FILE - This Thursday, July 19, 2012 file photo shows a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant in Atlanta. Earlier this month, Chick-fil-A set off a furor opposing same-sex unions. Other companies are brushing off fears that support for gay marriage could hurt their bottom line.
Mike Stewart, File, Associated Press
Our Take: Renowned Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz called out Chicago and Boston city officials for recent discriminatory statements toward Chick-Fil-A.
Mayors who have told the owners of Chick-fil-A that the restaurant chain is not welcome in their cities are displaying terrible intolerance, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview.
No city is free to discriminate against a company based on the views of its owners, the renowned criminal appeals attorney said.
If you dont like their principles, go to McDonalds, said Dershowitz.
See also Deseret News columnist Nate Oman's analysis of the issue in what he describes as 'soft censorship' from city officials.
Read more about Dershowitz: Anti-Chick-fil-A mayors 'showing terrible intoleranc on Newsmax.
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Re: "Anti-Chick-fil-A mayors 'showing terrible intolerance'"
Not just terrible, but illegal. They're setting their cities up to pay millions in damages.
Hope they've factored that into their pandering More..
As a "liberal" I agree with the ACLU that no government official should treat Chick-fil-a any differently for the opinions of it's CEO. Millions of people are not going to go there now and that IS fair.
But the government at More..
I hope chick fil a opens restaurants in these cities just to make these mayors upset and to show their illegal intolerance will not be tolerated. I have been to chick fil a many times recently to support a great company