Chick-Fil-A Exposed: $1.1 Million to Anti-LGBT Organizations

Equality Matters traces the money in an in-depth report:

"When two Missouri organizations, the Clayton Chamber of Commerce and FOCUS St. Louis, decided earlier this month to cancel a presentation by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy over his company's controversial affiliations, they made the right decision. Although Cathy has unequivocally denied being anti-LGBT and claimed that he and the company have 'no agenda against anyone' and 'will not champion any political agendas on marriage and family,' Equality Matters research proves just the opposite. In fact, the company has strong, deep ties to anti-gay organizations like Focus on the Family and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and its charitable division has provided more than $1.1 million to organizations that deliver anti-LGBT messages and promote egregious practices like reparative therapy that seek to 'free' people of being gay. "

More:
http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/chick-fil-a-exposed-11-million-to-anti-lgbt-organizations.html

I honestly thought they were taken over a while back........

One opened less than 2 years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To this day there are still around 20 cars in the drive-through every time I drive past it regardless of the time of day.
New Mexicans love the taste of warm cardboard.

I've never been to one, but around here they do big business

After all, Chik-fil-A is the chain that's closed
on Sundays because that's the Christian Sabbath
day; why would anyone be the slightest bit
surprised that their money goes to Right-Wing
Christian organizations?

Tesha

poor them

I was reading one of their posters at lunch with friends. It was advertising their christian camp for youth, one for families, a marriage enrichment camp, etc. This was in the one across state line into Maryland. We ate at several down south on our vacation and didn't see anything like that, but they were definitely camps associated with Chick-Fil-A. We haven't been in one since.

I don't see anything wrong with Christian camps, but wording etc. seemed creepy, not to mention the fact it was run by a fast food joint.

would let any personal opinions on ANY matter get in the way of the original reason he went into business for...to make a profit.

Why would you want to drive away any potential customers by promoting any cause, for or against?

Last time I looked, every gay person I know eats fast food every once in a while, and they buy it with MONEY.

If I was in business, I'd want every customer I could get into my stores, not drive them away. Crap, I'd tell them to bring all their friends and relatives, too.


Some people have more money than they know what to do with it, I guess.

Me, I'd start a homeless shelter, or buy foreclosed homes and re-hab them for homeless families with a few million extra dollars I had lying around, but I'm funny that way.

And that money would be the profit I had made off of all my customers...gay customers included.

The purpose of getting rich is so you can use your money to punish your enemies!

:sarcasm:

Learn something new every day.


Myself, I see a business with the fish in their advertising, I don't even bother...it's like advertising that "I'm going to screw you over, but God told me it was OK to do so."

(he's very insecure that way). How you do it is up to you. Prayer, bigot-chicken..... makes little difference as long as god gets the glory

(he's very insecure that way). How you do it is up to you. Prayer, bigot-chicken..... makes little difference as long as god gets the glory