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By: Chick-Fil-A And Free Speech: New York City Council Speaker Pressures University To Punish Restaurant For Speech

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:00:08 +0000

[…] or lose lucrative eminent domain prerogatives. Business owners are often subject to municipal predation that can potentially drive them out of business, forcing them to ingratiate themselves with city […]

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:52 +0000

Actually, Janice has provided a legitimate course of action to those who don’t approve of the eatery’s principles. It’s not the private choice to consume there or not that’s at issue, but rather the use of government coercion against an otherwise legitimate and legal business.

I’d hope she’d agree that using government power to enforce a particular political view is anathema to democracy.

By: July 30 roundup - Overlawyered

July 30 roundup - Overlawyered — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:30:09 +0000

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Sandwiched in | Maryland for All Families — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:18:31 +0000

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By: When regulators retaliate - Overlawyered

When regulators retaliate - Overlawyered — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:30:05 +0000

[…] uproar continues, and quite properly so (earlier here and here), over the threats of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Chicago alderman Proco […]

By: Food roundup - Overlawyered

Food roundup - Overlawyered — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:30:06 +0000

[…] Chicago city government joins Boston in threatening to use regulation to punish Chick-fil-A for its political views [Josh Barro, Eugene Volokh, earlier] […]

By: Keith Waters

Keith Waters — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:51:16 +0000

So Janice enjoys disrupting a private transaction that meets the laws and regulations of the city because she disagrees with the private positions of an owner of the business. That kind of “pride” I can do without.

By: E-Bell

E-Bell — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:31:08 +0000

Janice,

For every Chick-Fil-A sandwich you don’t eat, I’m going to eat three. Not because I agree with Chick-Fil-A’s position on gay marriage, but because (a) they’re delicious; and (b) because you support government-sanctioned discrimination based on political ideology.

By: proofreader

proofreader — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:33:26 +0000

But there is evidence Menino discriminates. After a snowstorm, he issued a ruling that anyone who shoveled clear a parking space could lay claim to that public parking spot by placing lawn chairs there to keep out “intruders”.

By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:03:58 +0000

Today I’m proud to be a recent Boston transplant.
The privately held, family owned Chick-fil-A is certainly free to flex its evangelical Christian muscles, just as we are free to decide that Chick-fil-A leaves a bad taste in our mouths.
http://gigabiting.com/those-arent-fries-on-chick-fil-as-values-menu/