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Following his comments, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino
and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said they plan to protest by banning
Chick-fil-A restaurants in their cities.
Menino has since backed off the idea, but the ACLU
warned other government leaders not to join in the type of threats the
mayors made.
"The government can regulate discrimination in
employment or against customers, but what the government cannot do is to
punish someone for their words," said Adam Schwartz, senior attorney
for the ACLU of Illinois.
He added that the ACLU "strongly supports" same-sex
marriage, but explained that "if a government can exclude a business for
being against same-sex marriage, it can also exclude a business for
being in support of same-sex marriage."
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