“Proco “Joe” Moreno, one of 50 Windy City aldermen who make up the City Council, told the Chicago Tribune that he plans to prevent Chick-fil-A from building its second Chicago restaurant in his trendy, hipster-filled ward. The company’s offense? President Dan Cathy’s comments last week that he is “guilty as charged” of defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. In other words, he’s not in favor of gay marriage.
“If you are discriminating against a segment of the community, I don’t want you in the 1st Ward,” Moreno told the Tribune this week. “Because of this man’s ignorance, I will now be denying Chick-fil-A’s permit to open a restaurant in the 1st Ward.” He also added that Cathy’s comments were “bigoted, homophobic.” So let me get this straight. If you support traditional marriage you are “bigoted and homophobic?” If you are a supporter of traditional marriage between a man and a woman you will be denied a permit to open a business. Keep in mind your business will sell to anyone, but because you believe in traditional marriage you are worthy of scorn. Yeah that sounds fair.
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-chick-fil-a-chicago-20120725,0,6260525,print.story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/joe-moreno-chicago-alderm_n_1701646.html
