OFFICIAL - New KCI Terminal

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https://thebeacon.media/stories/2021/09 ... ick-fil-a/
KC LGBTQ Commission raising concern about the inclusion of Chick-fil-A in the new airport. A letter was sent to the city on Monday about it.

It's annoying they chose a place that won't be open on Sunday...which is the biggest traveling day of the week..

So true. BWI has Chick fil A and I think it's closed half the times I'm there.

[Riverite]

That letter should have been sent straight to the shredder. What a joke.

Umm no it’s a perfectly valid thing for them to do.

[Anthony_Hugo98]

That letter should have been sent straight to the shredder. What a joke.

Umm no it’s a perfectly valid thing for them to do.

Why are they trying to ban it though? Why can’t they just not patronize the business if it is included in the airport?

[Riverite]

That letter should have been sent straight to the shredder. What a joke.

Umm no it’s a perfectly valid thing for them to do.

Why are they trying to ban it though? Why can’t they just not patronize the business if it is included in the airport?

Asking a business to not be included because it’s exclusive is perfectly valid for a public project. This is why businesses shouldn’t be in the politics game.

[beautyfromashes]

Asking a business to not be included because it’s exclusive is perfectly valid for a public project. This is why businesses shouldn’t be in the politics game.

Every business is in the politics game.

[Riverite]

Asking a business to not be included because it’s exclusive is perfectly valid for a public project. This is why businesses shouldn’t be in the politics game.

Every business is in the politics game.

Sure but there’s a difference between campaigning for more tif versus being against marriage equality

[beautyfromashes]

Asking a business to not be included because it’s exclusive is perfectly valid for a public project. This is why businesses shouldn’t be in the politics game.

Every business is in the politics game.

Sure but there’s a difference between campaigning for more tif versus being against marriage equality

Most every major corporation has made a political statement around marriage equality. Many, many statements in favor and donations for; Chik-filA donations against.

[Riverite]

Every business is in the politics game.

Sure but there’s a difference between campaigning for more tif versus being against marriage equality

Most every major corporation has made a political statement around marriage equality. Many, many statements in favor and donations for; Chik-filA donations against.

Sure but it’s the exclusionary aspect that is problematic. I’m just saying it shouldn’t get public funds. I would also be against a group that used their money to fund getting rid of churches.

[beautyfromashes]

Sure but it’s the exclusionary aspect that is problematic. I’m just saying it shouldn’t get public funds. I would also be against a group that used their money to fund getting rid of churches.

I can understand that. I guess I'd just prefer that if the public wants to take a political stand, they do so by not giving business to companies they disagree with. There have been strong campaigns against Chik-FilA to encourage people not to eat there. They seem to have failed mostly. So, people have made their choice and that is the beauty of a free society. Obviously, there is a demand for the product of Chik-FilA and people that want to eat their food. I agree with your statement mostly that businesses shouldn't be in the politics game. I guess I'd also prefer government not be in the personal donations of business owners business. Just pick the best restaurants and vendors for the airport. Let people make their own personal choices about where they want to spend their money.

[TheLastGentleman]

Picking a business like CFA for what is ostensibly a public building is an endorsement of sorts IMO. If city hall had a food court with a CFA there would be the same problem

[KCPowercat]

CFA is out

[normalthings]

Picking a business like CFA for what is ostensibly a public building is an endorsement of sorts IMO. If city hall had a food court with a CFA there would be the same problem

CFA and Starbucks are common airport brands

[TheLastGentleman]

Picking a business like CFA for what is ostensibly a public building is an endorsement of sorts IMO. If city hall had a food court with a CFA there would be the same problem

CFA and Starbucks are common airport brands

Ok

[AlkaliAxel]

Who’s gonna replace Chick Fil A at the airport?

[flyingember]

The letter is no more valid than the txt spam

[kcjak]

If a public facility is standing to benefit financially from an entity that advocates publicly against my right to marry and raise a family then the public has a right to say that entity shouldn't be included. Sure most businesses endorse policies that some people are against, but I would argue that the values of CFA aren't something I want supported by having them at the front door to our city. If someone wants to eat there or support them, go to one of their freestanding restaurants.

[Major KC Fan]

Totally agree. Their closed on Sunday policy, traditionally a busy travel day, alone is reason to exclude them. How about a Stroud’s?

[beautyfromashes]

Totally agree. Their closed on Sunday policy, traditionally a busy travel day, alone is reason to exclude them. How about a Stroud’s?

You really want Bubba eating fried chicken with his hands at the gate?

[Riverite]

How about go chicken go or Popeyes or slim chickens I mean there are loads of choices where no one will care

[phuqueue]

Sure but it’s the exclusionary aspect that is problematic. I’m just saying it shouldn’t get public funds. I would also be against a group that used their money to fund getting rid of churches.

I can understand that. I guess I'd just prefer that if the public wants to take a political stand, they do so by not giving business to companies they disagree with. There have been strong campaigns against Chik-FilA to encourage people not to eat there. They seem to have failed mostly. So, people have made their choice and that is the beauty of a free society. Obviously, there is a demand for the product of Chik-FilA and people that want to eat their food. I agree with your statement mostly that businesses shouldn't be in the politics game. I guess I'd also prefer government not be in the personal donations of business owners business. Just pick the best restaurants and vendors for the airport. Let people make their own personal choices about where they want to spend their money.

The public has few effective tools to take a political stand as it is, so I figure people should use whatever they've got. It's obvious enough that "personal choices" actually don't amount to anything, only organized actions do, which is why companies prefer to deal with an atomized work force instead of a union, for example. There is nothing stopping you from similarly organizing whatever groups have an interest in getting CFA into the airport -- lovers of shitty fast food chicken, homophobes, whoever else -- to publish a letter of your own. Organizing and telling public entities what you want from them is also one of the beauties of a free society.