{"id":6149,"date":"2012-07-30T10:35:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T10:35:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-30T10:35:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T10:35:40","slug":"d-c-mayor-opposes-chick-fil-a-expansion-in-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/07\/d-c-mayor-opposes-chick-fil-a-expansion-in-city-2\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Mayor opposes Chick-fil-A expansion in city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said that he won&#8217;t support an expanded presence of Chick-fil-A in the District because of the fast-food chain&#8217;s president&#8217;s opposition to marriage equality. 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