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Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 10:14 am
Boston Mayor, Tom Menino backs off threat to block Chick-fil-A from the city.....
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/gen...position=0
Controversy and outrage erupted when Chick-fil-A CEO, Dan Cathy said that he supported traditional marriage...."We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that." - Dan Cathy to the 'Baptist Press'.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel also weighed in saying that he supported an Alderman's call to ban Chick-fil-A from their city..."Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values," - Rahm Emmanuel...(The Chicago Alderman has also backed off his threat block Chick-fil-A as well).
No matter how you feel on gay marriage or any other subject, should an elected official be allowed use his position of authority in public office to assault and threaten people whose speech disagrees with their own personal and political beliefs?
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 10:19 am
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2012 at 10:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I didn't realize that putting the freeze on one's business in a specific city amounted to muting them. I didn't realize it because it doesn't. Move along, no one's persecuting anyone's right to hawk on about their beliefs, no matter how bigoted they are.
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 1:54 pm
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 2:17 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2012 at 2:19 pm by Autumnlicious.)
(July 30, 2012 at 10:14 am)A Theist Wrote: No matter how you feel on gay marriage or any other subject, should an elected official be allowed use his position of authority in public office to assault and threaten people whose speech disagrees with their own personal and political beliefs?
Except that it isn't personal.
They're publicly elected officials. You got a problem with the will of the People of Boston, take it to them!
Maybe they'll listen to you and vote him out.
Or maybe they'll vote for him more just to spite you.
But hey, if Jesus don't like it, it must be oppression.
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Oppression, hmm. Sounds familiar? It should...
If a company wants to offend a segment of population and their friends, they're free too.
But that doesn't mean said population can't offend back and ask their leaders to refuse them.
After all, it is legal to prohibit Walmart from opening stores in certain municipalities.
The wheel turns, does it not?
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Not entirely sure how a mayor telling a company they can't set up shop in their city is in any way an "assault" or a "threat".
I did think this was worth pointing out when Chick-fil-A claim to be a Biblical business.
Leviticus 11:7 - "And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you."
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Chick-fil-A Bacon Platter:
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 2:19 pm
The biblical definition of the family unit? Isn't that the one where the wife was bought with livestock, and the children live in fear of speaking their minds, lest they be stoned?
Fuck Chick-Fil-A.
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 2:22 pm
(July 30, 2012 at 10:14 am)A Theist Wrote: No matter how you feel on gay marriage or any other subject, should an elected official be allowed use his position of authority in public office to assault and threaten people whose speech disagrees with their own personal and political beliefs?
Given that he is my elected official, I say yes. I disagree with your assessment on his behavior, but I'm happy I won't see any gay-hating chicken joints going up near my home. You know how we Bostonians roll. If you don't like it, open up a gay-hating chicken joint in town and see how fast we dump your chicken in the motherfucking harbor. Rebels, ftw
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 2:45 pm
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Besides, they have Boston Chicke--er, Boston Market already.
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RE: Assault On Free Speech
July 30, 2012 at 2:57 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm by Faith No More.)
As many others have pointed out counteless times on this forum, stopping Christians from oppressing others is not oppressing their beliefs.
Edit: In fact, I am going to start my own religion that explicitly states that Christians are not allowed to voice their opinons publically, and then I am going to start a bunch of organizations to implement that. When they whine that I am oppressing them, I will invoke freedom of religion and shout from the rooftops for everyone to stop oppressing my religion.
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