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When will our society come back to the basics?

God
Family
Country
Job
Other interests

That’s the way it’s going to be, folks, has been too. The politically correct crowd has man-handled the laws.

I hope this owner takes action.

There’s no action for the owner to take. The Sonny’s corporation sets the rules to be one of their franchises, they even gave him a two year grace period to think it over, he decided he’d rather do things his way than their, and they parted company. That’s how franchising works, they set the prices, uniforms, decor and menu, and you get the name recognition and customer loyalty.

Not trying to be a smart-aleck here, but did some of you actually read the entire article or just glance at the excerpt?

In the article, he says he has had a Sonny’s franchise for 20 years and they have always been cordial. They backed off requiring the liquor sales, but gave him 2 years after the franchise agreement ran up to reconsider beer and wine sales. His two years were up, he hadn’t changed, so they said they wouldn’t renew. They also cited servers wearing apparel promoting a specific religion, which was against their policy.

Nowhere does the article say he was upset, wanted to sue or anything like that. He agreed it was their franchise and their rules, but he thought they were wrong to not renew after he had enjoyed many years of success. They parted ways amicably and he continues his restaurant under a slightly different menu and a new name.

No hostilities on either side, just a parting of the ways and a good article about a God-fearing man and his decision to stick with his beliefs.

I have no doubt his “new” restaurant will succeed because his clientele is the same, they have no problem with him not selling alcohol and his wait staff wearing Christian apparel.

The owner IS sticking by his beliefs and Sonny’s is doing what countless other corporations have done and go into CYA mode because of the politically correct environment we live it these days. I don’t like it either, but as a business, you have to do what you have to do and a company the size of Sonny’s has to operate under different rules than a local restaurant.

Bottom line is no one is FORCING him to close, just telling him to keep his franchise, he has to abide by THEIR rules. Obviously, he can’t do that, so they parted ways on good terms and he is moving along and doing just fine.