some ways I agree with that.. On the other hand, if you are strongly opposed to their beliefs, but ... [snip!] ... but since I am strongly opposed to that opinion, I'm not going to help them express it. ...but that's just my opinion..  "

You make a valid point. And I certainly don't agree with their beliefs at all... I rarely eat there, so I most likely won't stop going all together. I mean, they may get a total of $20 for every 6-9 months.

Quoting Danielle: Jack&Basil'sMom:" Jack had a kid meal from there yesterday. Idgaf whether or not they support gayness. People are entitled ... [snip!] ... Church people I must snort a bit at people screaming tolerance, but refuse to tolerate an opinion different than their own."

It happens all of the time. Sad, really.

mmm I want some chik fil a...I also think it's dumb that people are refusing to buy things from companies that don't support gay right or whatever. It's not like everyone that works at chik fil a is against gay rights right? I'm sure there's someone who works in any company that doesn't support gay rights and I'm sure ppl support companies that they have no idea whether or not they support gay rights....I don't know it just seems silly. I have plenty of friends that are gay, smurf, my own birth mom is a lesbian. I'm sure she doesn't care if I buy food from chik fil a LOL

Quoting *Momlette*:" mmm I want some chik fil a...I also think it's dumb that people are refusing to buy things from companies ... [snip!] ... of friends that are gay, smurf, my own birth mom is a lesbian. I'm sure she doesn't care if I buy food from chik fil a LOL"

Lol.. She might care actually.. People who are directly affected by the voice of those with much more money (aka voice) than they have tend to care a lot.

When it comes to LGBT issues, I have always been somewhere in between those whom it doesn't affect and those whom it does affect (I'm just the daughter of a lesbian). I can see both perspectives, and it technically doesn't affect me (now that I'm grown up).. but its kind of like buying clothes from a company that you know uses sweat shops with children working for pennies a day in horrid conditions.. It doesn't affect you... but you giving them money gives them the ability to keep doing what they're doing. In this case, giving them money gives them a bigger voice to promote their agenda.

And people who are directly affected by that agenda tend to care a lot. Being somewhere in between the affected and the unaffected, I am always witness to how the directly affected are affected.. and believe me, they care. Very much.

I have never met anyone from the community (and I know many many people from this community) who didn't care about something that directly affected them.

Quoting johnna.diane:" Lol.. She might care actually.. People who are directly affected by the voice of those with much more ... [snip!] ... the community (and I know many many people from this community) who didn't care about something that directly affected them."

I have several gay friends. I will take a poll and see how many of them actually care if their friends buy from chik fil a lol

My grandfather, who is gay, hates Chick Fil A...he cares a lot.

I understand gay people themselves not wanting to buy there but I honestly don't think any of my gay friends would care if I shopped there.

Quoting *Momlette*:" I have several gay friends. I will take a poll and see how many of them actually care if their friends buy from chik fil a lol"

That wouldn't be accurate. lol. Not unless they are educated on what it means to buy from Chick-Fil-A. Many people honestly believe that a business's views don't matter because they don't understand that its the businesses that have the largest voices in the country..

If it wasn't for that, I certainly wouldn't care.. my mom wouldn't care.. her would-be wife wouldn't care.. none of their friends would care.. none of my gay friends would care.. no one would care because just having an opinion doesn't make a difference..

However, if they understand that those opinions are being promoted with the money that people give them for their yummy foods.. if they understand that each dollar makes that company's voice more powerful.. that this literally can directly affect them in the future and this company can use your money to promote causes that promote inequality and discrimination against them.. then they will probably care...

They may not care what You do, specifically (you have every right to support whichever cause you like, and they may not hate you for it or judge you for it), but they are less likely to do it themselves... because a gay person supporting an anti-gay cause is just .. unintelligent..

So, if you're going to take that poll, make sure you double check to ensure that they understand the topic well enough to know exactly what question they are answering. The real question is, "would you give money to a cause that was working against your beliefs and believed in denying equal rights to you?"