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posted at 1:16 pm on August 1, 2012 by Rob Bluey
Mike Huckabee, the Family Research Council and others have declared this Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. And while Americans should head to the chicken-sandwich restaurant to show their support, they should also take the opportunity to reflect on the intolerant left.
Watching liberals react to Dan Cathys comments on marriage and family over the past two weeks revealed their real agenda: shut down and silence anyone who doesnt agree with them.
Big-city mayors from Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., vowed to use their political clout to keep Chick-fil-A out of their cities. When the companys top spokesman died unexpectedly last week, one liberal friend of mine declared on Facebook, Oh, karma, you crafty bitch.
I thought liberals were the ones preaching tolerance?
The Chick-fil-A kerfuffle helped clarify a point conservatives have been making for years.
Liberals are interested in debate only when theyre winning. And on the issue of marriage, theyre 0-for-32 in states that have put the question to voters.
That offers some explanation why mayors Tom Menino, Rahm Emanuel, Ed Lee and Vincent Gray promised to punish Cathy because of his differing view on marriage. Whats scary, though, is that individuals with this much clout think its appropriate to use that power to exact the punishment.
Never mind that Chick-fil-A takes no position on homosexual marriage, a point the company reiterated during the media firestorm. It didnt matter. Liberal journalists fanned the flames by deeming Cathys comments endorsing the biblical definition of the family unit as anti-gay.
And to make matters worse for the mayors, Chick-fil-A hires employees and serves customers without regard to their sexual orientation. So in this case, the only people discriminating are the mayors.
Sadly, this is a trend thats played out too frequently of late.
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