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First UK Chick-fil-A outlet to close in LGBT rights row
BBC News ^ | 18th October 2019 | BBC News

Posted on 10/18/2019 7:23:44 PM PDT by Ennis85

A US fast-food chain will cease trading at its first UK outlet amid a row over donations to anti-LGBT groups.

Gay rights campaigners called for a boycott of Chick-fil-A, which opened its first branch at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading on 10 October.

A spokeswoman for the centre said "the right thing to do" was to not extend the restaurant's lease beyond the "six-month pilot period".

Chick-fil-A said its donations were purely focused on youth and education.

The family-owned company, founded in Atlanta in 1967, is one of the biggest fast-food chains in the USA and boasts about 2,400 outlets across North America.

According to US news website Think Progress, in 2017 the Chick-fil-A Foundation donated millions of dollars to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Paul Anderson Youth Home and the Salvation Army.

Campaigners from LGBT organisation, Reading Pride, said all three organisations have a reputation of being hostile to LGBT rights.

In 2012, the company's chairman sparked a US boycott when he said he opposed gay marriage.

The Oracle said: "We always look to introduce new concepts for our customers, however, we have decided on this occasion that the right thing to do is to only allow Chick-Fil-A to trade with us for the initial six-month pilot period, and not to extend the lease any further."

Reading Pride said The Oracle's decision was "good news", adding the six-month period was a "reasonable request... to allow for re-settlement and notice for employees that have moved from other jobs".

But the organisation said it would continue to campaign against the outlet until it left.

Chick-fil-A had previously told the BBC: "Our giving has always focused on youth and education. We have never donated with the purpose of supporting a social or political agenda.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; antichristian; britain; chickfila; europe; food; gay; gaymafia; homofascism; homosexual; leftistbigots; lgtb; racketeering; rico
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1 posted on 10/18/2019 7:23:44 PM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Ennis85

Meanwhile, faggots in the UK soon to be beheaded by filthy Muslims. Priorities...


2 posted on 10/18/2019 7:25:23 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Ennis85

Reading Pride are homofascists against Christian rights.

F-the Left


3 posted on 10/18/2019 7:27:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: EEGator

Not to worry. The LBGTwhatevers will only wish for Chick-fil-A when the Muzzies are ruling them.
Could not happen to a more deserving group of “it’s all about me” munchkins.


4 posted on 10/18/2019 7:29:39 PM PDT by Da Coyote (is)
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To: Ennis85

Ah yes, the fable of “tolerance” on display.


5 posted on 10/18/2019 7:29:42 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Ennis85

Six months of people making sure they try it before it closes.

That is good advertising.


6 posted on 10/18/2019 7:29:51 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Ennis85

And the quality of British food declines even more.


7 posted on 10/18/2019 7:32:31 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Ennis85

Evil is triumphing all over the globe.


8 posted on 10/18/2019 7:38:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: EEGator
Really, their government is importing, housing & feeding (at the expense of British subjects) muslims that open preach & practice violence against others and especially homosexuals.

Will they shut down a mosque?

9 posted on 10/18/2019 7:40:06 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
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To: Ennis85

Too bad.

They are selling chicken and everyone likes it.


10 posted on 10/18/2019 7:40:17 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Ennis85

Meanwhile in the United States franchises are making more money than the total U.K. GDP.


11 posted on 10/18/2019 7:45:01 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: BenLurkin

“Evil is triumphing all over the globe.”

That’s because good people allow it.

The faggots are always winning because they care much more about their rights/interests than we care about ours. It’s really as simple as that. Where are the counter demonstration by us Normals? Given our overwhelming superioty in numbers we should be overwhelming them.

But not enough of us care enough to make it happen. And so they win and we lose.


12 posted on 10/18/2019 7:49:50 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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“Chick-fil-A, which opened its first branch at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading on 10 October.”

I lived there in the seventies. Berkshire is the heart of conservatives in England. The county is very conservative but Reading itself is about half and half. It reminds me of Austin, Texas. It is left wing in the core city but surrounded by conservatives. I assure you the locals do approve of Chick-fil-A. A small vocal minority is the reason they will close this store.

It should be noted that Chick-fil-A management does have a conservative agenda. The funds that support this agenda are from the personal wealth of the owners and not cooperate funds. The workers in Chick-fil-A are of all colors and their sexual orientation has no bearing. They hire good workers and do not give a damn except they must be good workers!

It should be noted that Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays. This was a corporate decision to give their employees Sunday off to attend religious services or if not religious to do any damn thing they want. It has been estimated that this decision has cost them about a billion dollars a year. They are a company to be admired.

Their chicken is good.


13 posted on 10/18/2019 7:52:21 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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Britain is owned by faggies and Muslims. Sooner or later they’re gonna fight, and then it’s lights out for UK and the pyres of London will be visible in Warsaw.

Farewell, John Bull. We Yanks hardly knew ye.


14 posted on 10/18/2019 7:53:59 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Ennis85

Title is misleading. CFA didn’t make this decision...the mall or shop they’re renting from did.


15 posted on 10/18/2019 8:02:37 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: reg45

“And the quality of British food declines even more.”

I lived in the UK in the seventies and the normal fare in a restaurant really sucked. The Indian and Pakistani restaurants were most excellent as were the French, Greek, and Italian restaurants. When wife and I went out it was mostly Indian food. The fish and chips at the locals was always good but oddly it was mostly done by Chinese owners. They did it exactly as the Brits did fish and chips.

As the UK became more prosperous, thanks to Margaret Thatcher, the people demanded a better fare. Oddly today you can have a first class meal in a restaurant or good pub. It is not cheap but it is good.


16 posted on 10/18/2019 8:03:45 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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Too bad....the chicken biscuit is pretty tasty!
17 posted on 10/18/2019 8:04:27 PM PDT by ealgeone
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I’m just glad to see that Lady Thatcher is not around to see how wobbly the Brits have become.


18 posted on 10/18/2019 8:14:49 PM PDT by willk (A bias news media is not a free press.)
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Bump


19 posted on 10/18/2019 8:16:54 PM PDT by foreverfree
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Good. Now they will eat maggot infestated stuff, but cerified homo hhallal.


20 posted on 10/18/2019 8:27:19 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified e)
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