NYC Mayor Bloomberg disagrees ‘really strongly’ with ban on Chick-fil-A over pro-gender marriage

New York City scored a serious win for free speech and pro-gender marriage when Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended Chick-fil-A’s president Dan Cathy and his right to free speech and his belief in gender-integrated marriage.  Bloomberg said there will be no ban on Chick-fil-A in New York City.

Politicker:

As mayors around the country — including Boston’s, Chicago’s and San Francisco’s — are backing efforts to keep the fast food chain out of their cities due to the company’s president, Dan Cathy, spending millions to push back against gay marriage, Mr. Bloomberg said it’s “a bad idea and it’s not going to happen” on John Gambling’s radio show this morning. 

“They’re all friends but I disagree with them really strongly on this one,” Mr. Bloomberg said of his mayoral colleagues. “You can’t have a test for what the owners’ personal views are before you decide to give a permit to do something in the city. You really don’t want to ask political beliefs or religious beliefs before you issue a permit, that’s just not government’s job.” 

Mr. Bloomberg went on to argue that blocking a business based on their political beliefs opens a potential slippery slope where liberal cities block conservative establishments and vice versa with conservative cities.