Still somewhat short on facts and long on supposition and innuendo, but it is a fact that Adam's Mark has had two violations of CRA64 and the current picketing (here too) is well documented, legal, and defined.

Whether anyone else has an ulterior motive or whether riots occurred is either supposition or a personal view of reality. News reports do not document "riots." There was some trouble, but was it a riot? Really? Not important to the issue of whether AM was once again in violation of CRA64. That alone is enough to make anyone consider what staying at an AM means, like Denny's, Dairy Mart, or others.

The question is the position of the FA on the issue and taking unilateral action without consulting with the membership. Look at the roots of the FA and the people who started it. If it has wandered so far from those roots and the membership still values them, is it past it's usefulness? Quite possibly. Perhaps it's time for a change in leadership. Perhaps it's time for a new organization. I certainly don't have answers here, but failing to support the NAACP and continuing to support AM is certainly telling.............but again, I too can only guess.

I am bothered by the lines saying "we MUST have a conference to survive" and that "no other arrangements can be made and we're worried about the money.".....words to that effect. Every one of those is an overcomable condition and if the attitude is that bucks are more important than rights and non-support of an actionable business, than I would conclude that the FA has forgotten where it came from. Taking a stand for a belief is never easy nor is it anything but costly......always been true.

Could be that the folks in the FA are less interested in issues than they once were. Time for a new organization, perhaps, for those who still are. If the argument is "Gee, the FA still does a lot of good and we'll fold this time to keep it alive,".........then it's roots are already dead.

Spaw - Commie Pinko