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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials are urging New Yorkers not to eat at Chick fil-A.

The popular chicken restaurant is planning to open up a new location in Queens, its fourth to open in New York City.

But the liberal mayor argued that the owners of Chick fil-A support groups that promote "hate" against gays. 

 

 

"Chick-fil-A is anti-LGBT," he said in a statement, according to the website DNAInfo.

"This group imparts a strong anti-LGBT message by forcing their employees and volunteers to adhere to a policy that prohibits same-sex love.  It is outrageous that Chick-fil-A is quietly spreading its message of hate by funding these types of organizations."

He went on to call for a boycott by New Yorkers. 

"I’m certainly not going to patronize them and I wouldn’t urge any other New Yorker to patronize them. But they do have a legal right," he said.

Chick-fil-A responded by pointing out that it has 80,000 employees of all different backgrounds and beliefs and prefers to focus on its food and service.

"The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender," a spokesperson said.

So what happened when Steve Doocy asked some diners at a Manhattan Chick-fil-A about Mayor de Blasio's remarks?

One man, told of the boycott calls by Steve, said he's on Chick-fil-A's side.

"That's what I'm gonna tell Trump. Keep God first and our kids will be fine," said Jeff.

Watch the reactions below.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/05/05/dont-go-chick-fil-mayor-de-blasio-tells-new-yorkers



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Ummm......Mr. Mayor, you are part of the GOVERNMENT. You don't get to be leading a boycott against a company for its religious beliefs. That's called discrimination and is a violation of the 1st amendment.

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Yeah, really. Ugh.

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It really does suck that every time I go to Chick Fil A they ask me my sexual orientation before they take my order biggrin



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They withhold your chicken nuggets if you answer wrong. Just sayin'.

SMH.

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Ah...those tolerant liberals.

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I love chic fila

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I love them even more now.

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Let captialism speak for itself. Either the business will be supported by the vote of the people or it will not.

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I love chick fil a. It does so much business it's hard to even get in the door. It's like that all over this region.

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I won't eat there...and I did spend almost $90 at Target on my way home from work.

I went to the bathroom too.

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Southern_Belle wrote:

I love chick fil a. It does so much business it's hard to even get in the door. It's like that all over this region.

I can't even go there at lunch anymore.  LITERALLY, they have cars backed up twice around the building.  The cops are there every afternoon during lunch directing traffic.  It's crazy... 



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I won't eat there...and I did spend almost $90 at Target on my way home from work.

I went to the bathroom too.

flan

 You are going to have to spend that just about every week to make up for me. 



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Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:

I won't eat there...and I did spend almost $90 at Target on my way home from work.

I went to the bathroom too.

flan

 You are going to have to spend that just about every week to make up for me. 

And me... 



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As of yesterday, Target has agreed to meet with the leaders of the boycott. Seems a 7% stock drop has gotten their attention.

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Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:

I won't eat there...and I did spend almost $90 at Target on my way home from work.

I went to the bathroom too.

flan

 You are going to have to spend that just about every week to make up for me. 

 Challenge accepted!!! evileye

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I won't eat there...and I did spend almost $90 at Target on my way home from work.

I went to the bathroom too.

flan

 You are going to have to spend that just about every week to make up for me. 

 Challenge accepted!!! evileye

flan

 Now don't be going bankrupt on my account.  Target is not worth it.



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No, LL, I promise I won't. This trip included a birthday present for DH's DGS.

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I love chic-fil-a.

I don't eat there enough.

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Lawyerlady wrote:

As of yesterday, Target has agreed to meet with the leaders of the boycott. Seems a 7% stock drop has gotten their attention.

 7% is nothing when your stock is trading over $78 a share. Before the story broke it was about $82 a share. So that isn't a huge dip. 



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It isn't much now.

But if the trend contiues, it could become catastrophic.


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Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:

As of yesterday, Target has agreed to meet with the leaders of the boycott. Seems a 7% stock drop has gotten their attention.

 7% is nothing when your stock is trading over $78 a share. Before the story broke it was about $82 a share. So that isn't a huge dip. 

 Its almost 3 billion dollars!



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And in a month it will be right back up to where it was before. Stocks do this all the time. They go up and down and all that matters is the earnings per share.

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And while 3 billion dollars sounds like a lot, the valuation of the company is MUCH more than that. It's just a drop in the bucket.

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Oh and by the way, the stock is actually higher today (at the LOW price) than it was in January of 2016 before any of this happened! Hasn't been this high since November of 2015!

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