You may have already heard about two airports, one in Texas and one in New York, booting Chick-fil-A from their restaurant areas. These were both incidents of blatant discrimination based on the religious beliefs and speech of the CEO of the company, not any actions that the restaurant was taking in terms of their customers, employees or community. But after having had some time to consider how this played out, what we’re seeing is potentially the first hint of something that may already be taking place on a broader scale.
I don’t want to overshadow the awful and ironic nature of these specific cases, though. That’s something Rich Lowry wrote eloquently about at National Review yesterday. -- More...