On the other side, the hard Left has really shown their backside. Living in a society that protects free speech means that you may at some point hear somebody say something you don't like. The alternative is totalitarianism, which does not respect free speech at all. Some issues have a grey area. This isn't one of them. Chick-Fil-A funds itself privately with its own profits. It earns them, and those profits belong to them to do with as they please. If the company wants to donate their money to Save-The-Whales-R-Us, then they have every right to do so. If the company wants to donate their money to anti-gay groups, they have the right to do so. It's just that simple.
Every one of us has the right to say they are in the wrong, and I believe they are in fact in the wrong. However, to deny them the ability to operate as an independent entity by government obstructing their ability to open their doors to clients is indeed an unhealthy reaction simply based on the popularity of an idea.
Respecting free speech means not obstructing ideas on the basis of our disagreement with them.
On top of all of this, the anti-Chick-Fil-A movement has created such a backlash that stores have had lines of people wrapped around the building, and now they have even more money to donate to anti-gay marriage organisations. Way to go anti-free speechers!
On top of all of this, the anti-Chick-Fil-A movement has created such a backlash that stores have had lines of people wrapped around the building, and now they have even more money to donate to anti-gay marriage organisations. Way to go anti-free speechers!
