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What, you’re upset at Paterno’s statue being taken down at Penn State? Just
look the other way and pretend like it’s not happening. Oh.. gotta run...
Hey guys, Charles Como back with another political minute. This week we look at the dangers for
corporations when they decide to get political.. and in particular, Chick-fil-A.
So, start the 1 minute clock.
Recently, the president of Chick-fil-A gave an interview to the Baptist Press stating
that Chick-fil-A is “Guilty as charged” in its support of the “the biblical definition
of the family unit” meaning anti-gay-marriage of course.
Chick-fil-A fans took to Facebook and Twitter to express their disappointment in this stance..
The Henson Company, which was supplying Muppet toys to Chick-fil-A, stated they
would not be partnering with the company anymore, at which point Chick-fil-A pulled the toys
from their stores “due to possible safety issues.”
This further infuriated people as the toys were not pulled “for safety reasons” and
more exchanges occurred on Facebook. Then a young girl by the name of Abby Farle started
defending Chick-fil-A on Facebook, stating that the toys were removed “weeks before any of this...
John 3:16”.. not sure why the biblical reference...
Then someone noticed that “Abby joined facebook 8 hours earlier. Then another noticed that
Abby Farle’s picture was taken from Shutterstock images.
Then the tweet storm happened.
The lesson to be learned here is that if companies want to express their political views and
even contribute massive amounts of political money in support of those views, they may
end up losing a few customers in the process, or gaining some, depending on what side of
the argument the customers find themselves.
This is why corporations are trying to keep their political contributions secret,
so that they can buy politicians and not suffer the consequences to the bottom line as has
What do you guys think about this whole Chick-fil-A fiasco? Let me know in the comments below.
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Now I’m hungry, I’m going to go make myself a Chick-fil-Gay sammich!