Posted on 11/26/2019 8:23:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
There’s a lot of talk about Chick-fil-A. Most of it is generated by the #fakenews establishment that wants nothing more than to demonize an organization that, historically, has publicly professed its Christian faith that is inseparable from its business practices.
“[We are] based on biblical principles, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us."
Those were the words of Chick-fil-A’s CEO, Dan Cathy, to the Baptist Press back in 2012 as he confirmed his biblical belief that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Days later, a disgruntled activist violently took out his disagreement with Chick-fil-A by trying to kill as many people as possible inside of Family Research Council’s (FRC) D.C. headquarters. According to the FBI interrogation, Floyd Lee Corkins chose FRC as a target because “Southern Poverty Law [Center] lists anti-gay groups. I found them online.” So, Corkins stormed inside FRC’s building, armed with a backpack full of Chick-fil-A sandwiches and 50 rounds of ammunition to “kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims' faces, and kill the guard."
His heinous attack was stopped by FRC’s security guard, Leo Johnson—a hero who was shot while stopping the terrorist attack. In 2012, Corkins was sentenced to prison for 25 years.
In 2017 Chick-fil-A donated money to the same corrupt SPLC that still outrageously lists FRC as a “hate group.”
The Chick-fil-A Foundation’s recent announcement about its future funding again reaffirmed its redirection and capitulation. It just so happens that the same three groups targeted for years by LGBT organizations as anti-LGBT “hate groups” just happened to be the same ones that would no longer be funded: The Salvation Army, Paul Anderson Youth Home and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Chick-fil-A’s press release acknowledges that these groups were “characterized as anti-LGBT groups” but never dispels that. They give excuses, basically, as to why they had funded these three remarkable organizations but would no longer continue to do so.
For those defending Chick-fil-A and pretending we haven’t witnessed their progression of capitulation, the Salvation Army sees it for what it is, stating in a press release: “We're saddened to learn that a corporate partner has felt it necessary to divert funding to other hunger, education and homelessness organizations.” The Salvation Army does all three on a massive scale. But they don’t espouse an LGBT ideology.
In explaining Chick-fil-A’s funding decisions, Rodney Bullard, VP of Corporate Responsibility and Executive Director of the Chick-fil-A Foundation said: “We don't want our intent and our work to be encumbered by someone else's politics or cultural war. If something gets in the way of our mission, that is something that we are mindful of and cognizant of.”
Has their mission drifted way to the Left? Out with organizations that do not espouse a pro-homosexuality ideology and in with those who do, like Covenant House. Don’t let the Catholic association fool you, though. Covenant House, a homeless shelter for youth, takes pride in its promotion of all things LGBTQ. They even marched in the New York “Gay Pride” parade to show their inclusivity cred. Guess the Salvation Army (which admittedly has an issue with partially supporting abortion in cases of rape, incest and “life and health” of the mother) should’ve flown some co-opted rainbow colors to keep their hundreds of thousands in funding. Whoops. Looks like Covenant is the new Salvation.
Chick-fil-A funds the deeply political YWCA, a radically pro-abortion and pro-LGBTQ organization that repeatedly partners with Planned Parenthood.
Chick-fil-A also funds the DC-based New Leaders Council that identifies as a “hub of progressive millennial thought leadership” which exists to “support one another along their individual path to a more progressive political and cultural landscape.”
Chick-fil-A has given a sizable donation ($50k) to The Pace Center for Girls, yet another pro-abortion organization. The education and advocacy group featured radical pro-abortion feminist Gloria Steinem (the “I Had An Abortion” activist who declared that birthing children is the “fundamental cause of climate change”) as their keynote speaker for their most recent girls’ Summit.
Or, how about Usher’s New Look, R&B star Usher Raymond IV's liberal non-profit? The group’s Disruptivator Summit is all about progressive community organizing on pivotal social issues, and Chick-fil-A funds it ($38,700 in 2017).
Chick-fil-A also gives tens of thousands to Chris 180 ($27,500 in 2017, $25k in 2019), a pro-LGBT behavioral health and child welfare service agency. The organization boasts of being awarded the “Leader in Supporting and Serving LGBT Families and Youth from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC).” Nothing promotes human degradation quite like the pro-abortion HRC—the multi-million dollar LGBT powerhouse that recently pushed for the legalization of prostitution in D.C.
You can always love and serve the broken without affirming the brokenness.
And then there’s Junior Achievement (JA), which inarguably does some phenomenal work with education and entrepreneurship. They’re the recipients of hundreds of thousands a year from Chick-fil-A. In 2016, though, JA joined a coalition (Georgia Prospers) of pro-LGBT organizations in their “Too Busy to Hate” campaign to politically oppose religious liberty legislation (specifically the First Amendment Defense Act) from passing in Georgia.
So much for “not being encumbered by someone else’s politics or cultural war.” These groups, and many more funded by Chick-fil-A, are clearly political on the Left. Of course Chick-fil-A funds a lot of great initiatives, but they’re being publicly dishonest about their corporate evolution. And the millions of families who’ve supported them over the years, because of the fast food chain’s principled stand, deserve to know the COWardice that the company has shown in the face of LGBT activism.
No problem. They have great food.
Libs are laughing!
we quit Target over this kind of krap.
we quit Dicks over this kind of krap.
we quit JCPenneys over this kind of krap (a very good store, imho, but still the krap.
we quit .... now, ChicFillet
over this same kind of krap.
so sad. so very very very very sad that some companies do this kind of krap to our country
I may be sick but unlike CFA I do not give large piles cash to abortion promoting organizations.
“They may now be able to expand into other markets like college campuses”
The left will never forgive and celebrate them. The right will walk away. They screwed the pooch.
Libs are laughing!
While they count their CFA cash donations. Cha-ching!
Chick Fil A would have been better off not donating a single cent to anybody and just used that money to expand the business.
They would not have to spend millions putting together a plan and present it zoning/planning boards only to have it turned down because of their perceived LGTQPZYZ bias that was created by the media.
They could also easily open establishments in colleges and have food trucks at high school football games without triggered snowflakes protesting the business because of media nightmare our MSM created for this organization
Being Apolitical when you are national chain is a good thing.
Smacking them down feels really good, but let’s try not to feed the trolls.
Libs are laughing!
while we destroy ourselves, yes they are
I live miles from the nearest one...
Not a fast food person...I guess.
There is a Sonic, and a Mick D's..in the small town I live near...I hate them both...
There's a couple burger joints there..that make good burgers..
For that amount of travel time, gas, ware and tare on your car, you could just grill a burger or chicken at home
They could also easily open establishments in colleges and have food trucks at high school football games without triggered snowflakes protesting the business because of media nightmare our MSM created for this organization
Being Apolitical when you are national chain is a good thing.
Sorry but you couldn’t be more wrong. There is no such thing as an “apolitical national chain” now. Corporations pay protection money to Demoncrat linked “charities” or the Al Sharpton’s of the world come after them. It’s that simple. Progressives have targeted the corporate world for decades and those chickens are coming home to roost. Deny reality if you wish but the NFL, CFA, Proctor Gamble, etc., show the truth.
It is a proven leftist move to destroy conservative institutions from within by getting their people in positions of control. The Girl Scouts, The Boy Scouts and now even Catholic Church along with other Christian churches. While CFA is not the same as those they were a solid Christian principled business and therefore a target. So another mission accomplished for the leftist wrecking ball.
All battles, even the small and "stupid" ones, are important to the Left, which is why they're winning the culture war. They know that small battles add up. They never quit. They chip away, bit by bit, at our culture, while we toss up our hands and say, "This is stupid" or "I can't be bothered" or "I just want my waffle fries."
Which ones?
But a lot don’t
Al Sharpton should be in prison for racketeering
No different then the mofia threatening to break your windows for not paying protection money
“While they count their CFA cash donations. Cha-ching!”
Please cite.
All I need to know is do they still make tasty chicken sandwiches?
Sharpton made a deal with the FBI to become a Stoolie for them.
We don’t win the cultural war by fighting Chick Fil A, that is what the left wants us to do. They want us to cause Chick Fil A to go bankrupt while they collect millions in donations in the process, that would be a win win for them.
We win by taking away their power in public schools and universities
That is where their power comes from
Vouchers should be 2020 focus
President Trump could win on a comprehensive school voucher plan that ties school funding to the student and the parents can decide what school their children would attend. Including private schools.
That is how win win
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