Chicago's 42nd Ward Alderman ordered Ald. Joe Moreno an unwelcome lunch treat: Chick-fil-A sandwiches.
Ald. Brendan Reilly chose the controversial chicken sandwiches lunch during Friday's budget hearings, a jab at Moreno who has threatened to block the fast food chain in his ward over the company's purported anti-gay stance.
Reilly posted about the sandwiches repeatedly on Twitter.
"I hope Alderman_Moreno will join me for our lunch break during today's budget hearings for a special treat!" Reilly wrote, later writing that aldermen had consumed 75 sandwiches and posting a picture of Chicago aldermen consuming the food.
Moreno did not appear to appreciate the joke, shooting back on Twitter, "Thanks Ald. Reilly, but since I am vegetarian and I don't think homophobia is funny, I'll have to reject your gift."
Moreno's spokesperson, Matthew Bailey sent Windy City Times an interview with Reilly on the Chick-fil-A controversy, which engulfed Chicago for weeks after the company's COO said he was "guilty as charged" of objecting to same-sex marriage.
In the interview, conducted by WTTW's "Chicago Tonight," Reilly said he "vehemently" disagreed with Chick-fil-A's stance but said, "That should not be barrier into entry into a market as big as Chicago."