Dan Cathy, Chick-Fil-A Print, On Anti-Gay Stance: 'Guilty As Charged' | HuffPost Voic

Contents:

• CHICK-FIL-A PRINT LET GAY MARRIAGE REMARK
• CHICK-FIL-A CEO DAN CATHY SPEAKS OUT ON GAY MARRIAGE CONTROVERSY
• CHICK-FIL-A CEO DAN CATHY STEPS TO GAY-MARRIAGE BATE
• CHICK-FIL-A PRINT TWEETS RPONSE TO GAY MARRIAGE RULGS, THEN DELET
• CHICK-FIL-A CEO CATHY: GAY MARRIAGE STILL WRONG, BUT I'LL SHUT UP ABOUT IT AND SELL CHICKEN
• DAN CATHY, CHICK-FIL-A PRINT, ON ANTI-GAY STANCE: 'GUILTY AS CHARGED'
• YEARS LATER, CHICK-FIL-A STILL FEELS HEAT OM LGBTQ GROUPS OVER ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE REMARKS
• FACT-CHECKG THE FALLOUT OM THE CHICK-FIL-A GAY MARRIAGE NTROVERSY
• CHICK-FIL-A PRINT LET ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE TWEET

CHICK-FIL-A PRINT LET GAY MARRIAGE REMARK

ATLANTA – The print of the fast-food rtrant cha Chick-fil-A has once aga jected himself to the gay marriage bate, this time cricizg U. "Dan regniz his views do not necsarily reprent the views of all Chick-fil-A ctomers, rtrant owners and employe, so he removed the tweet to elimate any nfn, " the pany 's view on gay marriage has created ntroversy for the Atlanta-based pany bt known for s ied chicken sandwich and closg on Sundays.

Gay marriage supporters held a "Kiss In" at the rtrants to prott Cathy's views. Chick-fil-A Print and CEO Dan Cathy apparently laments gettg the fast-food cha volved the bate over marriage equaly, but he isn't takg back his anti-gay ments. Cathy spoke wh The Atlanta Journal-Constutn about the homophobic remark that land him and the bs hot water nearly two years ago.

CHICK-FIL-A CEO DAN CATHY SPEAKS OUT ON GAY MARRIAGE CONTROVERSY

The cha, which has more than 100 lotns Virgia and more than 50 Maryland, is closed on Sundays, pip hymns on the grounds surroundg s headquarters and has prevly e unr fire om lbian, gay and bisexual and transgenr groups for donatns ma by the pany's why have Cathy’s ments ed such a stir? Tett Cathy and his wife Jeate Cathy, has donated over $1 ln to groups that actively oppose same-sex marriage, cludg Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Fom; the anti-LGBTQ Christian group Foc on the Fay; the SLPC-certified hate group Fay Rearch Council; the now-funct ex-gay therapy group Exod Internatnal; the exclively for-heterosexuals-only Marriage & Fay Legacy Fund; and the Fellowship of Christian Athlet (FCA), a relig groups whose “sexual pury policy” prohibs any homosexual acts. However, The Chick-fil-A Foundatn’s IRS filgs om 2015 revealed that the foundatn donated $1 ln to the FCA; $200, 000 to the Pl Anrson Youth Home, a Geia-based rintial home for troubled youth which said that child abe homosexualy; and $130, 000 to the Salvatn Army, a relig ternatnal chary that has long opposed same-sex marriage and anti-LGBTQ hog discrimatn protectns while supportg relig exemptns om LGBTQ+ anti-discrimatn laws.

One anonymo gay worker disuraged boytts, notg that they would mostly harm the cha’s LGBTQ+ employe, but also acced the rtrant’s anti-gay and Christian supporters of beg self-righteo, arrogant, and bld to LGBTQ+ sufferg. Several gay employe said some ctomers offered homophobic words of support for the bs while other people yelled at employe for supportg a homophobic pany. Others said that their Chick-fil-A -workers and supervisors didn’t tolerate homophobic behavr om lleagu.

Chick-fil-A’s supporters have enuraged the pany to embrace s anti-gay social stanc, while s crics have urged the pany to turn away om s anti-LGBTQ+ practic. In 2012, gay activists and alli staged a natnal boytt of the cha after one lotn donated food to a semar hosted by the anti-gay Pennsylvania Fay Instute.

CHICK-FIL-A CEO DAN CATHY STEPS TO GAY-MARRIAGE BATE

Too often, those on the left make rporate statements to show support for same-sex marriage, abortn, or profany, but if Christians affirm tradnal valu, we’re nsired homophobic, fundamentalists, hate-mongers, and tolerant. On Augt 3, 2012, however, gay rights activists around the natn held kiss- protts opposn to the rtrant’s anti-LGBTQ+ donatns and Dan Cathy’s views agast same-sex marriage. Around the same time, gay artist Manny Castro spray-pated a Torrance, California Chick-fil-A rtrant wh a picture of a w and the words “Tast Like Hate” prott of Cathy’s anti-gay statements.

The Amerin Fay Associatn also circulated a petn which stated, “It looks like you (Chick-fil-A) are abandong Christian valu and agreeg wh homosexual activists who say believg the Bible mak you a hater. While Chick-fil-A’s donatn strategy has changed for the time beg, still rri an image of beg anti-gay.

CHICK-FIL-A PRINT TWEETS RPONSE TO GAY MARRIAGE RULGS, THEN DELET

In September 2022, Alexandre’s Bar the Dallas gayborhood of Oak Lawn announced the sale of s own “Chick-fil-gAy” sandwich that was only available on Sundays (the day on which all Chick-fil-A lotns are closed).

CHICK-FIL-A CEO CATHY: GAY MARRIAGE STILL WRONG, BUT I'LL SHUT UP ABOUT IT AND SELL CHICKEN

In short, Chick-fil-A uld vt s future by ntug to distance self om s past anti-gay actns.

DAN CATHY, CHICK-FIL-A PRINT, ON ANTI-GAY STANCE: 'GUILTY AS CHARGED'

Diversy is lic, homophobia is not. Tett Cathy and his wife, Jeate, which crics ntend has evinced a bias the Chick-fil-A pany by donatg lns of dollars to groups wh anti-gay agendas:. In the name of tolerance, the anti-Chick-fil-A hawks sneered at the pany's ma product as "J Chicken, " rid s no-Sunday-work policy, and attacked s operators as "anti-gay.

This is not bee they re about wng hearts and mds over gay rights or marriage policy, but bee their re objective is to margalize polil opponents and chill Christian philanthropy and activism. The pany has mataed that neher they nor the anizatns they donate to through WShape has an "anti-gay" agenda:.

YEARS LATER, CHICK-FIL-A STILL FEELS HEAT OM LGBTQ GROUPS OVER ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE REMARKS

The stunt senate at Northeastern Universy, Boston, voted to end negotiatns to brg fast-food cha Chick-fil-A to mp after stunts protted over the pany's affiliatn wh several Christian anizatns the stunts say have an "anti-gay" Atlanta-based pany, dogged for months by accatns of homophobia, sists is "not anti-anybody" but stead simply wants to "gracly serve great food and have a posive fluence on all who e ntact wh Chick-fil-A. None of the anizatns the pany supports has an "anti-gay" agenda, although as Christian groups, they do uphold and support heterosexual marriage, Donald A.

Chick-fil-A print and chief operatg officer Dan Cathy's July 2012 terview wh the Baptist Prs generated even more ntroversy over the issue, wh crics matag he had virtually acknowledged the pany supports an anti-gay marriage agenda:. The Jim Henson Company announced would no longer partner wh Chick-fil-A the wake of the fast food pany's acknowledged support of anti-gay anizatns.

Meno is vowg to block Chick-fil-A om brgg s Southern-ied fast-food empire to Boston — possibly to a popular tourist spot jt steps om the Freedom Trail — after the fay-owned firm’s print suggted gay marriage is "vg God’s judgment on our natn. A uple of wily-circulated piec about Chick-fil-A and other fast food outlets were merely bs of satiril polil humor, not genue news ems:On 24 July 2012, the satiril Onn web se spoofed the Chick-fil-A ntroversy by publishg an article tled "Chick-Fil-A Debuts New Homophobic Sandwich":. As part of s recent efforts to publicly align self wh fundamentalist Christian valu, the Chick-fil-A rtrant cha announced the but of s new Queer-Hat' Cordon Bl sandwich that would be on sale all of the pany's 1, 600 a prs nference to reporters, pany reprentativ said the homophobic new sandwich will clu the natnal fast food cha’s tramark ied chicken filet wrapped a piece of specially-smoked No Homo ham that would be topped wh a slice of Swiss chee and lathered a creamy new Thoand Island-based Fag Punchg sce.

FACT-CHECKG THE FALLOUT OM THE CHICK-FIL-A GAY MARRIAGE NTROVERSY

Rpondg to Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's recent ntroversial admissn of the pany's donatns to antigay groups, a statement om petg fast food cha Wendy’s let nsumers know that has long supported same-sex upl and only harbors strong objectns to terracial marriage. "It's important that Wendy’s ctomers know our rtrant proudly stands by the right of all Amerins to marry whomever they choose, so long as isn't someone of a different race, ” said spokwoman Jenna Knox, addg that while Wendy’s has always backed pro-gay legislatn, found miscegenatn "an abomable offense to God’s will.

CHICK-FIL-A PRINT LET ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE TWEET

Followg the Wendy’s statement, executiv om Jack the Box nfirmed that they too had always supported gay rights and the Holot never happened. Some rears asked, "Did Chick-fil-A really spend lns lobbyg Congrs not to nmn Uganda’s 'Kill the Gays' bill"?

We found no evince that Chick-fil-A self spent money (let alone lns) lobbyg Congrs to prevent that body om issug a nmnatn of a ntroversial Ugandan legislative bill which rried the ath penalty for some homosexual acts. 1064, a rolutn seekg to "exprs the sense of the Hoe of Reprentativ" that Uganda's proposed Anti-Homosexualy Bill "threatens the protectn of fundamental human rights.