Chik-Fil-A Lasts A Grand Total Of 8 Days In The U.K. After LGBTQ Groups Tell Them to 'Cluck Off'

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Chik-Fil-A is known for two things: chicken sandwiches and ardent homophobia. Reportedly, their chicken sandwiches are very good (I would not know), which is probably why they have managed to continue selling them even in parts of the US that one would generally consider rather inhospitable to CEO Dan Cathy's views and habit of donating money to anti-gay organizations. There are at least three of them right here in Chicago. I don't know who is buying them, or why, when we have so many other quality chicken options here (I mean... Harold's exists and they deliver. So does Popeye's if you are looking for a fast food option), but someone is.

But you know where they are damn well not buying any homophobic chicken sandwiches? The U.K.!

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Cluck off @ChickfilA you are not welcome! The protest is still happening from 11am tomorrow and Pride Organisers from across the UK will be there alongside @Reading_Pride

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Last week, Chik-Fil-A opened their very first restaurant across the pond at The Oracle shopping center in Reading. On Friday, a mere eight days after it opened, it was announced that it would soon be closing. Following a boycott led by Reading Pride, an LGBTQ advocacy group, a spokeswoman for the center told the BBC that they came to realize that "the right thing to do" would be to not extend the company's lease.