Chick-fil-A is endg donatns to three groups that oppose gay marriage an effort to halt protts and broan s ctomer base.
Contents:
- CHICK-FIL-A RPONDS TO ANTI-GAY CONTROVERSY ON FACEBOOK
- DRAG QUEENS MAKE HILAR 'COMMERCIAL' TAKG ON CHICK-FIL-A'S ANTI-GAY FUNDG—HERE'S TODAY'S AD BRIEF
- I’M GAY AND I EAT AT CHICK-FIL-A. SHOULD I FEEL ASHAMED?
- CHICK-FIL-A HALTS DONATNS TO 3 GROUPS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- CHICK-FIL-A PRINT COM CLEAN ABOUT COMPANY'S ANTI-GAY PHILOSOPHY
CHICK-FIL-A RPONDS TO ANTI-GAY CONTROVERSY ON FACEBOOK
Chick-Fil-A Vows To Leave Gay Rights Debate 'To The Government And Polil Arena' On Facebook * chick fil a anti gay commercial *
When asked about his pany's reported donatns to anti-gay anizatns like Exod Internatnal and the Fay Rearch Council, Cathy told wrer K.
DRAG QUEENS MAKE HILAR 'COMMERCIAL' TAKG ON CHICK-FIL-A'S ANTI-GAY FUNDG—HERE'S TODAY'S AD BRIEF
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I’M GAY AND I EAT AT CHICK-FIL-A. SHOULD I FEEL ASHAMED?
In Febary, Northeastern Universy officials reportedly squashed plans for a mp-based anchise of the fast food cha, after "stunt ncerns reflected [Chick-fil-A's] history of donatg to anti-gay anizatns, " acrdg to The Boston Globe. While this lotn is owned by a anchisee rather than Chick-fil-A's parent pany, as is the se wh many of the cha's lotns across the untri, has reigned a now -long nversatn about Chick-fil-A's charable givg and what Vox once scribed as "s reputatn as a homophobic purveyor of lic chicken sandwich" — both of which are important to unrstand as ntext for this se.
When did allegatns of "homophobia" agast Chick-fil-A surface?
CHICK-FIL-A HALTS DONATNS TO 3 GROUPS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
In rponse to a discsn about some of the cha's stanc tied to Cathy's relig beliefs— such as remag closed on Sunday as is "the Lord's Day, " acrdg to an archived Chick-fil-A prs release — Cathy said he felt people were "vg God's judgment on our natn" by supportg the legalizatn of gay marriage. But that "wasn't the first time the Cathys were acced of homophobia, " Vox noted.
A year earlier, a Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A's cisn to donate food to a marriage semar nducted by the Pennsylvania Fay Instute, a group known for s anti-gay advocy, prompted a natnwi boytt of the cha. Cathy issued a vio statement rponse to the boytt, which he claimed the pany "serv all people" and that, while he personally believ the "biblil fn of marriage, " his pany don't have an "anti-gay agenda.
CHICK-FIL-A PRINT COM CLEAN ABOUT COMPANY'S ANTI-GAY PHILOSOPHY
Tett Cathy, had donated "nearly $2 ln to anti-gay groups" 2010. In 2012, followg news of Cathy's terviews and Chick-fil-A's charable givg, a number of gay wrers and activists rpond.