I would like to protest the lambasting of Chick-fil-A’s president, Dan Cathy, as bigoted; the unfair labeling of his company as “anti-gay”; and the malicious intentions of certain politicians, including Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, against this legitimate, law-abiding private company.
My friends in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community have respect and tolerance for those who disagree with their views on issues such as marriage equality. In contrast, there are others in this community who say that they want equality and tolerance for themselves, but spew hate speech against those with views different from theirs.
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Very well said, Vince. But this type of labeling comes directly from the liberal-Democrat play book. Recall, how many people who disagree with President Obam have been labeled as racist? Or those who are prof life called "anti woman"? The list is endless, but this behavior on the left is entirely predictable.
It's too bad that the truth hurts, but that doesn't make it false. Let's all agree on what bigotry is. The Oxford English dictionary says: "The quality or condition of a bigot; obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, practice, faction, etc.; intolerance, prejudice." Well, it seems to me that if you obstinately deny the equality of a segment of the population, you meet that definition. Perhaps Mr. Cathy will learn from these hurtful truths.
What happened to my comment?
So obviously you will refrain from making Hitler references about those you disagree with (like Mayor Menino), stop calling Obama a socialist, and stop your campaign of lies and propaganda about Democrats in general? What a fine human being you are...
Why is the Boston Globe giving play to an obvious astroturfing? This commenter is not even from Massachusetts, but Pennsylvania. These comments should be from the readers, not some paid political hack parroting the republican line.
There is truly nothing the republicans do that is more hateful than a liberal who doesn't get his way shoved down your throat. Got 4 years of it at UMass/Amherst and couldn't wait to get away from it.