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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i agree with you OP.

to play devils advocate, [b]one can say a protest is warranted since the owner gives money to organizations that are against gay marriage. [/b]since he makes his money from chick fil a , it seems natural to hurt his bottom line to prevent him from lending that support.

on the other hand, im sure the owners of dunkin donuts, starbucks, 7-11 and other places i frequent believe in things i dont agree with and so long as they arent breaking the law and just hold so called bad beliefs, [b]its means nothing to me[/b][/quote]
Sorry, I'm not involved in any of these protests but I don't have a problem with them.  So would you continue to buy food at a restaurant whose owner donates money to organizations supporting slavery, even if he/she doesn't enslave his/her workers? Or if the owner gave money to organizations supporting female genital mutilation? Or child trafficking? Or lobbied for laws against interracial marriage?

If you can say that you would continue to support a restaurant in those cases, then I see your argument is based on whether it's an appropriate strategy.  I can accept that.  But if you would boycott those restaurants over those issues and not over the owner's support of anti-gay legislation, well, then that suggests that you don't see denial of these rights to gay people as a serious issue.  As the mother of a lesbian, I can tell you that my daughter feels the denial of her rights deeply and it brings her a lot of pain.

What concerns me about this protest is that apparently there are many franchise owners of these restaurants and I don't think they should suffer (or benefit either) for the views of the corporate head.  The pressure should go where it is deserved.[/quote]

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