Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSA battle royal is brewing in Texas over a decision by the San Antonio City Council to ban Chick-fil-A from its airport because of its support for Christian family values - a move the state’s Attorney General believes is a violation of religious liberty.
In keeping with its long-standing policy of remaining closed on Sundays so employees can worship and rest, America’s most popular fast-food chain will not open its restaurants – not even in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium where the big game is being held on Sunday.
The Chick-fil-A flap is far from over as the fallout continues on several fronts today with one employee fired for his verbal assault on a restaurant employee and a Chicago Alderman causing scandal by calling Cardinal Francis George's defense of marriage "disingenuous and irresponsible."
For those of you who didn't hear, the embattled Christian-owned Chick-fil-A raked in record sales during yesterday's "Appreciation Day" - and the U. S. media aren't happy about it.
In a hard-hitting column published on the website of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George reminds Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel and others who want to restrict the establishment of pro-marriage Chick-fil-A restaurants that it is not the role of government to dictate "values" to the population.
