Contents:
- I’M GAY AND I EAT AT CHICK-FIL-A. SHOULD I FEEL ASHAMED?
- CORPORATE GAY FOR PAY
- IS CHICK-FIL-A ANTI-GAY?
I’M GAY AND I EAT AT CHICK-FIL-A. SHOULD I FEEL ASHAMED?
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. 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.
CORPORATE GAY FOR PAY
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.
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.
IS CHICK-FIL-A ANTI-GAY?
The tweet generated ntroversy bee of the chief executive officer's (CEO) history of donatg money to anti-LGBTQ groups and his ments opposg gay marriage. We found an early example of the logo on a Facebook group lled Natnal Gay Day at Chick-Fil-A. Over the years, the Cathy fay's charable givg anizatn, the WShape Foundatn, has given money to groups like the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage (which oppos same-sex marriage), the Salvatn Army (which has been acced of discrimatg agast LGBTQ people), Fellowship of Christian Athlet (reportedly bars any "homosexual acts"), and the Pl Anrson Youth Home (teach boys that homosexualy is wrong).