Fast And Furious Food

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.