they're not advocating that you do it (and I think stealing from Chick-fil-A is probably ethical to a lot of people)

edit: for people not aware, the last part was in reference to pride month and Chick-fil-A's "relationship" with the LGBT community. I'm not advocating one way or another, just replying to the above comment.

I refuse to agree with anyone that thinks its ethical to steal from someone just because they disagree with their beliefs.

That is incredibly dangerous and beyond hypocritical for anyone claiming they are on the "right" side of history.

However assuming they are single use, they are also stealing from Customers who may to may not agree with Chick-fil-a, and likely not actually causing any harm on them (except for customers that cause enough of a stink to still get their free sandwich).

BTW I am saying this as someone that is actually part of the LGBT community.

I hate seeing activity like this because I see it as just further angering the far-right instead of actually focusing on trying to do good.

I generally agree, but I remind you that stealing LGBTQ rights to marry was their intended purpose. Spending thousands and using work force as a political army. Stealing a few sandwiches although petty and wrong.. still doesn’t outweigh the wrong that this company was doing for years.

I prefer stealing food over corporations taking away rights / privileges any day of the week especially in the name of research and education.

Anyone that thinks you should steal the property of a company because you disagree with their stances on social issues is a disgusting idiot.

Speaks volumes about the character of those who boycott Chick-Fil-A, stealing from those whose views they oppose.

What do people who boycott Chick-Fil-A have to do with this? By definition, they're not participating in either end of this.

I’d like to hear an explanation as to why stealing from Chik-Fil-A is a moral act. The only one I can think of is that mass-produced chickens suffer horribly, and so anything that hastens the demise of the company is a good thing. But that makes a number of flimsy assumptions.

They donated to anti LGBTQ groups for years. Money given to Chik-Fil-A ended up supporting policies of hatred and bigotry.

Then don't patronize their business? Why do private opinions give you the right to steal public earnings?

You seem to be acting as if Chick-fil-A is a person and not a company. Maybe you own your own business or something along those lines? I think that for people who see them as a person in this sense will definitely think it's wrong to use this. However in today's capitalistic society those that see them as just a company have no moral issues exploiting this. They just see it as something to get for free or something they just have to put a few mins work into to get for themselves. Which in my opinion isn't bad or morally wrong if you exploit something and disclose how you did it so that it can be patched. Because unlike a government a company can push a change through in a few weeks/months to patch the exploit.

Didn’t know they were the spokesperson for all Christians. This argument is absurd.

There are many Christian people and denominations who don't promote homophobia. I have no problem with them.

Because leftists can't sit with the fact that Chick-Fil-A is the fastest growing fast food chain in the US. Rather than simply boycotting, they need to actively harm their business, since the market clearly doesn't agree.

Would you please stop posting flamewar comments to HN?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Always good to treat a religion of over a billion people as completely monolithic in their beliefs. This certainly isn't an anti-muslim trope.