The Chick-fil-A brouhaha
Apparently the fast food franchise Chick-fil-A is making money hand over fist on the brouhaha generated by its president's intolerant comments concerning gay marriage. The whole thing was ginned up by Mike Huckabee, the Fox News commentator, who called for a national appreciation day for Chick-fil-A on August 1, yesterday. Well, it was a whopper of a success, to reference a competing fast food franchise. The president's comments have gotten a lot of response around the country, including from mayors of several cities that have indicated that Chick-fil-A is really not welcome in their neighborhoods and from the Jim Henson Company which severed its Muppets' association with the company. I think it's perfectly appropriate for the Henson Company to take the action it did. Having a city ban a company because its president is a jerk is a bit more problematic, in my opinion. I can fully support individuals or groups boycotting the franchise because they object to and are o...