Chik-fil-a story: please clear some things up for me.

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42. I completely agree with you on these groups,

but I'm wondering if I'd think the same way if a repuke mayor was making the same argument that they don't want business X because they donate to groups that "advocate for the killing of unborn children" (or however they're wording their argument now).

Even though in this case I agree with politicians I think it's much better in the long run to keep businesses out of the communities by getting the people of those communities to threaten not to support them rather than having a politician make such a promise. In Boston, I believe Mayor Menino initially threatened to take action to block Chick-fil-a, but has since backed off that saying he can't actively block it. The points you bring up are great points, but IMHO it's better to make that case to the people rather than elected officials.