I didn’t realize there would be a follow-up so soon to my earlier post, but here you go. When I first saw the headline “California Chick-Fil-A Offers Free Meals To Gay Marriage Supporters,” I presumed that a franchisee acted independently to protest the COO’s (I mistakenly referred to Dan Cathy as the CEO in the earlier post; mea culpa) pro-natural marriage stance. But the ... More

No one knows when the Chick-Fil-A drama will finally run its course, but when trying to discern what it tells us about American culture, it’s a mixed bag. You can argue, as commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan did, that the news is bad—“ If intolerance is a mark of rising faiths and movements, the news is not good,” Buchanan opined. Does the intolerance of the gay rig... More

In descending order of importance. These guys really made out well yesterday. Mooooo. 1) Freedom of conscience, expression. The reason Boston, Chicago, and possibly Philly have threatened to ban Chik-Fil-A is because the owner had the audacity to express a belief that they find unfashionable. Seems Chicago values, Boston values, and Philly values don’t include tolerance or freedom of express... More

Thomas Menino had no track record as a radical left-winger until last week. What changed? It’s been over a week now since Boston Mayor Thomas Menino decided that anyone who holds religious or cultural beliefs contrary to the left-wing political establishment can’t serve chicken sandwiches or employ people in the city he serves. The question of Menino (and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel) and his �... More

Source: Flickr For the life of me, I don’t understand why companies – or prominent figures on their leadership teams – publicly engage in financing or commenting on controversial topics that don’t relate at all to the products and services they’re selling. Before the recent furor over Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s statements supporting traditional marriage,... More