Cardinal Roger Mahony, the former Archbishop of Los Angeles and someone who has advocated for causes on both side of the aisle, comes out strongly in favor of religious freedom and Chick-fil-A:

"...Mayor Edwin Lee of San Francisco tweeted:  "Closest Chick-fil-A to San Francisco is 40 miles away & and I strongly recommend that they not try to come any closer."  California has 59 stores, Mayor Lee, and more are in the works.

... Regarding marriage, the question is rather simple:  Is marriage of God's origin?  Or, is marriage of government origin?  We Catholics and many others of similar belief shout loudly that marriage is of God's origin, and we will never stop our efforts to maintain that understanding and practice of marriage in our broader society.

All Catholics, but especially Catholic business leaders, should be in the forefront of efforts to protect all religious liberties and freedoms across our nation.  Because as we have just seen, lots of folks out there are eager to punish us for clinging to and expressing our faith beliefs, values, and practices.  If government can "punish" a store owner for his faith beliefs and threaten to close his store because of those beliefs, then we are all in big trouble.

We as Catholics need to stand tall, know our faith beliefs, and proclaim those to the whole world in the name of Jesus Christ!