Huff Post: Chick-Fil-A Agrees To Cease Funding To Anti-Gay Organizations, Chicago LGBT Group Claims

Could Chick-fil-A be turning over a new leaf?

A Chicago-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy group reports that the restaurant chain -- which was at the epicenter of a media firestorm this summer after its president confirmed his company's anti-gay stance -- has agreed to cease donations to right-wing groups that oppose same-sex marriage.

In a press release, the Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA) cites Alderman Moreno as confirming that Chick-fil-A officials declared in an internal document that the company "will treat every person equally, regardless of sexual orientation." TCRA reportedly served as an advisor to Alderman as he negotiated these concessions with Chick-fil-A executives, though details of exactly what those negotiations entailed remain unclear.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/chick-fil-a-anti-gay-organizations-funding-ceased_n_1896580.html

As an aside, I note that the earlier Chik-Fil-A thread was closed by Jumbo, with the admonition: "Don't start another one on this topic for at least a month unless there's some really huge news. " It's been more than a month, and I think this is (may be) really huge news (admittedly, it's kind of unclear what exactly happened). :whoknows:

I'm not sure this is much more than PR. The organization wasn't officially anti-LGBT before, it was just that the President personally financially supported anti-LGBT groups.

I'm not sure this is much more than PR. The organization wasn't officially anti-LGBT before, it was just that the President personally financially supported anti-LGBT groups.

A Chicago alderman who made national headlines during the summer for opposing a Chick-fil-A in his increasingly trendy Northwest Side ward has reversed course, saying he will let the fast-food chain open a store in Logan Square.

Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno, 1st, said the restaurant has agreed to include a statement of respect for all sexual orientations in an internal document and promised that its not-for-profit arm would not contribute money to groups that oppose gay marriage.

Though Moreno said he scored a "big win," the company made nearly identical pledges in a July 19 Facebook post that went up even before Moreno took issue with Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy's opposition to gay marriage.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chick-fil-a-chicago-0919-20120919,0,3725045.story

this pisses me off. i will exercise my same boycott i did when they announced their stance:

i refuse to eat there on sundays.

If the president/CEO of CFA is still supporting these discriminatory groups, and he gets his money from CFA profits, then I'm still not buying anything from that store.

I'm boycotting Chicago.

If the president/CEO of CFA is still supporting these discriminatory groups, and he gets his money from CFA profits, then I'm still not buying anything from that store.

is this reverse discrimination?

I guess Sarah Palin will have to barf up that sando she ate. Due to principle, of course.

If the president/CEO of CFA is still supporting these discriminatory groups, and he gets his money from CFA profits, then I'm still not buying anything from that store.

Agreed. No more cult company "hate chicken" for me....though I'm not even going to lie and say I don't miss their food because it's the best in the fast food biz.

I'm not much of a fan of fast food so once again my response will be to continue not to eat at Chick-Fil-A. Peruvian chicken places are better anyway.

I love their milkshakes and fries, but still don't think I will purchase anything from CFA.

I'm boycotting Chicago.

What has taken you so long to start?

The fact that Chicago is an awesome town? :whoknows:

Ya'll are slow, this popped on my facebook around 9am this morning.

My question: for the Christians who participated in the customer appreciation day recently, how does ths decision make you feel? Will you continue to support the Chick the same way?

I'm not much of a fan of fast food so once again my response will be to continue not to eat at Chick-Fil-A. Peruvian chicken places are better anyway.

Crisp and juicy in Arlington ftw

I'm sure you can still get your hate on the side. This makes no difference. I will continue to never eat at a CFA.

The response to this has been kind of confusing to me. It seems that Chick-Fil-A has backed off whatever official anti-LGBT stance they had and yet people still seem to be on the boycott bandwagon. Is there something I missed? Doesn't this mean the LGBT community "won" this fight? Isn't this what you wanted them to stop doing? Why is there still resentment?

The response to this has been kind of confusing to me. It seems that Chick-Fil-A has backed off whatever official anti-LGBT stance they had and yet people still seem to be on the boycott bandwagon. Is there something I missed? Doesn't this mean the LGBT community "won" this fight? Isn't this what you wanted them to stop doing? Why is there still resentment?

Agreed. It's like the hating and boycotting was for nothing other than the sake of hating. What other outcome would make them happy?

If the argument is that the president will still support the anti-gay organizations... who cares. It's his personal money, he can do with it what he pleases just like anyone else can do with theirs. The company itself is no longer supporting those organizations, so what's the beef?

I've posted before that the only thing for us is the lemonade. It's about $10 a gallon, and it's the ****.

But I have to admit, we've cut back from 1 a week to 1 a month.

And I can't even remember the last time I purchased food there. It's been a loooooooonnnng time.

Agreed. It's like the hating and boycotting was for nothing other than the sake of hating.

Way off base with this sentiment. Wow, way to trivialize the honest sentiments of the people around you.

What other outcome would make them happy?

I do agree that it's a very positive sign that Chick-fil-A itself will not have its corporate profits leveraged to fight against marriage equality. It is a very valuable warning to other companies whose private ownership might consider doing (and sometimes do do) the same thing.

But after learning about the bigoted personality at the head of the Chick-fil-A corporation and his steadfast stance against marriage equality, people have every right to be skeptical of a "change in policy" which was not even announced by the company itself.

I shared today's development with friends as "good news," and many of them were skeptical for exactly the same reason as the folks in this thread. Cathy can donate his own money to anti-equality political groups if he so chooses, but folks are still going to know where that money came from. It came from their own pockets if they eat at Chick-fil-A, and they have no more intention of enabling that today than they had of enabling the corporate donations yesterday.

I suspect the reason why Chick-fil-A won't make any official statement (so far) is probably fairly benign: they are a business and they'd just be pissing off the anti-gay sad sacks who jammed their stores on Chick-fil-A-Hole Bigot Day a few months ago. There's nothing they can say at this point that wouldn't enrage millions of potential customers, and they finally have learned not to mix business and prejudice. ...At least, not in public.

But that's their bed, which they have made for themselves thanks to Dan Cathy's old-fashioned ideology. So let's not pretend that the people who still refuse to eat at his restaurants are the unreasonable ones here.

I'm loving this. I hate waiting in line there.

Why would anyone stand in line for chicken?

Why would anyone stand in line for chicken?

Because it's *that* good.

Why would anyone stand in line for chicken?

It's tasty chicken.

Still, that's a very good question.

I'm loving this. I hate waiting in line there.

Why would anyone stand in line for chicken?

Not enough time to sit down at the Olive Garden?