None of them. Because they're all profaners of the temple.
Snark aside, just had to say that while I find the recent statements of Skippy the Chick-Fil-A guy to be odious, I have to admit I've got a real problem banning him from doing business in any state/municipality simply because of his beliefs. Now, if he institutionalizes those beliefs, i.e., starts discriminating against his employees or against job applicants based solely on gender preference, now that's a whole different scenario. But simply telling someone he's not free to engage in commerce within a certain jurisdiction due only to his personal/political/religious views absent some type of injurious conduct that inflicts material harm upon the community, or violation of some local anti-discrimination laws, well, that's a slippery-slope argument I think we're better off not having. (Also too: Restraint of trade.) Far better, to me, would simply be for all those Chicagoans who don't want to reward homophobes to simply refuse to patronize their businesses, and to advise all their friends to do the same. An easy fix!
---Vitelius
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