Common sense. That's what we would like from our leaders. Boston's
Mayor, Thomas M. Menino had this to say: "There is no place for
discrimination on Boston's Freedom Trail, and no place for your company
alongside it." The company to which his honor was referring was Chik-fil-A, the fast food chain perhaps best known for putting cows in
charge of their advertising. But that's not what has Mayor Menino all
hot and bothered. It's Chick-fil-A's very human president, Dan Cathy,
comments about gay marriage. "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.'" Or our hooves, as the case may be.
Former Arkansas
Governor Mike Huckabee,
a Baptist minister, declared this Wednesday "Chick-fil-A Appreciation
Day" to support a business "whose executives are willing to take a stand
for the Godly values." Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who
like Huckabee ran for president as a darling of social conservatives,
joined the cause along with religious leaders. Meanwhile, the felt
puppet lobby is having none of it. The Muppets are done with Mister
Cathy. “The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and
inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-fil-A that
we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors." There was
no mention of Ernie and Bert, but we don't have to ask or tell anymore, do we?
For now, I'll be hanging around In n Out, staying away from the Chick-fil-A, even though I may disappointing some cows. At least I won't be upsetting a pig and a frog, whose union defies traditional mores, but has lasted more than thirty years.
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