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    "title": "Mother Jones: In Defense of Chick-Fil-A",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2012-07-27 17:24:11 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>Blocking construction of Chick-fil-a restaurants over Cathy's views is a violation of Cathy's First Amendment rights. Boston and Chicago have no more right to stop construction of Chick-fil-As based on an executive's anti-gay views than New York City would have had the right to block construction of an Islamic community center blocks away from Ground Zero. The government blocking a business from opening based on the owner's political views is a clear threat to everyone's freedom of speech--being unpopular doesn't mean you don't have rights. It's only by protecting the rights of those whose views we find odious that we can hope to secure them for ourselves.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>A principled stance.  Via <em><a href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/07/chik-fil-a-homophobes-have-rights-too\">In Defense of Chick-Fil-A | Mother Jones</a></em>.</p>\n"
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