Don't Speak Chick-fil-A...Unless Your Speech is PC

This is Dan Cathy;

He is the top man at Chick-fil-A. He has list of credentials that Sharky&Sharky think are rather remarkable and certainly prove that he is an OK fellow. Mr. Cathy also is on the Board of Morehouse College; Rev Martin Luther King went there as an undergrad. However, the Mayors of Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco are contemplating and announcing to the media that they may/will deny licenses to operate to Chick-fil-A. Of course, this is as stupid as denying a permit to the Ground Zero Mosque. In all cases the denial of rights to a specific entity leads to horrible unintended unconstitutional consequences for many entities.

What did Mr. Cathy say that has all the mayors so upset? Quoting from the Baptist Press:

Some have opposed the company's {Chick-fil-A's}support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position.
"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.
"We operate as a family business ... our restaurants are typically led by families; some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that," Cathy emphasized.
"We intend to stay the course," he said. "We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles."  

For this, the Mayors are going to deny business licenses to Chick-fil-A in their respective towns. Is this over reach? Is there such a desperation for the LGBT vote that the mayors are going to trample on others' rights to speak their conscience to buy the LGBT votes? Has the LGBT become a new protected community?

Sharky&Sharky state that if a American Muslim businessman said the something comparable, such as the following:

Some have opposed the company's support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Ali when asked about the company's position."We are very much supportive of the family -- the Quranic 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."We operate as a family business ... our restaurants are typically led by families; some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that," Ali emphasized."We intend to stay the course," he said. "We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Allah, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on Quranic principles."

there would be no notice.

The LGBT community is ripping Mr. Cathy's religious/marriage affirmations and applying economic pressure not for LGBT freedoms' sake per se, but for the privilege to monopolize and define the terms of the various marriage law debates such that all who have a view different from LGBTs' are deemed bigots or are to be destroyed. More importantly, in partnership with the overreaching mayors, we have another branch of government discomfiting our rights by threating to deny license/access to legal businesses

Mr. Cathy's statements seems to be a homologous to what the Catholic church would say. Is the Catholic Church next? The Chicago Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago, states it as follows:

CHICAGO, ILL (Catholic Chicago Blog) - Recent comments by those who administer our city seem to assume that the city government can decide for everyone what are the "values" that must be held by citizens of Chicago.  I was born and raised here, and my understanding of being a Chicagoan never included submitting my value system to the government for approval. Must those whose personal values do not conform to those of the government of the day move from the city?  Is the City Council going to set up a "Council Committee on Un-Chicagoan Activities" and call those of us who are suspect to appear before it?  I would have argued a few days ago that I believe such a move is, if I can borrow a phrase, "un-Chicagoan."

This was in response to the Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanul's comment:

Asked last week whether the chain that specializes in chicken sandwiches should be allowed to expand in Chicago, Emanuel said, “Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago values. They’re not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our family members. And if you’re gonna be part of the Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values.”  

Sharky&Sharky refute Mayor Emanuel's and Chicago commitment to values when the to date murder count in Chicago at 228 is twice the battle field deaths in Afghanistan.

Now to demonstrate that people are committed Chick-fil-A values, Mike Huckabee declared Aug 1 Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day. The company said: Well the response was overwhelming

"We are very grateful and humbled by the incredible turnout of loyal Chick-fil-A customers on August 1 at Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country. We congratulate local Chick-fil-A Owner/Operators and their team members for striving to serve each and every customer with genuine hospitality," the company said in a statement. "While we don't release exact sales numbers, we can confirm reports that it was a record-setting day."  

Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Fox News host who initially made the call for patrons to show up for "Appreciation Day," also said Thursday that the turnout went beyond "anything I could have imagined."

Going to the scene for our own Sharky&Sharky reality check we capture these free-fighting chicken lovers:

What is the take away? (1) The Chicken is pretty good (2) Apparently Americans do not like to see nice guys pushed around by government (3) LGBT folk should learn to use their attack tactics more prudently and thereby prevent backfire and message lost (4) read the Sharky&Sharky blog post on Sharriage.