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Originally Posted by nik-
The 1st amendment protects you from prosecution or the making of a law preventing you from speaking your mind. It is not a mind erasing umbrella that makes you 100% immune from the consequences of what you say and it definitely doesn't say your corporation is immune from outrage or a drop in business as a result of your executives saying stupid things.
People who immediately bring up the 1st amendment whenever there is some sort of backlash against what someone says are dumb. Read what it says for the love of god.
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If people avoid Chick-Fil-A (and I'm sure some do) that's something they have to deal with.
If the gov't of Chicago denies them zoning because of the speech of the company and its founder, that's a completely different thing, and would be protected by the 1st amendment.