{"id":127563,"date":"2015-08-20T20:31:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T02:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/a-chicken-that-may-not-come-to-dia-to-roost.html"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:02:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T21:02:39","slug":"a-chicken-that-may-not-come-to-dia-to-roost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/a-chicken-that-may-not-come-to-dia-to-roost.html","title":{"rendered":"A chicken that may not come to DIA to roost"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stopped (reluctantly, from a taste perspective) going to Chick-fil-A back in 2012 when it became clear that the company was involved in far-Right shenanigans, particularly with company profits going to fund anti-gay causes.<\/p>\n

That controversy has died down some, but the Denver City Council, faced with a franchise application at Denver International Airport, has had concerns over it bring the proposal to a halt.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, I'd rather the social aspects of the matter were handled more directly by people choosing (or not) to visit the hypothetical Chick-fil-A. Having the government penalize someone for their religious \/ political opinion is not a good thing (whether I agree with that opinion or not).<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the government is involved here, not as censor, but as landlord and marketer. It may not be legit for them to say, "We don't like your beliefs so we will not do business with you," but is it legit for them to say, "We are concerned with how this reflects on the airport and how some visitors might feel about it," and reject it on that basis?<\/p>\n

(Leaving aside the service level concerns over Chick-fil-A being closed on Sundays.)<\/p>\n

I dunno. I just know that if they open up, that will be one more place where I don't go to Chick-fil-A.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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