Chick-Fil-A Fast Food Chain Donated Nearly $2 Million To Family Values Groups. Will You Support Their Love Of American Values?
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Chick-Fil-A Fast
Food Chain Donated Nearly $2 Million To Family Values Groups. Want a side order
of solid Christian American values with your chicken sandwich? Chik-Fil-A might
be able to help you with that. According to
EqualityMatters.org, the fast food company donated nearly $2 million in 2009 to
groups that have laudible family values. IRS 990 forms
show that WinShape, the restaurant chain's charitable foundation which was
founded by Chick-Fil-A's chairman S. Truett Cathy in 1994, gave to the
following groups in 2009:
Marriage &
Family Legacy Fund: $994,199
Fellowship Of
Christian Athletes: $480,000
National
Christian Foundation: $240,000
Focus On The
Family: $12,500
Eagle Forum:
$5,000
Exodus
International: $1,000
Family Research
Council: $1,000
An earlier
investigation by Equality Matters found that Chick-Fil-A, which was recently
voted the third most beloved restaurant chain in the United States, donated
more than $1 million to family values groups between 2003 and 2008. The IRS
forms from 2009 are the most recent available as public records. In January
Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy defended the chain saying, "We're not
anti-anybody... Our mission is to create raving fans." Cathy also responded
to gay activists' claims after the company provided lunch at a
marriage-training event sponsored by Pennsylvania Family Institute. Cathy asserted,
"While my family and I believe in the Biblical definition of marriage, we
love and respect anyone who disagrees." In recent months
students attending at least six universities, including University of North
Texas, Mississippi State University, and the University of New Orleans, have
launched petitions asking their schools not to support family value businesses
like Chick-Fil-A. LGBT activists
have also staged protests at a number of the chain's locations throughout the
country, including Chicago and Hollywood.
I for one applaud the stance of this franchise on supporting
family values, that which has aided in making this country great. What do you
think?
Top Opinion
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Marie/M2M2K™-#1Conservative... 2012/06/21 08:11:58Yes...I stand with Chick-Fil-A
+12Always! Not only is the food good, but I respect the owner and his religious beliefs and practices in addition to any donations the corp. has made.
To the arid places with you.
On the contrary, I'd say I've offered very good counterpoints while you just simply say, "you're wrong." Unlike you, I have backed up my statements using information I RESEARCHED or had learned previously (something you should probably do).
I'll give you a bit to compile another half-assed attempt at a retort, one which I expect to provide very little fact and an abundance of assumption.
*shrug*
Just because someone disagrees with something, though, does not make them hate it. Equating disagreement with hatred is dangerous.
Overall, sorry Chick-Fil-A, the lack of proper research and even a small donation to a few hate groups, hypothetically on accident, goes a long way towards undermining your philanthropic image, and I remain ...
Overall, sorry Chick-Fil-A, the lack of proper research and even a small donation to a few hate groups, hypothetically on accident, goes a long way towards undermining your philanthropic image, and I remain unimpressed. But if I want a chicken sandwich and you're right there, I won't avoid the restaurant. Depending, naturally, on how you react to this controversy. If you retreat from the issue altogether because your in the business of sandwiches, not politics, I gotta respect that, I will think the same of you as I did before. Go full on JC Penny, see the writing on the wall of social mores and support LGBT rights, I salute your bravery and I feel like a chicken sandwich. If you decide to oppose civil liberties and say that your donations will reflect an anti-gay agenda, we can go back to talking about that boycott.
For example, I married my wife because I love her. I know and she knows that if gay marriage is legalized, it will have no impact on our marriage, because neither of us have latent homosexual tendencies.
But I do wonder about the people who seem to feel threatened by something they claim they do not want to participate anyway? Do you not trust your own sexual identity?
Have a nice day.
Please try harder; Im practically falling asleep here.