Gay Chick-Fil-A Employe Speak Out
Contents:
- CHICK-FIL-A ANTI-GAY CONTROVERSY: GAY EMPLOYE SPEAK OUT
- I’M GAY AND I EAT AT CHICK-FIL-A. SHOULD I FEEL ASHAMED?
- GAY EMPLOYE OF CHICK-FIL-A SPEAK OUT! THEY'RE CGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEATED PUBLIC DEBATE
- GAY CHICK-FIL-A EMPLOYE REVEAL WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE TO WORK THERE LATELY
- A GAY FENSE OF CHICK-FIL-A
CHICK-FIL-A ANTI-GAY CONTROVERSY: GAY EMPLOYE SPEAK OUT
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.
I’M GAY AND I EAT AT CHICK-FIL-A. SHOULD I FEEL ASHAMED?
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. 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.
GAY EMPLOYE OF CHICK-FIL-A SPEAK OUT! THEY'RE CGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEATED PUBLIC DEBATE
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.
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). In short, Chick-fil-A uld vt s future by ntug to distance self om s past anti-gay actns.
Diversy is lic, homophobia is not. Elected officials have urged Chick-fil-A to stay out of their ci, the Jim Henson Company has severed ti, and gay rights groups are anizg natnal protts agast the ied chicken cha. Andrew, a gay 24-year-old who has been workg at the northern Alabama Chick-fil-A sce January, sat his r smokg a cigarette and watchg the crowd durg a break earlier Wednday.
GAY CHICK-FIL-A EMPLOYE REVEAL WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE TO WORK THERE LATELY
"Chick-fil-A has long e unr fire om activists for givg lns to groups that advote agast gay rights and even support ex-gay therapy, but the fire has ratcheted up recent weeks, followg terviews which Cathy said he was “guilty as charged” of supportg “the biblil fn of the fay un" and that gay marriage v "God's judgment on our natn.
" Now, Chick-fil-A ss at the center of fur bate over same-sex marriage, gay rights and ee speech, wh policians, activists, and newspaper edorial boards weighg om all pany has remaed mostly silent on the issue.
A GAY FENSE OF CHICK-FIL-A
Another group stayg mostly silent on the issue are the gay, lbian and bisexual employe who staff the rtrants.
One gay employee who works at Chick-fil-A headquarters Atlanta, Ga., and asked to rema anonymo for fear of losg his job, says he is gettg om both sis. On the one hand, there is the ctomer who me and said he supported Dan Cathy and then "ntu to say somethg tly homophobic, e. On the other hand, he ntued, "I was yelled at for beg a god-lovg, nservative, homophobic Christian while walkg some food out to a gut a mall dg room.
" Gabriel Aguiga, a gay employee at a Chick-fil-A Colorado, also said the harst part hasn't been hearg Cathy's ments. Instead, "['s] nstantly havg people e up to you and say, 'I support your pany, bee your pany hat the gays, '" Aguiga, 18, wrote an email. "Our managers have remend jt sayg 'Thank you for your bs' if a ctomer says they agree wh Cathy’s ments, rather than agreeg or disagreeg wh them, " K, an openly gay Chick-fil-A employee Louisiana, told HuffPost an stayg ntral n be difficult when feels like the world is passg judgment on everyone associated wh the pany.