Just days after announcing it would no longer donate to anti-queer charities and organizations, fast-food giant Chick-fil-A has already backpedaled on its statement.
Chick-fil-A has long attracted controversy and criticism for donations to anti-gay organizations like the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, as well as homophobic comments by CEO Dan Cathy. This year, several airports denied the restaurant permits to open new locations. The announcement that Chic-fil-A would no longer support anti-LGBTQ groups attempted to reset that perception.
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Not it appears Chick-fil-A and homophobia don’t know how to quit one another. Following public outcry by Christian groups, Vice reports that Chick-fil-A will not rule out donations to anti-queer groups after all.
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“No organization will be excluded from future consideration–faith-based or non-faith-based,” Chick-fil-A President and COO Tim Tassopoulos said in a statement to Vice. The statement adds that donations from the business will go to groups focused on education, homelessness, and hunger.
This isn’t the first time Chick-fil-A has said it would stop its homophobic activities, then reneged. In 2011, Dan Cathy said the group would cease donations to anti-LGBTQ organizations, only to have the business double its contributions to those same groups.
Cam
Chik Fil Et won’t give up on their hate.
Chrisk
Ok lets see about that open giving policy. Donate to the trevor project or any number of good LGBT charitable organizations. Of coarse they won’t. It’s a one way street.
msteve
I will never eat at chic fil A. Homophobia is not a social value.
curiobi
In other news that shocks no one and every adult knows without being told, the sky is blue. Water believe it or not is wet, and get this the sun is hot!
If anything surprises me, it’s that the back peddle took 3 whole days, gasp!
Did they honestly think LGTB customers would start flocking to their door and airports and other places banning them would say you guys are alright with one weak statement not even supported by the founder and no positive steps such as donations to LGBT groups?
Wow! It’s almost as if their both bigots and greedy and want to have everyone’s money, including the people they actively discriminate against and the people that are against their discrimination.
In short, cluck off, you dumb sounding sandwich singers. There are plenty of better non hate-group chicken dinners around.
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Will never put my Gay dollars on Chik-Fil-A-Hates cash register….
The hate filled smcubag pukes were in a collective outrage.
May they all get a collective case of raging E-coli digestive distress including projectile diaherra…..(not sure that is actually a thing, but can hope)
Jenniferp412
This is why I never voted for Obama. He was mean to gays before he got elected. NEVER FORGIVE ANYONE NO MATTER WHAT!
Kangol2
Don’t be moronic. Barack Obama actively supported LGBTQ people as an lllinois State Senator. He even supported same-sex marriage. Look it up, then take your garbage lies somewhere else.
gregj777
They have no shame. Huckabee got to them.
STS
I’m not sure that statement alone counts as a “back pedal”. people are reading too much into this latest volley by CFA, All they really said that was important was that they were no longer going to enter into long term donation agreements and that they would review the charitable giving on a more frequent basis, I don’t think CFA EVER mentioned anything about appeasing the LBGT community in any of their statements.
A lot of “opinion” has been added to their statements by just about every “news” organization that has written about this. Personally, I finally quit CFA when I found out they support Focus On The Family (I think that’s the name of the organization) I didn’t have a problem with them giving to christian organizations in general, and I wouldn’t have a problem with future giving to such organization, but Focus On The Family is an absolutely awful organization and I’m surprised any true christian would have anything to do with them… but I digress… It is unreasonable to think that every organization is going actively support the LBGT community, but it is reasonable for the good ones to adopt at minimum a “live and let live” attitude.
Education, Hunger, and Homelessness are real problems that affect all people, and charitable giving to these causes and to groups who support these causes in a loving and inclusive way will benefit all people including LBGT people.
Like many I’m taking a wait and see attitude about CFA, they have not earned back my business yet, but I’m hopeful that they find worthy organizations for their charitable giving activities that allow them to both support their christian values and at the very least, do no harm to the LBGT community
CRHonse
Hate Chicken is what we call it in our home!