Posted on 08/24/2015 1:59:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Several members of the Denver City Council have stalled a lease for a Chick-fil-A restaurant at the city's international airport due to the fast-food chain's opposition to same-sex marriage.
The Denver City Council's Business Development Committee has paused the seven-year deal for two weeks, according to The Denver Post, which said none of the 10 members who attended this week's meeting rose to defend Chick-fil-A.
If the committee, which is scheduled to meet again on Sept. 1, chooses to reject the lease, any member can introduce it in the full council.
Robin Kniech, the council's first openly gay member, was quoted as saying she didn't want a local franchise generating "corporate profits used to fund and fuel discrimination."
The Atlanta-based company, which is known for its commitment to employing biblical beliefs in its business practices and has a very loyal following in the South, has restaurants in approximately 1,775 locations.
The company's founder, S. Truett Cathy, died at 93 in September 2014.
The fast-food chain received criticism and calls for boycott after the founder's son and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan T. Cathy, in a 2012 interview on "The Ken Coleman Show," said of the company: "We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
Though Dan Cathy later pledged the company would not champion any political agendas surrounding marriage or family, the Cathys stood firm on its Christian values.
According to the company's website, "Truett Cathy, made the decision to close on Sundays in 1946 when he opened his first restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia. He has often shared that his decision was as much practical as spiritual. He believes that all franchised Chick-fil-A Operators and Restaurant employees should have an opportunity to rest, spend time with family and friends, and worship if they choose to do so. That's why all Chick-fil-A Restaurants are closed on Sundays. It's part of our recipe for success."
After the founder Cathy's death, megachurch Pastor Perry Noble described the-late restaurateur on Twitter as "a great man who built a great business, has a great family and kept your eyes on Jesus, you will be missed!"
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association CEO Franklin Graham posted on Facebook, "I knew Mr. Cathy for many years and had the privilege of riding motorcycles with him. He was a fine Christian gentleman that carried his Christian business principles throughout life. His restaurants were never open on Sunday out of respect for the Lord's day. He was kind and extremely generous and used the profits from his business to help others. He will be greatly missed."
I thought the airport was like 40 miles North of the city.
That can’t be in the city, can it??
I expect the militant homos to do a full attack on Chick in the future.
Where do they live?
What is their home phone #?
What is their mobile phone #?
Car& license#?
This is why government, airport authorities, port authorities, and turnpike authorities should get out of the retail business.
They have a long “balloon on a string” attachment to the rest of the city. Ps, the marriage views are Dan Cathy’s, not Chick-fil-a’s.
but I would certainly sue if their lease is not renewed....there is no discrimination in the business, and the few opinions of one guy does not make it a company motto, although it should be.....
Other than being closed on Sunday. What are these “Biblical Beliefs” they run their business on? The Marriage comment was a personal opinion. They are being denied a lease because they are Christians. Plain and simple.
I would sue too.
They reversed donating to pro-marriage groups years ago.
i hope some city council somewhere is stonewalling a Chipotle lease as payback. just tired of the tactics from the left never being employed by the right to show them that their actions have consequences.
Chipotle is very pro-homo.
The place was packed but we found a suitable table. The food was great as usual (Looove their Spicy Chicken Deluxe).
The polite young man who brought our food asked if there was anything we needed. We did need more ice for our iced tea and he returned with it promptly.
Denver, formerly a great place, is now chock full of idiots.
Well that's queer.
My idiot niece moved there from Cali when she broke up with her lesbian domestic partner and was unable to afford Silicon Valley on her own.
Their spicy chicken with lettuce and pickles is awesome!
But then, so is Wendy’s.
Everyone of these stories leads me to My local Chick Fi A for a tasty meal. Dinner tonight for my grandson’s eight birthday.
I hates chicken. Can’t help Chic fil a on this.
Last week I picked up the business section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which reported the reaction of one young woman to the Jared Fogle Subway scandal. His pedophile and porn preferences wouldn’t stop her from eating Subway, she said, because it wasn’t nearly as bad as Chick-fil-A’s stand in favor of traditional marriage. That’s where we are as a country.
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