The owner of the city's only Chick-fil-A restaurant today asked Mayor Rahm Emanuel to meet with her after Emanuel said the anti-gay marriage views of the fast-food chain's president don't mesh with Chicago values.
Lauren Silich, who owns a Chick-fil-A franchise just off the Magnificent Mile that opened last year, wrote in a press release that she is dedicated to "serving all of our guests with honor, dignity and respect. ... We alone created 97 jobs this past year and our passion is building leaders for future generations, regardless of sexual orientation or beliefs."
She invited Emanuel to meet her, her husband and management staff at her restaurant. The mayor's office had no immediate response.
In an interview today, Silich addressed Emanuel's comments. "I get it,” Silich said in an interview. “I’m from here as well.”
“I just want people to know there’s a local face to this controversy,” she added. “We’re not a corporate face. We love our city.”
Silich said she would never discriminate against anyone and has gay employees working at her restaurant.
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Go Lauren!
The issue of so-called gay "marriage," is about preserving true marriage; it has nothing to do with hatred of homosexuals.
Homosexuals already have the right to get married; the choose not to because they do not like the requirements.
In the 'Alice in Wonderland World' of the marriage corruption movement what you love and how you express it is the real issue.
"The[y} choose not to because they do not like the requirements."
Except for you, right?
I would hope that Rahm meets with her, and that Lauren announce that she will be organizing franchise holders to register their feelings to the main office --- that Mr. Cathy's remarks are not representative of their values and beliefs....
work on change from the inside ---and the outside!
CapeCodder
From the CFA corporate website:
"The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our Restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect –regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. We will continue this tradition in the over 1,600 Restaurants run by independent Owner/Operators. Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena."
What's not to like? Of course the franchise owner may have privately held beliefs that differ from Mr Cathy's, but that is not the issue.
CapeCodder,
I see nothing wrong with being Anti-Gay, your crowd is Anti-Straight, and is willing to punish us when we express our beliefs. For every one is reading this post: It's OK to be Anti-Gay (pro-human/hetero), which does not demean the person behind the disapproved behavior. Gays do not only want you to tollarate them but to join them, even if it means bullying(like a ruthles dictator) you to do so.
Normal people don't spend their time trying to nanny the gay crowd, everything does not have to be gay.. tollarance is a two way street not a one way. Gays are Anti-Straight, vice versa, there is your fair and balance political correctness crap.
Actually,businesses don't answer to the government but to the people ( the market), if the chain owner can't please the people she serves in the chosen community,goverment won't step in to pay her bills. The government is not our solution to economy, and social problems but the problem blocking the solution... Mitt Romney for President!
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