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Dot com thank you Venus and you Johnson all right let's move on now to -- told us on this whole issue.
All of chick fillet the brilliant cow joining via Skype from his secret bunker where -- Cheney is just going to go and make a couple of T.
Good to see -- -- Well thank you and got to see and according yes indeed absolutely.
-- so in chick -- yet the guys right here the Blake when -- that this is much ado about nothing and it's it's a question of free speech and what what do you think of the -- being covered and.
I always like I always like my friend that had awfully self proclaimed atheist I'm the expert on jazz and the First Amendment who is sad that the answer to speech you don't like is not less speech is more speech what you -- -- thought police out there now.
Like the mayors of Boston and Chicago and separate sisco who actually suggested.
Before the era attorneys told -- you couldn't do because they would -- checked already for sorting out franchises and our cities simply because the CEO stated a personal.
Believe I don't I find this to be outrageous what are they going to do with other businesses owned by evangelical Christians that are already operating in their systems are they going to hold on before any media inquiry a grand inquisition and say hey do you believe these things if you do we're going to invalidate your license that would be illegal to.
Nobody can say anything anymore the media for example treated Dixie Chicks during the Bush Administration.
Totally different then they're treating idea and Kathy alone flown chick -- Back then -- an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC.
They describe she described The Dixie Chicks and spirited for saying that they were embarrassed -- -- from the same state.
As George W.
Bush so we got a lot of this stuff the -- thought police can stop go out there.
It and I think it needs to stop.
-- beat I was -- joined to my wife about this cal over the weekend and I I tend to agree with you and and and stop and -- That it's it's a question of free speech and everybody has the freedom to not go to chick -- if they're offended by it if if they want -- -- point was he wasn't speaking.
As a private citizen he was saying we and he -- -- representing that company and that in itself makes it of a different level.
Well you know Ellen DeGeneres was a spokesperson is a spokesperson for -- JC Penney she isn't out of the closet lesbian.
-- some conservatives were upset and suggested that.
JC -- be boycotted I don't I don't have a problem that companies can pick whoever they want as their spokesperson.
And god but here's here's the problem and and be evangelical Christian community.
Feels that its values its fate it's believes it's politics are always under attack.
And any time -- any or do any thing.
The media comes to their door and suggests that they are somehow not mainstream.
And that they should be silenced that they should be discriminated against.
And I think this chick filet businesses simply the last straw for all a lot of people I think on on Wednesday.
We're in Rick Santorum a former presidential candidate senator Mike Huckabee.
The same thing.
Former governor hurdles presidential candidate have announced a -- -- I think you're gonna see chick -- is all over America flooded with the evangelical Christians and other conservatives were fed up being treated this way let's see how the media covers -- That that would add Scott's still -- -- to bring Scott back in.
Cal brings up the -- point of Ellen DeGeneres but.
Didn't didn't the right then mobilize quite a campaign or certain sections of the right.
Mobilize quite a campaign against her and the company she -- whom she was a spokesperson.
I mean isn't the isn't the problem media that whichever side you're wrong you don't like the way the other thing the other side is doing things that's.
Well I've also added talent -- -- with The Dixie Chicks and even if you're member.
-- many radio stations did -- their music so they did have an adverse reaction and it's so I would get on with the other night as I said earlier in the program I cuts both ways.
I believe we have a personal right to what I'm not a -- organized -- and -- pivotal and I stand with the ACLU on this the deal is this.
An end as far as the company even though it's is the company is believed that -- the bullet proof of the pudding is what how is the business run and a chick filet.
There's no discrimination in employment they're gay employees and particularly in Chicago they don't discriminate anyway.
The government can regulate businesses that discriminate.
In the business and employment customer service but they do not have a right to get involved based on the political religious believes that the -- right now.
Yet -- I think on -- one more partly let alone I think it was amusing that the media didn't really at least leave the mainstream so called media.
I didn't really hole Rahm Emanuel -- -- of Chicago.
Accountable for his -- -- -- relationship -- Louis Farrakhan he raging anti semite who said things about homosexuals there were far far more help everybody and -- -- he said -- sinful behavior he said this was an abomination to god he's got all this stuff -- in the -- And and nobody's suggesting that -- -- -- I'm should be.
Silenced and and somebody run a manual says.
Dan -- doesn't recommend it doesn't represent Chicago values.
Was that will lose -- Americana to all those murders every weekend Chicago represent Chicago values come on let's get -- of free speech and stops trying to silence one another.
All right Cal Thomas as interesting in passionate as ever to visit cute couple in the photograph over your right shoulder.
Well well that would be my parents thank you very much all they look is absolutely beautiful as well I'm not an analyst told genetic I think we're gonna talk about to illustrate to seek.
