The Forbes profile notes CEO Truett Cathy would “probably fire an employee or terminate an operator who ‘has been sinful or done something harmful to their family members’,” and says Cathy “wants married workers, believing they are more industrious and productive.” Forbes also states Chick-fil-A’s interviewing process can take up to a year, and include friends and neighbors - so the chances Chick-fil-A actually hiring or franchising someone gay are minuscule. Truett Cathy - Dan Cathy’s father - notes the restaurant giant “has been sued at least 12 times since 1988 on charges of employment discrimination” - a fact the media has totally ignored.ĬNN’s Carol Costello last week claimed “there is no evidence Chick-fil-A discriminates against gay employees or gay clientele,” in an ugly attack on Philadelphia City Councilman James Kenney, and defended Dan Cathy by asking, “why try to destroy his business?” “ The Cult of Chick-fil-A,” a 2007 Forbes profile of Chick-fil-A’s actual CEO, S. And I’ve yet been able to find evidence of Dan Cathy and his family being maligned by the press.
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Cathy’s widely-quoted interview was not with the Baptist Press. Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A’s president and chief operating officer (contrary to media reports promoting him to CEO) has, on multiple occasions, attacked same-sex marriage. "If Chick-Fil-A is serious about their pledge to stop holding hands with divisive anti-LGBTQ activists, then further transparency is needed regarding their deep ties to organizations like Focus on the Family, which exist purely to harm LGBTQ people and families," Drew Anderson, GLAAD's director of campaigns and rapid response, said in a statement.Ĭhick-fil-A's decision to back down from contributing to anti-LGBT charities shows the power that people have to fight back against companies by hitting them where it really hurts - the pocket book.With over 1600 outlets nationwide, Chick-fil-A has been sued for discrimination more than a dozen times. Which is commendable regardless of the company's troubled past. Instead, the Chick-fil-A Foundation plans to give $9 million to organizations that support education and fight homelessness.
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"There are lots of articles and newscasts about Chick-fil-A, and we thought we needed to be clear about our message." RELATED: Alan Turing will appear on the 50-pound note nearly 70 years after being persecuted for his sexuality "There's no question we know that, as we go into new markets, we need to be clear about who we are," Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos told Bisnow. A pop-up shop in England was told it would not be renewed after eight days following LGBTQ protests.Ĭhick-fil-A also has plans to expand to Boston, Massachusetts where its mayor, Thomas Menino, pledged to ban the restaurant from the city. The company recently lost several bids to provide concessions in U.S. I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.īut the chicken giant has now decided to change it's says its charitable donation strategy because it's bad for business.Not because being homophobic is wrong. I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, "We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage". In 2012, Chick-fil-A's CEO, Dan Cathy, made anti same-sex marriage comments on a radio broadcast: The Paul Anderson Youth Home teaches boys that homosexuality is wrong and that same-sex marriage is "rage against Jesus Christ and His values." RELATED: The 1975's singer bravely kissed a man at a Dubai concert to protest anti-LGBT oppression For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one man and one woman. God instituted marriage between one man and one woman as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes explicitly announced it was anti gay marriage in a recent "Statement of Faith."