There's something about the public flogging of Chick-fil-A by government officials that seems un-American - lawmakers hell-bent on destroying a privately owned American company simply because of the owner's personal opinions.

Democrats in more than a half dozen major cities have led the charge - slandering Chick-fil-A's owner and calling for all-out bans on the company's expansion efforts in places like Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco.

And Chick-fil-A's only crime is being a family-owned company that ascribes to the teachings of the Holy Bible - a belief that marriage is a union between one man and one woman.

Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy has been called a bigot, a homophobe. The mayor of Washington, D.C., accused the company of peddling "hate chicken."

Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney introduced a resolution condemning the company -- and its president.

"This particular individual is rabidly homophobic and wants to deny Americans civil rights that are enjoyed by every other American," Kenney said.