Remember I say "Question everything, believe nothing until proven"? I just spent over an hour trying to find actual facts about the reported Chick-Fil-A discrimination lawsuits. I'm sure someone who really knows how to use the search engines, or someone with access to law databases, would do a better job, but all I came up with were reports of the suits being filed, and every single one from a pro gay publication or writer of one kind or another.
Without knowing the outcomes of the suits, here's what I did learn.
1. Chick-Fil-A is at least partially a franchise operation. I don't know how many total stores they have but I do know 220 are franchisee owned / operated. The franchisor can only directly control certain things. They are not involved in the day to day operations of the stores.
2. One report mentioned a dozen lawsuits over the years. I challenge you to find any other similar sized corporation that has been sued by employees less. Remember, suing is viewed as a way to get rich by half the people today?
2. Nowhere in the reports did anyone mention if the locations the employees worked at were company stores or franchised stores. From comments by several of the litigates it would appear that at least 2 of them were franchise operations.
I did learn that they investigate the lifestyles (now known as vetting) of their potential franchisees to insure that they conform to the values the chain believes in. I ask you this : if you had a billion dollar a year operation, run according to the values you cherish, wouldn't you make sure that the people you partner with share those same values? Believe me, I saw this firsthand with Harley. Any dealer who was arrested for drugs or other felonies had his franchise terminated. Think Chick-Fil-A wants to see a story in the news about after hours orgies at one of their stores?
This mirrors the Trayvon Martin case, remember I said wait till all the facts come out? Once again we see how the news can be manipulated to favor either side of an issue. I doubt I will change anyone's opinion about Chick-Fil-A. What I would like to accomplish is :
1. To get people to think before believing every thing they read and hear.
2. To understand Chick-Fil-A has a right to run their business according to their standards as long as they don't break any laws doing it.
If you don't like what they stand for, don't eat there, but why try and put the whole company out of business? Wasn't it the liberals and especially the gay liberals who espoused "tolerance, tolerance, tolerance"? Oh, I see that's only tolerance for THEIR lifestyle.
Dumb (and getting dumber) Farmer
Friday, August 3, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
CHICK-FIL-A : MY TWO CENTS
Hello friends, it's been quite a while. Hope you missed me :-) Finally got some time to put the brain in gear. I have to weigh in on the whole Chick-Fil-A fiasco, because it is so indicative of where our society is today. This will be a rehash for some of you I've been having ongoing discussions with, but hopefully, I'll add enough new things to keep your attention from wandering.
Why is this situation such a bellwether of the USA today? First and foremost, it is a continuation of the attacks on ANYTHING having to do with God. There have always been atheists, but until the last 25 or 30 years they never bothered anyone. They just didn't believe in a creator. No problem. But now it's a totally different story. They're not content to just not believe, they want to remove every single mention of God or Christianity from the entire country. The ACLU foams at the mouth every time someone finds a statue in the middle of the desert that honors God. A statue you had to drive 50 miles on a dirt road to see.
Chick-Fil-A is a perfect example. These people went about running their business according to their beliefs for 60 plus years, not bothering anyone except those who would have liked their chicken on a Sunday. They don't have "honk if you love Jesus" or "repent or go to hell" signs at their stores, make prospective employees state that they are Christians, or refuse to serve you if you have a "I worship Satan" tattoo on your forehead. Indeed, they've never made a big deal out of the fact that they are a Christian owned and run business. It only became a big deal when militant gay/lesbian/transgender groups noticed them. Then the liberal mainstream media reporters went on the attack. All they have ever done is respond to reporters questions about their beliefs honestly. Yes, they donate money to Christian groups that, among other things, oppose gay marriage. So don't gays/lesbians donate to groups that promote their agenda?
Just as they have every right to run their business as they wish, so do you have the right not to patronize their establishments. But quit attacking them for conducting their lives and business according to their principles. They never bothered you, so what's YOUR problem?
Answer me this : why haven't there been any outcries about Muslim owned businesses? A religion who imposes the death penalty for homosexuality. A religion who puts women back in the middle ages? A religion who beheads you if you don't believe in their version of God and bow to Mecca five times a day????? Oh, stupid me, I already know that answer. It's not politically correct.
Quite frankly, I could care less what anyone does in their bedroom. But I surely don't want to see two men in uniform kissing. Or on the street either, for that matter. You don't have to throw it in everyone's face because you are gay.
Here's the bottom line : whether you believe in God or not, most religions espouse behavior that is advantageous to societies, i.e. killing is wrong, stealing is wrong, treat others as you would like to be treated, etc. I invite you to look back at what living was like in this country 30, 40, 50 years ago when the majority of the population went to church Sunday mornings. No one ever locked their houses, let alone their cars. People didn't regularly try and run you off the road if you happened to be driving a bit slower than they wanted to go. Mass murderers were extremely few and far between. There was courtesy and respect amongst the majority of people.
Are we better off today?
Dumb Farmer
Why is this situation such a bellwether of the USA today? First and foremost, it is a continuation of the attacks on ANYTHING having to do with God. There have always been atheists, but until the last 25 or 30 years they never bothered anyone. They just didn't believe in a creator. No problem. But now it's a totally different story. They're not content to just not believe, they want to remove every single mention of God or Christianity from the entire country. The ACLU foams at the mouth every time someone finds a statue in the middle of the desert that honors God. A statue you had to drive 50 miles on a dirt road to see.
Chick-Fil-A is a perfect example. These people went about running their business according to their beliefs for 60 plus years, not bothering anyone except those who would have liked their chicken on a Sunday. They don't have "honk if you love Jesus" or "repent or go to hell" signs at their stores, make prospective employees state that they are Christians, or refuse to serve you if you have a "I worship Satan" tattoo on your forehead. Indeed, they've never made a big deal out of the fact that they are a Christian owned and run business. It only became a big deal when militant gay/lesbian/transgender groups noticed them. Then the liberal mainstream media reporters went on the attack. All they have ever done is respond to reporters questions about their beliefs honestly. Yes, they donate money to Christian groups that, among other things, oppose gay marriage. So don't gays/lesbians donate to groups that promote their agenda?
Just as they have every right to run their business as they wish, so do you have the right not to patronize their establishments. But quit attacking them for conducting their lives and business according to their principles. They never bothered you, so what's YOUR problem?
Answer me this : why haven't there been any outcries about Muslim owned businesses? A religion who imposes the death penalty for homosexuality. A religion who puts women back in the middle ages? A religion who beheads you if you don't believe in their version of God and bow to Mecca five times a day????? Oh, stupid me, I already know that answer. It's not politically correct.
Quite frankly, I could care less what anyone does in their bedroom. But I surely don't want to see two men in uniform kissing. Or on the street either, for that matter. You don't have to throw it in everyone's face because you are gay.
Here's the bottom line : whether you believe in God or not, most religions espouse behavior that is advantageous to societies, i.e. killing is wrong, stealing is wrong, treat others as you would like to be treated, etc. I invite you to look back at what living was like in this country 30, 40, 50 years ago when the majority of the population went to church Sunday mornings. No one ever locked their houses, let alone their cars. People didn't regularly try and run you off the road if you happened to be driving a bit slower than they wanted to go. Mass murderers were extremely few and far between. There was courtesy and respect amongst the majority of people.
Are we better off today?
Dumb Farmer
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