Posted on 11/20/2019 10:06:17 PM PST by aquila48
Earlier this week, Chick-fil-A announced that it would cease donations to anti-LGBTQ organizations. And, just days later, the company has backpedaled.
LGBTQ groups were rightly skeptical after the fast-food chain announced it would no longer give millions of dollars to organizations such as the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian athletes, instead saying it would focus its donations on “education, homelessness and hunger.”
But, after widespread outrage from conservatives who called the end of the donations “tragic” and a betrayal of loyal (presumably anti-LGBTQ) customers, Chick-fil-A has clarified that it still might donate to anti-LGBTQ groups in future.
“Our goal is to donate to the most effective organizations in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger,” Chick-fil-A President and COO Tim Tassopoulos said in a statement. “No organization will be excluded from future consideration – faith based or non-faith based.”
Chick-fil-A has been locked in a struggle with LGBTQ activists and allies over its LGBTQ issues and CEO Dan Cathy’s previous statements opposing gay marriage.
Protests from LGBTQ activists forced the first Chick-fil-A in the United Kingdom to close, while a number of places in the United States have either rejected new Chick-fil-As from being built, or refused offers of free food from the restaurant due to its perceived anti-LGBTQ animus.
The company had earlier this year refused to stop donating money to anti-LGBTQ groups, arguing that funding them is part of a “higher calling.”
(Excerpt) Read more at metroweekly.com ...
Shouldn’t have chickened out in the first place.
Reminds me of Exxon going from anti-climate change scam to spending millions push to push the scam. Why can’t they just say nothing?
“donate to anti-LGBTQ”
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Orwellian abuse of the English language.
“Shouldn’t have chickened out in the first place.”
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It was a fowl thing to do, for sure.
The article and the publication seem Very pro’gay’.
No THIS is fake news - this is from the PR statement they made yesterday which makes no mention of LGBT causes (pro or con)
““Our goal is to donate to the most effective organizations in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger,” Chick-fil-A President and COO Tim Tassopoulos said in a statement. “No organization will be excluded from future consideration – faith based or non-faith based.”
This article is a lie.
Day late and a dollar short.
As they say in Britain, a bit of a cock up
Who else would brandish the Salvation Army as an extremist group?
A google search reveals this photo on Metro Weekly but not to which article it belongs (or whether it is the author).
It is a disrespectful misogynist "Catholic face" appropriation of religious identity.
Exxon is trying to pay off the Left who are seeking a multibillion dollar class action lawsuit against Big Oil for Global Climate Change damage.
“Why can’t they just say nothing?”
Not to make excuses for them, but they are under constant attack by the homo mafia. It’s a way to keep the wolves at bay. That’s true of most businesses. Here’s what they’re up against.
“Chick-fil-A has been locked in a struggle with LGBTQ activists and allies over its LGBTQ issues and CEO Dan Cathy’s previous statements opposing gay marriage.
Protests from LGBTQ activists forced the first Chick-fil-A in the United Kingdom to close, while a number of places in the United States have either rejected new Chick-fil-As from being built, or refused offers of free food from the restaurant due to its perceived anti-LGBTQ animus.”
Any business (or individual) will look at who or what is causing them the most grief for a particular stand they’ve taken, and they will look at the choices available to them to ease the pain.
1. they can keep doing what they’re doing and continue suffering, or
2. they can appease the source of the pain by changing their policies and relieve some of their suffering. In choosing this option they have to be weary that their changes don’t inflame some other group that would cause them even more pain.
So they chose option 2 because they believed that our side would not cause them as much pain as the homo mafia. Given that we are nowhere near as effective and active as the homos at protecting our values, they may have guessed right, but it remains to be seen. They’re big risk is that they may end up with both groups going after them.
Chick-Fil-A said that they would no longer give to the Salvation Army (specifically) and that they would target charities that held feed starving children and assist the homeless. Both of which Salvation Army does.
Today Chick-Fil-A says that they are not going to outright exclude any organization.
That is a flip flop.
Homofacsists want representation on the board at all of these companies. They want their agents in HR, advertising, and at the CEO level.
All by threat, coercion, and blackmail.
No - it’s exactly the same quote they said in The Christian Post from yesterday
https://www.christianpost.com/news/chick-fil-a-denies-capitulating-to-lgbt-activists-christian-groups-wont-be-excluded-from-donations.html
“”Our goal is to donate to the most effective organizations in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger. No organization will be excluded from future consideration – faith-based or non-faith based,” the spokesperson said, noting “I also wanted to add that Chick-fil-A will not be opening on Sundays.””
THIS ARTICLE FROM METRONET IS A LIE
“METROWEEKLY”
bah!
Are you saying that Salvation Army contributions are unchanged or were never dropped?
SA didn’t get that memo:
The Salvation Army has been accused of LGBT discrimination in the past. The organization has repeatedly denied those accusations, most recently on Monday afternoon after Chick-fil-A’s announcement. “We’re saddened to learn that a corporate partner has felt it necessary to divert funding to other hunger, education and homelessness organizations,” the organization said in a statement to Bisnow. “We serve more than 23 million individuals a year, including those in the LGBTQ+ community. In fact, we believe we are the largest provider of poverty relief to the LGBTQ+ population.”
“Homofacsists want representation on the board at all of these companies. They want their agents in HR, advertising, and at the CEO level.
All by threat, coercion, and blackmail.”
Absolutely! They’ve been successful at institutionalizing high level position (Sr VP Level) at 99% of major corporations with titles like “VP of Diversity and Inclusion”.
But, you have to give the devil its due. They are much better organized, driven and effective at promoting and protecting their interest than our side. They are relentless and take no prisoners in this culture war. We on the other hand are asleep at the wheel.
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