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Jim Henson Company Yanks Its Toys From Chick-Fil-A Kids' Meals
Newsbusters ^ | 7-22-12 | Tim Graham

Posted on 07/23/2012 12:03:31 AM PDT by Mozilla

Don't look now, but the Muppets want a divorce. The Jim Henson Company is scrapping its kids'-meal-toy relationship with Chick-Fil-A now that the left-wing pressure is on to boycott the Christian fried-chicken chain, which is offering toys right now from the Jim Henson Creatures' Shop line.

Muppet chieftain Lisa Henson went to Harvard and was president of Columbia Pictures, making her a progressive elite on both sides of the country. They announced on their Facebook page Friday they were strong supporters of "gay marriage" and were donating their Chick-Fil-A proceeds to the gay censorship cause:

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. Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: chickfila; muppets; pedophiles
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I find it very disturbing that a company like The Jim Henson Company, which has created so many characters that children love, would be such a strong supporter for homosexuality. I'm glad to see them go
1 posted on 07/23/2012 12:03:40 AM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

What started as something at least decent got taken over by the phaggots. Who was that gay Muppet?


2 posted on 07/23/2012 12:07:25 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: Mozilla

The Jim Henson Company chickened out...


3 posted on 07/23/2012 12:07:25 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1279 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: Mozilla

Henson died of HIV, I believe. No surprises here.


4 posted on 07/23/2012 12:09:00 AM PDT by mojito
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To: Mozilla

Welll im going to chick fil a all week f them


5 posted on 07/23/2012 12:10:14 AM PDT by al baby (“If Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, he didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen.”)
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To: Mozilla

Well I hate to see The Henson company do this but if you give me the choice between supporting Chck Fil-a or the Muppets, I’m going with the cows. Eat more chicken!!! Don’t let the door hit Snuffy on the butt


6 posted on 07/23/2012 12:10:41 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: mojito

pitching (or in his case catching) for the wrong team


7 posted on 07/23/2012 12:13:34 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: Mozilla

Just wow. Gay marriage is a children’s toy issue? How many gay people procreate naturally?


8 posted on 07/23/2012 12:15:30 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: Mozilla

They can say all the idiotic things they want. Almost every Christian I know has gone to chick fil a this week, bet they had a great week.

I’ll make sure to go this week myself. And I’ll think next time before I buy muppet stuff. Mad at both Oreo and JC Penney right now, put some oreos back on the shelf yesterday when I remembered their new “cookie”.


9 posted on 07/23/2012 12:16:42 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: Mozilla
Intolerance is a two way street.

The backlash coming against domestic communists, perverts, baby killers, and homosexuals will be astonishing in its barbarity and swiftness.

All it takes is the right leader and the right message, which is that the leftists have to go, and by any means necessary.

10 posted on 07/23/2012 12:17:03 AM PDT by Rome2000 (WILLARD ROMNEY -- MORMON MELCHIDEZEK BISHOP -HIS FAMILY HAS AVOIDED MILITARY SERVICE FOR GENERATIONS)
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To: Mozilla; Salamander; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono

I’ve never had a Chick-Fil-A but after all this crap the last couple of days,. I think I’ll go to the one they just built about four miles from here.

If they have comment cards, I’m going to let them know that they just got a new customer because of their stand.

If their food is any good, I might even go back again.


11 posted on 07/23/2012 12:17:46 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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Henson died of organ failure due to Strep A....responsible for things like strep throat and rheumatic fever....this is not pneumocystis which is associated with AIDS


12 posted on 07/23/2012 12:18:12 AM PDT by Nifster
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No...Henson died from the bacteria that causes strep throat. He didn’t go to a hospital until it was too late, likely due to his Christian Science upbringing. He was never gay or an itravenous drug user. He did NOT die of HIV infection.


13 posted on 07/23/2012 12:18:45 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: Mozilla

Looks like “Zoe’s Dance Moves” is gonna be my last association with Le Muppae!

Dammit. My kid carries that doll around like it was an appendage.


14 posted on 07/23/2012 12:19:06 AM PDT by papertyger ("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))
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I say parents should pack up the toys and send them to the Henson person. I don’t know if it is a he or she and don’t want to offend. Chick fil A could put up bins in their stores for donating the kids meal toys to GLAAD.


15 posted on 07/23/2012 12:19:09 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: Mozilla

Didn’t Mr. Cathy speak out against gay marriage? How does that become ‘spoke out against being gay’? Am I wrong about what he said?


16 posted on 07/23/2012 12:20:20 AM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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That's good for a couple more trips to Chick-Fil-A.

Thanks to all the adverse reaction they're getting, looks like I'll be eating there quite a bit from here on.

17 posted on 07/23/2012 12:21:02 AM PDT by GBA (To understand what is happening to America and why, read The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn)
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Henson was born in Mississippi and reared here. He died of a streptococcal pneumonial infection, not AIDS. I believe its his daughter's beliefs, Lisa, that is pro homosexual and liberal having been brought up in the NE and schooled in the bastions of liberalism. I'd stick with the founder of Chick Fil A for his staunch stand against these reprobates.
18 posted on 07/23/2012 12:21:42 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: petitfour

silllllllllllly


19 posted on 07/23/2012 12:22:06 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: shibumi

Oh, their food is quite good. I had some for the first time last year when I visited Texas. Ended up going a second time with my wife. I wish they had a store up here, but they won’t enter Washington State. Same thing with Cracker Barrel.

I’ve heard tell that some chains won’t come here because the state government and tax code are not ‘business friendly’.


20 posted on 07/23/2012 12:24:07 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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