Chick-Fil-A Lindbergh Station Buckhead area of Atlanta It was like waiting for a storm that not only wasn’t coming but that you were fully prepared for anyways.Ģ:39 p.m. No real action here, it’s a small Chick-Fil-A located in a mall at the busy intersection of Peachtree and 14th street. Managers who clearly weren’t used to being on duty sat around, security guards made jokes, but no one seemed to care. Chick-Fil-A Colony Square Downtown Atlanta
Here’s a hint, whenever you’re arguing rights with conservatives, just throw in a “People are dying in the Middle East so that we have a right to _” and you’ll win the argument. Even if you don’t believe it. After those fights, I finish my lemonade and move on.ġ:50 p.m. The kid shut up, the old people behind us stopped talking and stared.
There are people dying in the Middle East right now for us to have the right sit here, and them out there.” They have a right to protest just like we have a right to eat here. Me: “They aren’t screaming, they aren’t keeping anyone from coming inside and I haven’t seen them harass anybody. I don’t see what they’re all screaming about.” Pimply Faced Teen: “The people out there are harassing me,they harassed me as I walked in here. Once back inside the store, some 17 year old white kid with bad skin, overhearing me and my friend Jason discussing the protests decides to chime in. I am pretty sure that “Do you support anti-gay marriage policies?” was the last thing in a potential franchisee’s mind when buying a chicken joint in 1990. I thought that was a pretty high standard to hold someone to. I mean, before they bought the Chick-Fil-A franchise they should’ve seen what kinds of things the ownership stands for.” Protest Woman: “I know, but people should do research on who they’re purchasing from. These local operators don’t’ necessarily have anything to do with Dan Cathy.” They were actively discriminating against customers and employees. Me: “I understand the problem, and I get not wanting to support Dan Cathy, but it’s not like this is Dennys in the 90’s. And yet, another sweet Christian residential home that teaches young boys that same-sex marriage is a “Rage against Jesus Christ and His values” got $6,000 from Chick-fil-a’s donations.Īfter the news was starting to spread, the San Antonio City Council voted recently to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at San Antonio International Airport, citing what they called the company’s “legacy of anti-LGBT behavior”, showing support for the LGBT community also stating, “Everyone should feel welcome when they walk through our airport.” Two weeks later, New York Democratic assemblyman, Sean Ryan said that the Buffalo airport food vendor would stop Chick-fil-A from operating in their food courts, finally saying “the views of Chick-fil-A do not represent our state or the Western New York community”.Ī queer woman, Samantha Allen, made a statement in 2015 saying, “I am an agnostic queer woman who, of course, takes issue with Chick-fil-A’s anti-gay past but the company has moved on and we should, too.” Though she may not care about the anti-LGBT charities they have made, a lot of LGBT folks have stopped supporting the business, as many did with Victoria’s Secret’s little mishap with transgender women.Ĭhick-fil-A is a very popular fast food chain in America and supporting things that completely go against the LGBT community may just be a really bad thing for their business.Two back to back arguments, demonstrating not only my ‘inner conflict’ on the protests but how idealism can sound silly on either side. I talked to a black woman holding a multi-colored protest sign. They also donated $150,000 to the Salvation Army, which has been accused of anti-LGBT discrimination and advocacy for years, whose media relations director once claimed that gay people “deserve death”. That year, their charitable little heart gave $1,653,416 to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, this is a religious organization that tells its employees to refrain from “Homosexual acts”.
In 2017, Chick-fil-a donated more than $1.8 million to groups with a history of anti-LGBT discrimination. This happened a little bit after the company announced “leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage,” following an uproar over CEO Dan Cathy’s comments about same-sex marriage and how he is opposed to it. Chick-Fil-A has supported anti-LGBT charities through donation, despite saying that they did and do not.ĭuring the fall of 2012, Chick-fil-A announced that they would stop donating to discriminatory anti-LGBT organizations. Chick-fil-a is a well-known Georgia based fast food restaurant with juicy chicken sandwiches, chicken strips and for its executives’ lovely strain of Christianity.