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There are some magic words that when you say them you don’t have to follow the law.
When I go up to my brother and sister-in-laws place in Maine sometimes I stop at the rest area in Sturbridge on the Mass Turnpike. Sometimes I stop on a Sunday after driving for a hour, can you imagine is you stop and you find out it is closed because it is Sunday.
They call it a Service Plaza for a reason because you stop there for food and fuel and they are open 24/7 not 24/6. It is not all fast food chain stores only those on a limited access highway.
The food concessions provide a service to the public everyday of the year, the law covers every fast food concession… not just Chick-fil-A.
When I go up to my brother and sister-in-laws place in Maine sometimes I stop at the rest area in Sturbridge on the Mass Turnpike. Sometimes I stop on a Sunday after driving for a hour, can you imagine is you stop and you find out it is closed because it is Sunday.
Why does New York state want a fast food restaurant to stay open on Sundays? Simple, once you know the whole truth. Republicans have a had time tell the whole truth.Graham declares ‘war’ against NY to protect Chick-fil-A’s Sundays off
The Hill
BY TARA SUTER
December 22, 2023Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) declared “war” Friday over a New York state bill that would require some Chick-fil-A restaurants to operate on Sundays.
“This is war,” the Graham wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
He continued in a second post, threatening to introduce legislation that would withhold federal funds from cities that require the fast food chain to stay open on Sundays.
“The founders of Chick-fil-A made a decision early on to close on Sunday, consistent with their faith,” the South Carolina senator said. “For any government to try to reverse this decision flies in the face of who we are as Americans.”
The aforementioned New York bill aims to have restaurants in state highway system rest areas operate for the entirety of the week, according to The Associated Press.
Instead, every contract for food concessions in the future at transportation facilities owned by New York state and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would be.
USA Today reported,
They think that they are above the law, that they don’t have to obey the laws because of “Religious Freedom.” They think they can do anything in the name “Religious Freedom.”
But what about the us? But what us? When you are driving for 8 hours and you need food and fuel what are you supposed to do, not drive on Sundays because the fast food places along a limited access highway?
Under Bill A08336, introduced in New York, contracts entered into by the New York State Thruway Authority with food providers at transportation facilities and rest areas would require the food services to remain open seven days a week, according to the New York State Assembly.
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Seven Chick-fil-As are located in multiple New York State Thruway rest stops, with three more planned to be built, according to WRGB Albany.
The bill also will require New Jersey to enact the same law for food services at the Port Authority, which will take effect after New Jersey passes a statute similar to the one in New York.
But what about the us? But what us? When you are driving for 8 hours and you need food and fuel what are you supposed to do, not drive on Sundays because the fast food places along a limited access highway?
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If passed, the law would not affect existing restaurants. And any company that doesn’t want to stay open as required by law and contract is free to walk away from the deal.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine drove home from Buffalo to Ling Island the Sunday after Thanksgiving. One of the busiest travel days of the year. Because Chik Fil A was closed, there was a hour wait to buy food at the other fast food establishment at the rest stop. She and her husband wound up buying cold sandwiches because they didn’t want to wait,
There's a militant buried in me that says "pee in their doorway" lol
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