LeMunyon Participates in Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day
Delegate says he patronized the fast food restaurant Wednesday in support of free speech
Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-67th District) joined the thousands of Northern Virginia residents who supported Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day on Wednesday, saying his decision to patron a Chantilly location of the fast food restaurant was in support of the First Amendment. "I see it, and people I talked to over there, see it as a First Amendment issue. People have a right to say things in public, particularly expressing their religious beliefs and people ought to tolerate that whether they agree with it or not," LeMunyon said. "When you have big city mayors ... saying you can't put a store here because we don't like what you say in public, I think that would fit anybody's definition of intolerance." Chick-fil-A has recently received pushback from gay…
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4:28 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012
@Joe - I think what Jim is trying to point out is the normal misunderstanding of "1st Ammendment Rights" by most people. The first 5 words of the ammendment are: "Congress shall make no law". I don't see congress involved here, so no rights are being violated or infringed. Both sides of this issue are able to state their opinion and their disagreement with the other side. Physical threats are … more ›