Chick-fil-A Agrees to Stop Giving Donations to Anti-Gay Organizations: Is Chick-fil-A Turning Over a New Leaf?

by (▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) Posted 2012/09/19 18:46:15

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/09/19 20:06:06

Yes

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Possibly,

...but they should now be prepared to receive a boycott from the homophobic right.
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✞Knight of Honor 2012/09/28 01:52:29

No

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Respectfully, your facts are wrong; Chick Fil A never said that; it was a misunderstanding. Right after the Chicago newspaper printed it, CEO Dan Cathy denied the lies.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/p...

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iamthemob ~ the 444th Guru ~ 2012/09/24 21:10:31

No

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Unfortunately, we now know that Dan Cathy has stated Chick-Fil-A was doing no such thing.

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Alexander T Steward 2012/09/20 18:44:11

No

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They're just bowing to pressure.

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hermit57 2012/09/20 16:02:02

No

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They just want to make sales.

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Eddie 2012/09/20 13:40:13

No

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Not really. Actually I doubt that the owner/president of the company really thought that his statements/position would get the kind of attention it did in the first place. I'd imagine that for him it was just an off-hand kind of thing to start with. It basicly just got blown way out of proportion as compared to his actual personal dedication on the subject and they are just trying to distance themselves from the whole thing and get out of the spotlight on this issue and just get back to selling chicken sandwiches.

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sue 2012/09/20 12:59:01

No

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No, they just figured out that sharing your private opinions in business is a bad choice.

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Sterling to sue 2013/04/16 03:55:33

Because there are no companies that have come out in support of gay marriage? Oh wait... I guess in a way you're right, everyone has just come out in support now that it's popular...

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Chris 2012/09/20 05:29:48

Yes

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It's over? Resume the party everyone!

:P

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jeff 2012/09/20 05:23:20

No

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No they are just trying to maximize their actual income profit, and after people went on strike, they are trying to get their customers back

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Becca 2012/09/20 03:35:22

No

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Their doing what is best for business.

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wayne-o 2012/09/20 01:27:25 (edited)

Yes

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Yes! They should rename it Chick-fil-Gay! I'm happy. Are you?

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Aduro 2012/09/20 00:45:43

No

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Chick-fil-A saw their business going out the window. Good business decision.

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Singerar 2012/09/20 00:27:31

No

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It's politics.

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Elephant Lord 2012/09/20 00:16:00

Yes

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I'm sure most of it is just business, but what ever the motivation, I'm glad they're doing the right thing.

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umapathy Krishnamurthy 2012/09/20 00:01:18

Yes

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Yes

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JohnT 2012/09/19 23:33:55

No

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They are just doing what works for them. I still won't eat there but that is based upon the food not their beliefs.

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peaches 2012/09/19 23:22:39

Yes

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Awesome. As long as they stick to their word! (:

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RawRsaurus 2012/09/19 23:18:14

Yes

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Still holding onto their beliefs but refusing to spread the seed of hate by donating to discriminatory groups. That's a great thing.

Anyone remember the story of the lesbian couple who invited the CEO to have dinner? Whatever came of that? I thought it was a classy move.

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Mel 2012/09/19 23:00:28

Yes

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I hope so, although I have doubts

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Artisan Rose ☽✪☾☥ 2012/09/19 22:13:31

No

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They don't care, they just want people to shut up

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Melizmatic to Artisan... 2012/09/19 23:11:44

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What a coincidence; I also don't care, and I still wont eat there.

Their food sucks, and has for the longest.

:)

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Artisan... to Melizmatic 2012/09/19 23:38:48

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Their food acts as a laxative for me, so I avoid them as well.

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unclepat 2012/09/19 22:12:51 (edited)

No

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It's possible but it's more than likely that the cash register isn't ringing up as much as it used to!

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Professor Wizard 2012/09/19 20:55:56

No

No.. they are just saving money - - fiscal responsibility so-to-speak.

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intolerantrwj 2012/09/19 20:36:16

No

...... I sure hope they reconsider caving.

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♛Littlɘ Ǫuɘɘn~ƿɦɐɘϯ 2012/09/19 20:13:02

No

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Just playing both ends against the middle. That or all their anti-gay supporters ran out of dead chicken sandwich money.

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Azazyel's Dragon 2012/09/19 20:12:44

Yes

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The only god in business is...

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Will 2012/09/19 20:07:47

No

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Definitely for the money. Big business is all about the money. Ethics can kiss their asses, a majority of this corrupted world is run by greed and self benefit. BLEH

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/09/19 20:06:06

Yes

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Possibly,

...but they should now be prepared to receive a boycott from the homophobic right.

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Melizmatic to lurx: t... 2012/09/19 23:13:30

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Of course.

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Mark 2012/09/19 19:43:19

Yes

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I hope so.
It is one thing to be pro/anti gay marriage, quite another to actively give money to these places.

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Philo-Publius 2012/09/19 19:40:26 (edited)

Yes

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Clearly, this calls for a 'Liberal Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day'.

Since the original appreciation day was to support the freedom of speech and conscience of the Chick-Fil-A owners, now that said owners have again exercised their speech and conscience, I'm confident conservatives will join our freedom celebration in large numbers reminiscent of the ones that were had on August 1st.

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unclepat to Philo-P... 2012/09/19 22:15:28

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Doubtful....They all ran to KFC!! lolol

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gocar 2012/09/19 19:40:04

Yes

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It would seem that way if true. Looks as if the initial rush to support them fizzled and the bottom line started to suffer in the long run.

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rand 2012/09/19 19:37:14

Yes

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I doubt that the CEO's biases against gay marriage are changed, but his discontinuing being vocal about it makes sense. It's counterproductive to term this as "victory", however. It makes the "other 98%" appear combative and childish.

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art1ej 2012/09/19 19:31:52 (edited)

Yes

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Good for them...i still wouldn't go there thou lol...Well i hope so anyway no need to hate someone for the way their born (hate as in give money to stop them having rights)...

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toni 2012/09/19 19:29:49

Yes

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Not contributing to Focus on the Family sounds like a good start.

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glen 2012/09/19 19:27:29

No

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Pro gay anti gay whatever , it's their money to spend . You don't like it don't eat there !

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Linkums 2012/09/19 19:26:03 (edited)

No

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All they said was that they will "treat every person with honor, dignity and respect-regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation and gender." Which is what they always did and there is no mention of stopping their donations as far as I saw. And that's fine.

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toni to Linkums 2012/09/19 19:32:22

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Actually they said they are reconsidering their charitable contributions and will not be donating to organizations with political agendas. Specifically mentioned was Focus on the Family.

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