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Related: About this forumChick-fil-A is ending donations criticized by LGBTQ activists after years of backlash
Youd still have to pay me to eat there, ymmv. -DGChick-fil-A is ending donations criticized by LGBTQ activists after years of backlash
On Monday, Chick-fil-A announced it was making a major change to perhaps the most controversial part of the company: its charitable-giving arm.
In a press release, the company said it would "deepen its giving to a smaller number of organizations working exclusively in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger." A Chick-fil-A representative confirmed that the company would no longer donate to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army, two organizations that have been criticized by LGBTQ advocates.
"We made multiyear commitments to both organizations, and we fulfilled those obligations in 2018. Moving forward you will see that the Chick-fil-A Foundation will support the three specific initiatives of homelessness, hunger and education," the representative said in a statement to Business Insider.
Chick-fil-A had previously worked with the groups to fund specific programs such as summer camps that work directly with underprivileged children.
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)I believe they have earned a "no take backs" clause.
Ask me again in a decade.
Saviolo
(3,321 posts)This is a cynical ploy to change the face of the company because being anti-LGBTQ+ is costing them money. They want to still be shitty people but for the company to have broader appeal. They wouldn't be doing this if it weren't affecting their bottom line. They're not doing this for the right reasons, (ie: that it's super shitty to give money to homophobic/transphobic organizations), they're only doing it to try and make more money.
Hard pass.
Collimator
(1,874 posts)I have only heard about a location in the UK that wasn't well received.
Even though I have avoided buying their food for some years now, I haven't really heard about a distinct, organized boycott. My friend's mom (friend is gay) eats there and doesn't think about it. I'm not even sure that my friend cares or not.
packman
(16,296 posts)Duncan Grant
(8,549 posts)Gothmog
(154,840 posts)Mickju
(1,812 posts)This does not wash away their sins. My sister eats there at every opportunity and thinks she is being virtuous for doing so. I hate to say it about my own sister, but she is an idiot who watches Fox every day for hours. It causes me real grief as a gay man.