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the mayors of boston, chicago, and san francisco are saying they don't want chick-fil-a restaurants in their cities. they can s'tp them, but the rhetoric makes t difficult for a public business to operate in safety. in fact, san francisco mayor ed lee said on twitter, quote: closest chick-fil-a is 40 miles away and i strongly recommend they not try to come any closer. well, that sounds like a threat, does it not? former arkansas governor and current fox news host mike huckabee is leading a campaign to have folks buy stuff at the restaurants to counter the anti-chick-fil-a movement. obviously, the issue of gay marriage continues to divide americans. now the democratic party has made it part of their convention platform. calling for legalized gay marriage nationwide. the democrats will convene in charlotte, north carolina, a state that voted down gay marriage in may. but no matter how he feel about the issue, respect should be brought to the debate. mr. cathy is entitled to his opinion and his company is entitled to donate money to promote keeping traditional marriage as the legal standa

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i want the mayors of boston san francisco and chicago to boycott african-americans, you know why? roll the tape. >> the time has come for a broad-based assault against the powers that be that want to change our culture to one of men marrying men and women marrying women. for the president to bow to the money as judas did for jesus christ is a disgrace and we're ashamed. >> i bet you a thousand dollars you will not hear a word out of the mayors based on that reverend's point of view. >> i'm glad you brought that clip into the fray here. because if this issue was about an owner of a chain who was against black people or against jewish people, do you think sarah palin would go out of her way. >> restaurant take a picture there? >> bill: what the reverend just said and what dan cathy just said are exactly the same. okay? you are not going to hear the mayors say anything about that reverend at all, ever. why? >> because they are african-american and they need their vote. >> bill: wait, michelle, go ahead. >> i can't speak for them but i think it's very obvious that people like mike huc

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christian brother dan cathy to express a biblical view of marriage and get pumbled mayors in boston, chicagoashington and san francisco threatened to sensor his speech, i realized that if freedom-loving americans didn't stand up and speak up. people of faith would be told to sit in the back of the political bus and shut up. chick-fil-a doesn't discriminate against crust merc or employees. it is it a view shared by voters necessary all 32 states where that is on the ballot shared by barak obama until a few months ago. i am not antigay. i do business with gay people and i have friends who are gay. i don't like intolerance and bigotry carried out against religious pime like dan indicating. being a christian shouldn't mean being disenfranchised and ceo's who support causes for the left are not targeted. ceo of apple customer and starbucks and amazon support same-sex marriage. i don't call for their business to be destroyed and i like starbucks and i love apple computer products and i order things from amazon. i buy their products but not the politicings. i can only imagine the outcry if the mayo

. >> mayors in boston, chicago and washington, d.c. said they don't want it expanded to their city. >> there is no place -- >> former republican presidential candidates mike huckabee and rick santorum appreciation day. >> i'm here forpinned. traffic is traffic is moving quite slowly through there. >> heavy downpours caught folks off-guard. the skies cleared out early this afternoon, but they are back. more storms are rolling in. doug kammerer has the latest. >> we were talking about the necessity of that umbrella across the area. i think you may need it in some locations as you make your way out and about. because thunderstorms, air flights out of dulles have been delayed throughout the afternoon. 88 degrees the current temperature out there, winds out of the southeast at 12 miles per hour, a nice afternoon in the district, a bit on the warm side. temperatures around the region 88 in manassas, 90 in fred ricks berg, but look back to the west. martins burg, west virginia at 72 degrees. why? they have the thunderstorms and some rather st

mayors in boston, chicago and washington, d.c. said they don't want chick-fil-a to expand to their city. >> there's no place for people who are homophobic here in the district of columbia. >>> eugene del gaudio disagrees with the mayor. >> you're not allowed to impose your political views on companies on the left or the right, and we can't discriminate against a company because of their political beliefs of their executives or employees. >> reporter: some people came to support freedom of speech. >> i don't necessarily agree with it, but i'll be here on friday when the gay side comes in and does what they want to do. i support their side, too. >> reporter: this friday there will be a doctor-demonstration at chick-fil-as across the country, organized by supporters of same-sex marriage. in sterling, virginia, chris gordon news4. >>> right now same-sex marriage is legal in six states and the district. voters will decide on a referendum in november. >>> the transportation security administration's new deputy administrator is promising

we don't want leo terrell, attorney at law, to open up an office in new york or boston or chicago --question is -- would that be discriminatory? >> hey, listen. if that-- >>> if you supported o.j. >> they don't like leo terrell. i don't have a problem with that. but they use a protective class status, like race, color-- >>> o.j. simpson -- the viewpoint that you had that was -- that was not in the mainstream and they disagreed with. >> don't characterize hatred toward gays as a viewpoint. this is the an attack on gays-- >>> i am asking you, if they told you you couldn't open your business, is that discriminatory? >> it depends on the motivation, mr. hannity and the bible's used to discriminate against women. i don't get t. i don't get you guys. >> what is there to get? what are you talking about -- >> you know what -- >> you of all people should be abhorring discrimination and censorship. >> i don't like any type of discrimination, based on race, religion or sexual orientation. and i hate people using the bible to justify hatred. period, period. >> sean: thank you. >> good night. >>

and when mayors in boston, chicago, washington and san francisco actually threatened to censor his speech and keep him from local commercial in their cities, if freedom loving americans didn't speak up, they would be sit in the back frt political bus and told to shut up. and the coo simply expressed his personal view of marriage. and by the way, it's a view shared by voters in all 32 states where that's been on the ballot and the one that was shared by even barack obama until just a few months ago. i'm not anti-gay. i do business with gay people. i have employed gay people. i have friends who are gay. i just don't like intolerance, hate speech and bigotry carried out against religious people like dan cathie. being a christian shouldn't mean being disenfranchised. and ceo's aren't targeted, the ceo's of apple computer, starbucks and amazon are among those who support same sex marriage, i'm not calling for their businesses to be destroyed or sensor them. i like starbucks and love apple computer products and ordinary things from amazon. i buy their products not their politics. i can only ima

mayors from major cities like boston and chicago have said chick-fil-a's business won't be welcome because of the comments. >>> now nbc news is confirming president obama has authorized secretive aid to syrian rebels battling bashar al assad's regime. the intelligence finding allows the cia and other agencies to give support to rebel factions. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports from inside syria. >> reporter: at 11:00 a.m., attack helicopters circle the sky over the city. from a rooftop we hear their assault begin. it sounds like artillery and strafing from the helicopters. we move down to the alleys to try to find out why syrian forces are attacking this city of 70,000 south of aleppo. we see civilians fleeing from open areas, searching for cover. and rebels on motorcycles in the main square. it appears that a large military convoy was passing by this town on the way to join the attack on aleppo. and as the troops were moving past here, the rebels in this town opened fire on them. in a makeshift rebel media center, activists try to upload videos of the attack they've

in fact the mayors of boston and chicago, want to stop the building of any more chick-fil-a's in theirwants the campus chick-fil-a closed. >> it is almost offensive in a sense that our university is willing to maintain this relationship with an organization that -- that blatantly discriminates against a portion of our student body. >> reporter: later this week, gay rights advocates will have their say. they're using facebook to organize their own demonstration, same-sex kiss day this friday at chick-fil-as across the country. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >> interesting to see whether the friday numbers, how they -- how they compare to what we saw yesterday. >> yes, yes, because people did come out in droves. i don't know how many -- the last count. thousands, thousands. >> some stores ran out of food before their normal closing time of 10:00 p.m. they had to shut their doors. it was a huge show yesterday. >> i think everyone can agree, yes, you support first amendment rights. but is that really what people are supporting or, are they really being -- supportive of intolerance? i'm n

city officials in boston and chicago have publicly rallied against the fast food chain. >> it is gearingup to be a busy week of campaigning. campaign rallies will have the candidates crisscrossing the country this week. hallie jackson joins us live with more. good morning to you. >> good morning. you can call up a preview you could call a preview of the week to come as both sides hammer the other on medicare. for mitt romney and president obama, a rare restorative breather as both attended religious services with their family. but another sunday morning tradition -- the political talk shows -- made for a less peaceful kind of reflection. >> he raided the medicare piggybank, took $700 billion out of the medicare program and shifted it to obamacare. that's wrong. >> romney's senior adviser says his candidate would put that money back into medicare. but obama's team says the $700 billion in savings comes from slashing subsidies to insurance companies and cutting out waste. if romney restores that money -- >> it means that medicare will go bankrupt in just four years. so if mitt romney and p

cappy family which owns chick play is funding anti-gay hate groups that prompted the cities of boston and chicago to come out and basically tell the way that they and their hateful views towards gays and lesbians aren't welcome within the city limits that cause an uproar and then questions begin swirling over whether or not it's appropriate for the government to discriminate against business owners that fun political campaigns like the campaign to defeat marriage equality as the cathy family is doing. but the investigative reporter for the nation magazine leaf on broaden the debate this week he revealed that it's not just the cathy family that's funny anti-gay hate groups chick fil a the corporation is as well and the over more than nineteen million dollars to the effort in two thousand and ten alone and while humans like the kathy family of course have run have a right to free speech and shouldn't be discriminated against a matter what is the same true of non humans or corporations as lief writes quote if a corporation uses its general treasury funds to finance political advocacy does that mean

. >> within hours, mayors of chicago, boston and washington, d.c. rang in, exclaiming that chick-fil-a is not welcome in their towns. >> d.c.'s mayor gray went so far to say hate chicken, a twitter posting. in response, fox news host governor huckabee declared this chick-fil-a appreciation day. more than half a million people signed up on his facebook page in support. >> this is a big dale not for chick-fil-a but for america. and people who believes the first amendment applies to everyone, including christian. >> dozen of others including prominent individuals joined the campaign. in washington they said the criticism of chick-fil-a and likened it to days of segregation and intolerance. >> they didn't want blacks in the restaurant or us staying in the hotels now. they say because we take a christian position they don't want us in the cities. we won't take it. >> reporter: today's show of support for chick-fil-a took on different meaning for different people. for some, it was about freedom of. see for others it was support for biblical principles. cu

those comments became the targets of several big-city mayors like boston, chicago and washington, d.cclear that new chick-fil-a fran choose is would no longer be welcome in their communities. yesterday a massive counter protest, a show of support for the chain. it was called chick-fil-a appreciation day and it drew thousands of supporters to restaurants around the country in what many describe as a show of support for free speech. joining me, lars larson and josh block who is a former spokesman for clinton-gore. a lot of the folks who went out, a lot of viewers sent us pictures of theted in their tow. they say i may or may not support bay marriage. but i'm going to chick-fil-a to back dan cathy, the president's ceo because i don't think we should have people cracking down on people because of their beliefs. thought police and legislators saying you can't do business here because and i disagree about ideology. >> we live in a free country. if the president of that country wants to say crazy things that will turn some people off. it's his right to do it. the market will decide whether t

. >> and mayors in other towns like boston and chicago, said things like they wanted to run chem out of town. and one mayor said they better not get any closer. what kind of threat is that? >> and dan cathy said this two weeks ago. >> i think we are inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. and i pray god's mercy on our generation that has such a pride full, arrogant attitude to think we have the audacity to define what marriage is all about. >> he's for the biblical definition of the family unit. he is not anti-gay and chick-fil-a has said that. they don't discriminate. he is simply against same-sex marriage. >> it was after that the governor mike huckabee decided the way people could voice their own opinions is to chick-fil-a appreciation day. he took to his show and radio show and he has about 2 million followers. he went to chick-fil-a. >> that was in florida yesterday. >> and he started quite a commotion basically. he started all of this and chick-fil-a has acknowledged he is not affilia

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. >> we were following a plane that apparently had gone from boston to midway in chicago and then to jamesville, wisconsin. i may not have all of the stops on this plane's recent travel. help me out here, chuck, if you've got that in front of you. >> i believe it's toledo -- boston to toledo. that's the plane that is ready to go. the plane over the last couple of days made its way to ohio. tag romney was with tim pawlenty tonight and with paul ryan earlier today. tag romney represented mitt romney at the memorial service that paul ryan was also at in the sikh community that's been dealing with the terrible tragedy. >> chuck, perhaps we should take our viewers inside sort of the inside story of how we work on all of this. we've been working on this intense civil. we have some of our best producers and reporters with all of the possible contenders and they've been with them, practically living with them out in the driveways and very quietly talking to them and not reporting on it because it was all a protective process. and we were not going to go on the air until something was definit

the mayors of boston and chicago also took a stand. >> it's not what i believe. and more importantly, not what the people of chicago believe. >> reporter: but on facebook, more than 6,000 people answered former arkansas governor mike huckabee's call for appreciation day. >> i just want to take a stand on god's word and come have a meal. >> reporter: huckabee put in his order. so did other conservatives, include congresswoman michele bachmann and lindsey graham. sarah palin even went last week, then again wednesday. but dominic alvarado, who is gay, feels the tide may turn against the chain. >> you think this will hurt the chain in the long run? >> i think so. more people today are more accepting of gay rights and just rights for everybody. >> reporter: supporters of same- sex marriage plan to counter. they say they will hold a national kiss-in campaign at chick-fil-a restaurants on friday. for cbs, i'm manuel in dallas. >> reporter: more than 11,000 people have already signed up to attend national same-sex kiss-in day on facebook. >>> not a great day on wall stre