South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham was in New York City yesterday. Was he there to catch a Broadway show? Hit the bars?
No. He was there to fight for Chick-fil-A.
New York is considering legislation that would force some Chick-fil-A to open on Sundays. The law would apply only to restaurants located in rest arears on the state’s highway system.
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Chick-fil-A has long faced criticism for its past donations to anti-LGBTQ Christian groups and politicians. The brand has endured boycotts and lost lucrative contracts over its stance. Its restaurants famously remain closed on Sundays.
Graham expressed disgust that a good Christian-oriented business might have to open on Sundays.
Standing outside a Chick-fil-A in Manhattan (nowhere near a highway rest stop), Graham posted a video to X, saying, “As I speak, the state of New York is trying to pass a law requiring Chick-fil-A to stay open on Sunday at state rest stops.
“This violates the Constitution, this violates the religious liberty of all of us and the company called Chick-fil-A, who tries to honor the Sabbath,” he continued. “Lend your voice to this cause, stand up for Chick-fil-A, we need to have their backs.”
ICYMI: New York is trying to force @ChickfilA to remain open on Sunday at state rest areas.
This is a blatant violation of this company’s constitutional rights, and we’re not going to let that happen without a fight.
This is not the first time Graham, a big fried-chicken fan, has spoken out in support of Chick-fil-A. In 2021, New York embarked on a $450 million plan to upgrade 27 rest stops across its highway network.
This led to one Democrat lawmaker, Harry Bronson, launching a petition. He wanted the state to reconsider awarding contracts to Chick-fil-A because of its previous anti-LGBTQ+ stance.
That petition failed. Once the renovation and rebuilding work on the 27 sites is complete, Chick-fil-A will operate ten of the locations.
Also in 2021, some students and faculty members at the Catholic Notre Dame University in Indiana launched a campaign to stop a Chick-fil-A outlet from arriving on campus.
Graham expressed anger at both actions. He promised to “go to war” for Chick-fil-A.
I want everyone in South Carolina and across America to know I have Chick-fil-A’s back.
I hope we don’t have to, but I will go to war for the principles Chick fil-A stands for.
Many were unimpressed by Graham’s latest attempt to get down in the trenches for Chick-fil-A. After all, rest-stop restaurants are there to provide refreshments for tired motorists. There is a logic to such establishments remaining open seven days a week.
It is not a "blatant violation of the company's rights", it is a condition on getting a premium spot in a rest area which is there to specifically serve motorists.
Don't want to be open on Sundays? Don't have a restaurant in a rest area. Simple enough.
You were LITERALLY just community noted for your rhetoric Senator, and now, you are doubling down on it?@Lindsey Graham, I can’t wait until 2026 when We vote you OUT of office.
— Thomas D Murphy For US Senate , SC (@tommurphy8485) December 27, 2023
It’s worth noting the legislation New York is mulling, introduced by New York Assembly Member Tony Simone (D) earlier this month, would not apply to existing restaurants. Therefore, Chick-fil-A’s currently in place would likely not be impacted.
Posting one video was not enough for Graham. He later posted photos of himself inside a Manhattan Chick-fil-A, praising the staff.
Just had lunch at the first @ChickfilA in Manhattan. Great food. Great staff. Oscar and Ray, the Managers, were terrific. They appreciate all of us standing up for Chick-fil-A’s values and rights in the state of New York. pic.twitter.com/u0jCON5B0s
Graham’s Chick-fil-A crusade was not the only thing he did to prompt mockery online yesterday. He also dropped in on Fox News. Not only did he again speak out in support of the chicken restaurant, he went on to point out that “Conservatives are tolerant, we are kind of get out of your business, you leave me alone, I’ll leave you alone.”
Many rolled their eyes hard at the idea that conservatives are “tolerant” or mind their own business when it comes to others.
This man called for a 15-week national abortion ban.
We stay out of your business unless you're gay, trans, want to teach your children actual history, need an abortion, or are a different religion than pseudo-Christian nationalist.
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Religious liberty is about freedom to practice one’s religion not chicken stands operating hours.
They could have people willing to work on Sunday keep the chicken frying and let the others have the day off.
And god for bid if you happen to be wearing the star of David around your neck…not that I would ever do that. And gurls you can forget about your nailpolish or your dreadloks..and boys, please leave your rainbows at home. ”My Pleasure”!
Battery chickens begin surgery the moment they are hatched. It’s horrific. And if the sex is wrong it’s off to the dog food processing plant. What good are you if you can’t lay an egg bitch.
Give the spaces over to locally owned and operated NYS vendors. That is if you REALLY want farm-to-table healthy meals and good coffee to speed you on down the highway (withour feeling like you just ate tons of fast fatty food that will put you to sleep).
Pushy evangelicals and the republicans standing up for our FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES! They get rather miffed when they are disinvited to The Empire State. Just ask ivanka and the rest of her destructive ”family”.
In order to fulfill the NYS contract the business must be open for patrons 7 days a week. They should not have bid for space at NYS rest areas if they are unable to fulfill the contract. They are able to hire staff who do not care about working on Sunday. The Sabbath is on Saturday for some, Sunday for others, no mystery there. They want to cry victim to get the Fox news lemmings all riled up. Ignorance and anger is all they can handle.
Aunt Pittypat Lindsay doth declare more nonsense to get on the MAGAs’ and Don the Con’s side, but she needs to realize they don’t want her bootlicking any more! She’s worried about homophobic Chik-fil-A while this country has any number of challenges she and her Senate GOP colleagues refuse to do d@mn thing about, and this was the case even when they had complete control under Don the Con and Barack Obama!
If misgendering is wrong for others, what makes it right for you? As I’ve heard said elsewhere, “It’s worse than murder!!!” You make good points but obfuscate them with hypocrisy.
Speaking of not doing a “d@mn thing”, you are aware that Democratic President Obama had veto-proof Senate and the House; yet, chose the 1993 Republican alternative to single-payer (twice as expensive per capita) and chose to NOT codify the right to abortion.
We also watched President Biden carve-up “Build, Back, Better” removing all of the progressive priorities of a social safety net including: child care, elder care, expanded public education, etc…. Then Biden approved the Willow Project which negates the green agenda with MORE carbon pollution!
We need better politicians; these “Democrats” seem more like 1999 Republicans. At this rate in ten years, the DNC will look like tRump. Imagine how extremist the Republicans will have to become to look different from their twin, the DNC.
oh Ron bo one more. dumbass saying the dems are soooo bad. F that S because no one ever said they were and most in office are only there because they are moderate dems NOT progressives. Im progressive and I will fight to make the party more progressive but. right now the REPUBLICAN party is out to destroy this country and take it over and never have another fair election ever again so I dont give a rats a about what the dems are doing wrong as the weak minded wont understand and may vote for the trump deplorables. Time to circle the wagons or else.
I ate at a chik fil a ONE time back before I knew. they were so homophobic and I vowed never to eat there again and I have not. It is jsut a damned sandwich which you can find elsewhere the same with Hobby Lobby. I was in a Starbucks when I had a bout of colitis and asked if I could use the restroom at the Starbucks during covid and they said no but that I could run across the lot to the HOBBY LOBBY. I told them Id shit myself before ever going into a hobby lobby . I reached him in time but then thought I should have gone into Hobby Lobby and just let it rip like Maya Rudolph in Bridesmaids. They are coming for us gays so be smart enough to not help them in any way.
They were? What did they do? Say a silent prayer for you? Come to your table and ask if you wanted your beverage refilled without you asking? Give you a Bible verse with your sandwich? Egads!
Please tell us. As the perpetual victim that you are, please let us know of all the horrific, evil Christian details that the “homophobic” Chick-fil-A subjected you to. Please enlighten us.
Ronbo, I’m glad you chimed in, as you often do, though you tried take the convo sideways and upside down. I’m not sure who said misgendering was “worse than murder,” but keep that with your buddies. I regularly refer to closet queen Lindsay Graham by female pronouns and will continue to do so. The hypocrisy is your projection.
Second, I’m talking about a sitting GQP who, with all the crises swirling around, is running to New York City to support a homophobic corporation. Since you are frequently criticizing capitalism, I’m surprised you missed the point. I will not litigate Obama’s and the Democratic Senate’s choice of the Romney-esque Affordable Care Act approach except to say that as you might remember, that “veto-proof” Senate included a number of Democrats (Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, etc.) who gummed up the works to water down the plan (and were NEVER going to support single payer health care, which the US should have), underscoring that yet again, you are simplifying the reality of what happened. Also, as you must know, they were also not going to codify the right to abortion either. BIDEN and the single-vote (Harris) Senate should have done so, however, since this Democratic caucus was more liberal than the one under Obama; perhaps in future years, with enough pressure, if we have a Democratic President and Congress (both houses), this will be at the top of their agenda.
Additionally, President Biden “carved up” “Build Back Better” (there were no commons in the name) to a large degree because of resistance by Democratic interests in both the House and Senate. All of the elements you mention–extending the child care credit, elder care, expanding public education and making community colleges free, raising taxes, etc.–met with strong resistance. FROM DEMOCRATS. In the Senate, you will recall, two key Democrats, Kyrsten Sinema (now an Independent on her way out) and Joe Manchin (also on his way out) were primary obstructionists. No Republicans would vote for the bill. So 50+1 required EVERY vote, including Sinema and Manchin, who essentially got everything he wanted in the gutted bill. If you cannot recall this it’s easily searchable online from reputable sources. The US House interest blocs were shifting and different.
As for the Willow Project, I find it disgusting that Biden did not bite the bullet and deal with the fines, etc. It’s a huge blow for the environment and the battle against climate change. On the other hand, as you know, the record-setting drilling has driven oil and gas prices down, benefiting US consumers, particularly people in car-heavy regions, so there is another way of looking at that tradeoff. Now, you always call for civility so if you are going to ask for it from others, try to offer some yourself.
Democratic voters are GREAT. The problem is that corporate money elects very CONSERVATIVE Democratic politicians.
Just because I use factz at their face value, doesn’t mean I’m a Repuiblican. Who doesn’t remember that it was Democratic President Bill Clinton who passed anti-gay laws? (DADT, DOMA) Barry and Kangol seem to think that being pressured to pass and pass anti-gay laws is OK for Democrats. Not me, I actually expect more from my party – not less.
I’m tired of people saying “They were forced to do it”. No, Democratic failures could have simply NOT SIGNED those bigoted bills!
When I expect more from our Democratic politicians, that includes using the power within the Executive branch and their DNC to push politicians into the right direction. It’s called a “bully pulpit} for a reason. The justification of quitting before trying, pushing and insisting is accepting weakness. Biden could have expanded the Supreme Court to provide balance – he didn’t even TRY!
Then the quitters insist that the enormous pollution from big oil and the Willow project is justified – by profits. Profits that WE don’t share; it goes only into the pockets of the wealthy.
It look as if Kangol and company are the Republican and conservative who are stopping the change that we desperately need. ‘Owwwhhhh, we might have to twist an arm or do something difficult or limit billionaire profits’.
Be Democrats with a spine. Otherwise, you are just Democratic-lite helping Republicans.
PS Professor Kangol, The USA was the largest producer in the world of oil in 2021 – yet that is the year we had the highest gas prices ever! Try facts instead of repeating propaganda that make you comfortable in your Republican-like cocoon. The vast majority of oil pumped in the USA is sold on the open market. Have you seen a Democratic politician who even suggested that oil from America should be only sold in America? Oil sells for more $$$ in foreign countries.
I watched candidate Obama campaign in person in Chicago saying that he would bring about single-payer insurance. Promises made need to be promises kept. Should I blame it on the Republicans that , as President, Obama didn’t even allow the Public Option? We could afford multiple wars.
Regarding “murder”. It’s apparent that you have no close trans friends and have not attended trans support groups.
The justification calling it “murder” comes from their life post transition. Ron is today Rhonda and I’ve learned that intentionally calling her Ron, causes trauma – it erases/kills the person she is TODAY. Anti-trans individuals, like yourself, may not understand it. However, kindness, compassion and understanding are the future. I suggest you try to understand others before projecting hate, misinformation and division.
Lindsey! Ask Miss Nikki Haley to join you down at your local Chix. She’s feeling down and burdened by ‘the slavery issue” and she could sure use a big heapin’ helpin’ of collards and spicy chitlins.
Why doesn’t Miss Lindsey do what elected officials are supposed to do, represent the people in their state/district. How does a restaurant franchise in New York have anything to do with the wants and needs of his constituents in South Carolina? This is true of all the so-called christian conservative Republican members of Congress. They screech about every “dangerous” talking point they can manufacture while ignoring the very real problems in their own backyards.
She looks like a fish out of water in the Big Apple. Recall the MTG fiasco? The little tricks and stunts to show they care never amount to anything. Except for a laugh or two.
New York law makers want to pass New York Assembly Bill A08336 that would not force current Chick-fil-A rest stop locations to open on Sundays. The bill only applies to future restaurant contracts. Chick-fil-A will operate in 10 of the 27 service areas.
Considering Chick-fil-A secured the highest customer service ranking in fast food for the ninth consecutive year in a row, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, New Yorkers will have nothing to worry about getting their delicious chicken fix for years to come.
All the issues this closet case could be fighting for and he chooses keeping Chick-Fil-A open on Sundays! I’ve never been to a Chick-fil-A, will never step inside a Chick-Fil-A, and hopefully after his video will convince more people will do the same.
This nelly little bitch’s cause célèbre is to annoy the elite in NY at every turn. Someone should force him to drive the big rigs upstate on a Sunday while hungry.
Jeesh! What crazy-ass James Bond-villain’s secret island, mad-scientist’s laboratory were Lindy and George Santos created? Hypocrites like them are far deadlier than SPECTRE, SMERSH, KAOS, communism, high cholesterol or nuclear fall-out. This nation, and her democracy has survived revolution, civil war, great Depression, two world wars, Covid19, only to die, slowly: impaled on the sharp, trunk of the GOP elephant!
He still parks and cruises on the Potomac…at all the familiar places. LBJ park, for example. He always gets rejected there. Then she walks up to the Iwo Jima Memorial after midnight, mind you. He loves the Cadets.
PLEASE people!!!: Let’s not denigrade members of the genuine, and honorable, 4-legged, porcine community with references to Lindy’s hog and pig-like constitutes. AMEN
“Conservatives are tolerant, we are kind of get out of your business, you leave me alone, I’ll leave you alone.”
ANYONE with half a brain should know that this is nothing but BS. If it were true, then they would stay out of the lives of gays, lesbians and trans people, but that isn’t what happens.
First, I doubt very much that blue laws once gone will be revived anywhere.
Seems to me that this issue should have been resolved before Chik-fil-A got some claim to the space. Didn’t it state in the initial contracts that the restaurants/food stands had to operate 7 days per week? (No doubt it did). Anyway, if so, Chik-fil-A should have challenged the contracts before signing them, not after. If they signed the contracts knowing they wouldn’t comply with the 7 days/week part they acted in bad faith…..
As others have noted, the concept of Shabbos goy and its analogies has been around for a long time as a way of addressing this situation.
Joseph Kennedy, the President’s self-made, very crooked, very rich dad (the equivalent of a modern day billionaire) was a Shabbos Goy, in late 19th Century Boston. I think Warner Bros. tough guy/dancer Jimmy Cagney was, too?
Sponsored by Assemblymember Tony Simone, who represents the 75th District, the legislation would require future food service establishments at transportation facilities and rest areas owned by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to remain open seven days a week.
“While there is nothing objectionable about a fast food restaurant closing on a particular day of the week, service areas dedicated to travelers is an inappropriate location for such a restaurant,” the bill reads. “Allowing for retail space to go unused one seventh of the week or more is a disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers who rely on these service areas.”
“I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,’ I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about,” Cathy said in a 2012 radio interview.
“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 want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that,” Cathy said.
The president of one of the largest fast-food chains in America explained that he takes pride in being able to live out his Christian faith through his restaurants, but that we as a nation are challenging God’s principals when it comes to the same sex-marriage debate.
-Dan Cathy, the president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A
“I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian — for me — for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix.” – Barack Obama August 2008
And Obama doesn’t even sell delicious chicken sandwiches.
Obama changed his mind Baron. Just how stupid are you?
Come on now, you know the Baron is very, VERY stupid. You have looked at his comments. He is stupid, self absorbed, anti gay and anti-democracy. If the supreme court ever overturns marriage equality, that will be the happiest day of his pitiful life.
Ones first reactions are generally their true feelings. Good people don’t demean us, deny us, then change AFTER they check with their fundraising. Remember who pushed, passed and signed anti-LGBTQ DADT and DOMA. He chose to push those issues denying us equality. No one forced Clinton’s hand to sign those bigoted bills.
The fallacy that it’s a magic “D” that cures all bigotry is nutty. Trust what politicians have been telling us for decades. A good Democrat doesn’t have to be forced to support equality with compassion, acceptance and understanding.
Just because people acknowledge actual bigotry of “D” politicians, doesn’t mean that they are Republican. Look to your left knowing that we are here. Truth matters more than political propaganda.
Ronbo. You have no idea what Obama’s true feelings are. We know that Biden supported us. He was vocal in support before Obama, or Hillary Clinton who both support us now..
We do know that Lindsay Graham does not support us and none of the current Republican Presidential candidates do. Trump may not care about gay marriage but just as he did with abortion he won’t stand up to the Republican Party.
dbmcvey, I do recall candidate Obama saying ““I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.” Nov. 2, 2008, while campaigning.
Perhaps you should study more and pontificate less. He is also quoted as justifying his anti-gay position saying “God is in the mix”.
I don’t think an imaginary character is more important than real people. Do you?
Regardless of Graham’s sexuality (likely: effeminate heterosexual), attacking someone’s gender HURTS our people. Misgendering as an attack shows what… that these haters think gender is a problem!
Demeaning people because of their gender is sickening. It’s what tRump does.
Please don’t throw the baby (common sense) out with the bathwater (hatred and extremism). Trans individuals should NOT be demeaned. That is what some people are doing. Are you listening…dbmcvey, abfab, Fahd, etc….
dbmcvey,
Read my words and please note that it is your clique that is misgendering people – even though they know it causes trans people pain. Stop it. Read their hateful comments above. At least try to understand how it hurts trans people… attend a support group before thinking you know it all.
1. Chick Fil A obviously has some good lawyers. In TN, and I suspect many other states, the interstate “blue signs” are only supposed to be leased to businesses open 7 days a week and open a minimum of 12 hrs per day, yet Chick Fil A has their name on them with a caption “closed on Sundays” at the bottom. I personally have no problem with that, but one has to wonder if a Mom & Pop restaurant could get away with it.
2. Honestly, I think NY and everyone else should put their hate away on this issue. Sundays are not heavily crowded travel days typically and with most rest areas having multiple food offerings, having Chick Fil A closed on Sunday probably helps make the other stores more profitable and helps keep them in the game. It would be interesting to know how Chick Fil A is allowed to skirt the 7 days a week rule. I seriously doubt they just ignore the contract and sign it. Even if they do, the State officials who have to review and accept it should very well be aware of CFA’s Sunday policy and not issue the contract. Obviously there are some behind the scenes negotiations and I’d suspect UnGodly threats of lawsuits that allow CFA to prevail.
3. Chick Fil A is a private owned business and it’s up to them to choose their business model. They have a great product, IMHO, and I’ll continue to do business with them until that changes. If we all avoided doing business with everyone who didn’t have our back we’d have very few places to shop. If we all refuse to do business with food outlets that only trade in environmentally safe and health promoting products, again, we’d have nowhere to shop. It’s admirable to take a stand, but it’s foolish to blow your own foot off doing it.
“New York is considering legislation that would force some Chick-fil-A to open on Sundays. ”
No. The legislation says when the contract is re-bid (25 years from now), the bidders have to agree to be open 7 days a week.
Frankly, I think too many employers make workers work on Sundays and would like to see some pull back. But a fast food restaurant at a highway plaza is like a hospital, gas station or other business that needs to open on Sundays (unlike a manufacturing plant, Amazon delivery or and office building).
Please comment more often. Your common sense is not that common among the extremists who post here.
dbmcvey is a prime example of a good person who cherry picks and hates those who point it out. At least another extremist like decrans doesn’t attack us for trying to present the whole truth (or at least the logical elements that contribute to the truth).
Please post more often as you did here. More information makes for better judgment.
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Mister P
Religious liberty is about freedom to practice one’s religion not chicken stands operating hours.
They could have people willing to work on Sunday keep the chicken frying and let the others have the day off.
abfab
And god for bid if you happen to be wearing the star of David around your neck…not that I would ever do that. And gurls you can forget about your nailpolish or your dreadloks..and boys, please leave your rainbows at home. ”My Pleasure”!
Bon Appétit.
Mister P
According to a new study, fewer than one percent of transgender people regret getting gender affirming surgery.
abfab
Battery chickens begin surgery the moment they are hatched. It’s horrific. And if the sex is wrong it’s off to the dog food processing plant. What good are you if you can’t lay an egg bitch.
Love, Debbie Downer.
ZzBomb
The answer here is simple. NY should just deny chick-fill-a any building or operating permits at rest stops and revoke any current or pending ones.
abfab
Give the spaces over to locally owned and operated NYS vendors. That is if you REALLY want farm-to-table healthy meals and good coffee to speed you on down the highway (withour feeling like you just ate tons of fast fatty food that will put you to sleep).
Herman75
Lindseybelle’s ears prick up whenever he hears mention of chicken.
But the poor ol’ girl will do whatever he can to raise funds now that MAGA and so many have turned away from him.
abfab
Her hotel is across from the Port Authority….it’s like one big chicken coop.
Mack
If Shit-fil-A doesn’t like it then they’re welcomed to leave the state. Nothing forcing them to be there.
abfab
Pushy evangelicals and the republicans standing up for our FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES! They get rather miffed when they are disinvited to The Empire State. Just ask ivanka and the rest of her destructive ”family”.
Fname Optional Lname
In order to fulfill the NYS contract the business must be open for patrons 7 days a week. They should not have bid for space at NYS rest areas if they are unable to fulfill the contract. They are able to hire staff who do not care about working on Sunday. The Sabbath is on Saturday for some, Sunday for others, no mystery there. They want to cry victim to get the Fox news lemmings all riled up. Ignorance and anger is all they can handle.
Kangol2
Aunt Pittypat Lindsay doth declare more nonsense to get on the MAGAs’ and Don the Con’s side, but she needs to realize they don’t want her bootlicking any more! She’s worried about homophobic Chik-fil-A while this country has any number of challenges she and her Senate GOP colleagues refuse to do d@mn thing about, and this was the case even when they had complete control under Don the Con and Barack Obama!
abfab
Talk about someone who looks so out of place? It’s this troll on a NYC street. Not even Barney’s could dress this shlep.
Ronbo
If misgendering is wrong for others, what makes it right for you? As I’ve heard said elsewhere, “It’s worse than murder!!!” You make good points but obfuscate them with hypocrisy.
Speaking of not doing a “d@mn thing”, you are aware that Democratic President Obama had veto-proof Senate and the House; yet, chose the 1993 Republican alternative to single-payer (twice as expensive per capita) and chose to NOT codify the right to abortion.
We also watched President Biden carve-up “Build, Back, Better” removing all of the progressive priorities of a social safety net including: child care, elder care, expanded public education, etc…. Then Biden approved the Willow Project which negates the green agenda with MORE carbon pollution!
We need better politicians; these “Democrats” seem more like 1999 Republicans. At this rate in ten years, the DNC will look like tRump. Imagine how extremist the Republicans will have to become to look different from their twin, the DNC.
barryaksarben
oh Ron bo one more. dumbass saying the dems are soooo bad. F that S because no one ever said they were and most in office are only there because they are moderate dems NOT progressives. Im progressive and I will fight to make the party more progressive but. right now the REPUBLICAN party is out to destroy this country and take it over and never have another fair election ever again so I dont give a rats a about what the dems are doing wrong as the weak minded wont understand and may vote for the trump deplorables. Time to circle the wagons or else.
barryaksarben
I ate at a chik fil a ONE time back before I knew. they were so homophobic and I vowed never to eat there again and I have not. It is jsut a damned sandwich which you can find elsewhere the same with Hobby Lobby. I was in a Starbucks when I had a bout of colitis and asked if I could use the restroom at the Starbucks during covid and they said no but that I could run across the lot to the HOBBY LOBBY. I told them Id shit myself before ever going into a hobby lobby . I reached him in time but then thought I should have gone into Hobby Lobby and just let it rip like Maya Rudolph in Bridesmaids. They are coming for us gays so be smart enough to not help them in any way.
Baron Wiseman
@barryaksarben
“They were so homophobic….”
They were? What did they do? Say a silent prayer for you? Come to your table and ask if you wanted your beverage refilled without you asking? Give you a Bible verse with your sandwich? Egads!
Please tell us. As the perpetual victim that you are, please let us know of all the horrific, evil Christian details that the “homophobic” Chick-fil-A subjected you to. Please enlighten us.
Kangol2
Ronbo, I’m glad you chimed in, as you often do, though you tried take the convo sideways and upside down. I’m not sure who said misgendering was “worse than murder,” but keep that with your buddies. I regularly refer to closet queen Lindsay Graham by female pronouns and will continue to do so. The hypocrisy is your projection.
Second, I’m talking about a sitting GQP who, with all the crises swirling around, is running to New York City to support a homophobic corporation. Since you are frequently criticizing capitalism, I’m surprised you missed the point. I will not litigate Obama’s and the Democratic Senate’s choice of the Romney-esque Affordable Care Act approach except to say that as you might remember, that “veto-proof” Senate included a number of Democrats (Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, etc.) who gummed up the works to water down the plan (and were NEVER going to support single payer health care, which the US should have), underscoring that yet again, you are simplifying the reality of what happened. Also, as you must know, they were also not going to codify the right to abortion either. BIDEN and the single-vote (Harris) Senate should have done so, however, since this Democratic caucus was more liberal than the one under Obama; perhaps in future years, with enough pressure, if we have a Democratic President and Congress (both houses), this will be at the top of their agenda.
Additionally, President Biden “carved up” “Build Back Better” (there were no commons in the name) to a large degree because of resistance by Democratic interests in both the House and Senate. All of the elements you mention–extending the child care credit, elder care, expanding public education and making community colleges free, raising taxes, etc.–met with strong resistance. FROM DEMOCRATS. In the Senate, you will recall, two key Democrats, Kyrsten Sinema (now an Independent on her way out) and Joe Manchin (also on his way out) were primary obstructionists. No Republicans would vote for the bill. So 50+1 required EVERY vote, including Sinema and Manchin, who essentially got everything he wanted in the gutted bill. If you cannot recall this it’s easily searchable online from reputable sources. The US House interest blocs were shifting and different.
As for the Willow Project, I find it disgusting that Biden did not bite the bullet and deal with the fines, etc. It’s a huge blow for the environment and the battle against climate change. On the other hand, as you know, the record-setting drilling has driven oil and gas prices down, benefiting US consumers, particularly people in car-heavy regions, so there is another way of looking at that tradeoff. Now, you always call for civility so if you are going to ask for it from others, try to offer some yourself.
randeman
There you go again…using logic and rational thought on the hillbilly right…
Ronbo
Democratic voters are GREAT. The problem is that corporate money elects very CONSERVATIVE Democratic politicians.
Just because I use factz at their face value, doesn’t mean I’m a Repuiblican. Who doesn’t remember that it was Democratic President Bill Clinton who passed anti-gay laws? (DADT, DOMA) Barry and Kangol seem to think that being pressured to pass and pass anti-gay laws is OK for Democrats. Not me, I actually expect more from my party – not less.
I’m tired of people saying “They were forced to do it”. No, Democratic failures could have simply NOT SIGNED those bigoted bills!
When I expect more from our Democratic politicians, that includes using the power within the Executive branch and their DNC to push politicians into the right direction. It’s called a “bully pulpit} for a reason. The justification of quitting before trying, pushing and insisting is accepting weakness. Biden could have expanded the Supreme Court to provide balance – he didn’t even TRY!
Then the quitters insist that the enormous pollution from big oil and the Willow project is justified – by profits. Profits that WE don’t share; it goes only into the pockets of the wealthy.
It look as if Kangol and company are the Republican and conservative who are stopping the change that we desperately need. ‘Owwwhhhh, we might have to twist an arm or do something difficult or limit billionaire profits’.
Be Democrats with a spine. Otherwise, you are just Democratic-lite helping Republicans.
Ronbo
PS Professor Kangol, The USA was the largest producer in the world of oil in 2021 – yet that is the year we had the highest gas prices ever! Try facts instead of repeating propaganda that make you comfortable in your Republican-like cocoon. The vast majority of oil pumped in the USA is sold on the open market. Have you seen a Democratic politician who even suggested that oil from America should be only sold in America? Oil sells for more $$$ in foreign countries.
I watched candidate Obama campaign in person in Chicago saying that he would bring about single-payer insurance. Promises made need to be promises kept. Should I blame it on the Republicans that , as President, Obama didn’t even allow the Public Option? We could afford multiple wars.
Ronbo
PS, PS Professor Kangol,
Regarding “murder”. It’s apparent that you have no close trans friends and have not attended trans support groups.
The justification calling it “murder” comes from their life post transition. Ron is today Rhonda and I’ve learned that intentionally calling her Ron, causes trauma – it erases/kills the person she is TODAY. Anti-trans individuals, like yourself, may not understand it. However, kindness, compassion and understanding are the future. I suggest you try to understand others before projecting hate, misinformation and division.
abfab
Lindsey! Ask Miss Nikki Haley to join you down at your local Chix. She’s feeling down and burdened by ‘the slavery issue” and she could sure use a big heapin’ helpin’ of collards and spicy chitlins.
Mmmm mmmm GOOD MAGA food!
abfab
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SoloMcDaniel
Didn’t Mulberry & Vine close all their locations over a year ago?
abfab
I’m not following that closely. It’s hard to stay in bizz when the chains gobble up the landscape.
jp47
Why doesn’t Miss Lindsey do what elected officials are supposed to do, represent the people in their state/district. How does a restaurant franchise in New York have anything to do with the wants and needs of his constituents in South Carolina? This is true of all the so-called christian conservative Republican members of Congress. They screech about every “dangerous” talking point they can manufacture while ignoring the very real problems in their own backyards.
abfab
She looks like a fish out of water in the Big Apple. Recall the MTG fiasco? The little tricks and stunts to show they care never amount to anything. Except for a laugh or two.
Baron Wiseman
The United States Constitution be damned!
Many would love that. Not to worry.
New York law makers want to pass New York Assembly Bill A08336 that would not force current Chick-fil-A rest stop locations to open on Sundays. The bill only applies to future restaurant contracts. Chick-fil-A will operate in 10 of the 27 service areas.
Considering Chick-fil-A secured the highest customer service ranking in fast food for the ninth consecutive year in a row, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, New Yorkers will have nothing to worry about getting their delicious chicken fix for years to come.
dman
All the issues this closet case could be fighting for and he chooses keeping Chick-Fil-A open on Sundays! I’ve never been to a Chick-fil-A, will never step inside a Chick-Fil-A, and hopefully after his video will convince more people will do the same.
abfab
This nelly little bitch’s cause célèbre is to annoy the elite in NY at every turn. Someone should force him to drive the big rigs upstate on a Sunday while hungry.
randeman
Yes, but that wouldn’t get his low-life, redneck supporters riled up.
abfab
Instead of a just a bucket of chicken they can order the Basket of Deplorable Drumstix.
Mr.Gavin Elster
Jeesh! What crazy-ass James Bond-villain’s secret island, mad-scientist’s laboratory were Lindy and George Santos created? Hypocrites like them are far deadlier than SPECTRE, SMERSH, KAOS, communism, high cholesterol or nuclear fall-out. This nation, and her democracy has survived revolution, civil war, great Depression, two world wars, Covid19, only to die, slowly: impaled on the sharp, trunk of the GOP elephant!
M K
I’m sure Ms Lindsay has gotten his share of “chicken” at many rest areas.
abfab
He still parks and cruises on the Potomac…at all the familiar places. LBJ park, for example. He always gets rejected there. Then she walks up to the Iwo Jima Memorial after midnight, mind you. He loves the Cadets.
humble charlie
he’s going for a lifetime supply of chick-fills-a**.
i wonder if he’s going to rerecord the hits of jim nabors using his stomach as a kettle drum.
abfab
Did you get a look at the fat pigs he was standing next to?
humble charlie
abfab
i like to think of them as hogs good for porkin’.
Mr.Gavin Elster
PLEASE people!!!: Let’s not denigrade members of the genuine, and honorable, 4-legged, porcine community with references to Lindy’s hog and pig-like constitutes. AMEN
DeeAnnCA
“Conservatives are tolerant, we are kind of get out of your business, you leave me alone, I’ll leave you alone.”
ANYONE with half a brain should know that this is nothing but BS. If it were true, then they would stay out of the lives of gays, lesbians and trans people, but that isn’t what happens.
humble charlie
elster
sounds like you should be writing a novel. i’d read it.
Fahd
First, I doubt very much that blue laws once gone will be revived anywhere.
Seems to me that this issue should have been resolved before Chik-fil-A got some claim to the space. Didn’t it state in the initial contracts that the restaurants/food stands had to operate 7 days per week? (No doubt it did). Anyway, if so, Chik-fil-A should have challenged the contracts before signing them, not after. If they signed the contracts knowing they wouldn’t comply with the 7 days/week part they acted in bad faith…..
As others have noted, the concept of Shabbos goy and its analogies has been around for a long time as a way of addressing this situation.
Mr.Gavin Elster
Joseph Kennedy, the President’s self-made, very crooked, very rich dad (the equivalent of a modern day billionaire) was a Shabbos Goy, in late 19th Century Boston. I think Warner Bros. tough guy/dancer Jimmy Cagney was, too?
Invader7
In Lindsay’s case he’s a Chicken Fil A ho !!!
abfab
Why is Chick-fil-a so successful? They figured out how to sell fried chicken to white people.
Ronbo
That is just pure bigotry. And incorrect bigotry… Kentucky Fried Chicken was the most popular original chicken franchise.
Gnarfield
Why is our government involved in fast food operating hours? Our society is so stupid.
abfab
Dig a little deeper. This is regarding the needs of drivers on NYS highways. Don’t play dumb.
abfab
Sponsored by Assemblymember Tony Simone, who represents the 75th District, the legislation would require future food service establishments at transportation facilities and rest areas owned by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to remain open seven days a week.
“While there is nothing objectionable about a fast food restaurant closing on a particular day of the week, service areas dedicated to travelers is an inappropriate location for such a restaurant,” the bill reads. “Allowing for retail space to go unused one seventh of the week or more is a disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers who rely on these service areas.”
abfab
“I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,’ I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about,” Cathy said in a 2012 radio interview.
“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 want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that,” Cathy said.
The president of one of the largest fast-food chains in America explained that he takes pride in being able to live out his Christian faith through his restaurants, but that we as a nation are challenging God’s principals when it comes to the same sex-marriage debate.
-Dan Cathy, the president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A
Baron Wiseman
“I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian — for me — for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix.” – Barack Obama August 2008
And Obama doesn’t even sell delicious chicken sandwiches.
dbmcvey
Obama changed his mind Baron. Just how stupid are you?
dbmcvey
Chik-fil-a doesn’t sell delicious chicken sandwiches either.
Den
Obama changed his mind Baron. Just how stupid are you?
Come on now, you know the Baron is very, VERY stupid. You have looked at his comments. He is stupid, self absorbed, anti gay and anti-democracy. If the supreme court ever overturns marriage equality, that will be the happiest day of his pitiful life.
Ronbo
Den,
Ones first reactions are generally their true feelings. Good people don’t demean us, deny us, then change AFTER they check with their fundraising. Remember who pushed, passed and signed anti-LGBTQ DADT and DOMA. He chose to push those issues denying us equality. No one forced Clinton’s hand to sign those bigoted bills.
The fallacy that it’s a magic “D” that cures all bigotry is nutty. Trust what politicians have been telling us for decades. A good Democrat doesn’t have to be forced to support equality with compassion, acceptance and understanding.
Just because people acknowledge actual bigotry of “D” politicians, doesn’t mean that they are Republican. Look to your left knowing that we are here. Truth matters more than political propaganda.
dbmcvey
Ronbo. You have no idea what Obama’s true feelings are. We know that Biden supported us. He was vocal in support before Obama, or Hillary Clinton who both support us now..
We do know that Lindsay Graham does not support us and none of the current Republican Presidential candidates do. Trump may not care about gay marriage but just as he did with abortion he won’t stand up to the Republican Party.
Ronbo
dbmcvey, I do recall candidate Obama saying ““I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.” Nov. 2, 2008, while campaigning.
Perhaps you should study more and pontificate less. He is also quoted as justifying his anti-gay position saying “God is in the mix”.
I don’t think an imaginary character is more important than real people. Do you?
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Herman75
I’m past hope any sex providers will ever admit boinking the Lady G. Those secrets seem to stay secret in DC.
His famously alleged ladybugs remain on the down low.
Den
He is probably not gay. Probably more like Anthony Perkin’s character in Psycho.
Ronbo
Regardless of Graham’s sexuality (likely: effeminate heterosexual), attacking someone’s gender HURTS our people. Misgendering as an attack shows what… that these haters think gender is a problem!
Demeaning people because of their gender is sickening. It’s what tRump does.
Please don’t throw the baby (common sense) out with the bathwater (hatred and extremism). Trans individuals should NOT be demeaned. That is what some people are doing. Are you listening…dbmcvey, abfab, Fahd, etc….
dbmcvey
What a liar you are. It’s not me, abfab or Fahd who demean trans people.
You’re full of shit Ronbo and your calls for kindness are just gaslighting.
Ronbo
dbmcvey,
Read my words and please note that it is your clique that is misgendering people – even though they know it causes trans people pain. Stop it. Read their hateful comments above. At least try to understand how it hurts trans people… attend a support group before thinking you know it all.
Openminded
1. Chick Fil A obviously has some good lawyers. In TN, and I suspect many other states, the interstate “blue signs” are only supposed to be leased to businesses open 7 days a week and open a minimum of 12 hrs per day, yet Chick Fil A has their name on them with a caption “closed on Sundays” at the bottom. I personally have no problem with that, but one has to wonder if a Mom & Pop restaurant could get away with it.
2. Honestly, I think NY and everyone else should put their hate away on this issue. Sundays are not heavily crowded travel days typically and with most rest areas having multiple food offerings, having Chick Fil A closed on Sunday probably helps make the other stores more profitable and helps keep them in the game. It would be interesting to know how Chick Fil A is allowed to skirt the 7 days a week rule. I seriously doubt they just ignore the contract and sign it. Even if they do, the State officials who have to review and accept it should very well be aware of CFA’s Sunday policy and not issue the contract. Obviously there are some behind the scenes negotiations and I’d suspect UnGodly threats of lawsuits that allow CFA to prevail.
3. Chick Fil A is a private owned business and it’s up to them to choose their business model. They have a great product, IMHO, and I’ll continue to do business with them until that changes. If we all avoided doing business with everyone who didn’t have our back we’d have very few places to shop. If we all refuse to do business with food outlets that only trade in environmentally safe and health promoting products, again, we’d have nowhere to shop. It’s admirable to take a stand, but it’s foolish to blow your own foot off doing it.
DCFarmboy
“New York is considering legislation that would force some Chick-fil-A to open on Sundays. ”
No. The legislation says when the contract is re-bid (25 years from now), the bidders have to agree to be open 7 days a week.
Frankly, I think too many employers make workers work on Sundays and would like to see some pull back. But a fast food restaurant at a highway plaza is like a hospital, gas station or other business that needs to open on Sundays (unlike a manufacturing plant, Amazon delivery or and office building).
Ronbo
Please comment more often. Your common sense is not that common among the extremists who post here.
dbmcvey is a prime example of a good person who cherry picks and hates those who point it out. At least another extremist like decrans doesn’t attack us for trying to present the whole truth (or at least the logical elements that contribute to the truth).
Please post more often as you did here. More information makes for better judgment.