For Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, this has been a week of strange bedfellows.
First came word that the mayor would host a fund-raiser for Senator Scott P. Brown, a Massachusetts Republican with whom, Mr. Bloomberg said, he does not agree “on an awful lot of things.”
Then, on Friday, the mayor said he would not support a ban against the beleaguered fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, whose owner has drawn controversy by vocally opposing same-sex marriage.
Mr. Bloomberg’s predilection for fried chicken has been well documented — he serves it at fund-raisers and dinner parties — but he is also very much in favor of same-sex marriage. This week, the city filed a brief urging the United States Supreme Court to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Surprising that this nation built on tolerance of religious belief is concerned with something like this. This nation was built on tolerance to other people’s beliefs and for these elected officials to make statements like they have is purely unAmerican. But we all know that if you’re a liberal all bets are off.