'If you’re expressing outrage at Chick-fil-A, why the hell were you not protesting President Obama before his “evolution” on the issue...?'

The question of the day to throw back at gay fascists and their ignorant supporters:

Seriously, this is the most absurd fake outrage I’ve ever seen in my life. Don’t get me wrong, I support gay marriage. However, I also believe in free speech. Sure, free speech occasionally comes with consequences — you have the right to say what you want, but you’d better be willing to live with it, but many of the people who have gotten on a soap box about this don’t exactly have their hands clean. As Conor Friedersdorf notes, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel worked for President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama at times when they opposed gay marriage:

Many voices have beat me to clucking at Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for suggesting that its appropriate to prevent Chick-fil-A from opening a Windy City store because its CEO opposes gay marriage. UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh explained why the threatened action is a violation of the First Amendment. Glenn Greenwald insisted that all liberals should object to the awful precedent it would set. Wrote Kevin Drum at Mother Jones, “You don’t hand out business licenses based on whether you agree with the political views of the executives. Not in America, anyway.”

All that’s left to say is what Michael Brendan Dougherty alludes to: As mayor of a safely Democratic city, Emanuel avows that “Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago values. They’re not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our family members. And if you’re gonna be part of the Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values.” In his initial formulation, since walked back, opposition to gay marriage is cast as so awful a transgression as to render one unfit to sell Chicagoans fast food! Yet Emanuel had no problem helping Barack Obama to attain the most powerful office in America while Obama was against gay marriage, a position the president clung to until this year. Nor did he shy away from Bill Clinton, helping him to win the Democratic primary in 1992 and serving as an adviser even after Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act.

And that’s another point that should be made. If you’re expressing outrage at Chick-fil-A, why the hell were you not protesting President Obama before his “evolution” on the issue just a couple of months ago?

That goes to the heart of the matter and it's refreshing to see it come from someone who says he supports gay marriage.

I pray he'll see that this has little to do with gay marriage.  It has everything to do with setting up that which will be used to quash religious liberty.

Comments

[Locutisprime]

This correlation was being made by many in talk radio yesterday. Not a dimes worth of difference between Dan Cathy's position and Obama's before he 'evolved.' Yet Cathy is demonized by the homosexual lobby.

Either way, I will join millions tomorrow for my Chick Fil a sandwich and waffle fries. and the collective left can kiss my grits.

I support Dan Cathy and Chick Fil a.

[Clinton]

I think the difference is that the collective left knows that Mr.
Cathy is sincere when he states his beliefs, and they know that
our president... well, not so much.

[chuck aka xtnyoda]

Just returned from the Little Rock Chick Fil A shop. Drove through, got to the pick up window. The young man handed us our order and said, "There's no charge today sir, it's on us!" They would not let me pay one red cent!

Just wondering if that's going on else where?

Oh, and lots of smiles inside that window.