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Chick-fil-A’s Image Plummets among Consumers as Anti-LGBT Groups Rally
08/01/
Washington– New data indicates Chick-fil-A’s image with consumers has dropped dramatically since the company’s president proudly embraced the organization’s anti-LGBT donations. The new numbers come as former Governor Mike Huckabee and the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) attempt to make today a national “Eat at Chick-fil-A” day.
According to YouGov’s BrandIndex, Chick-fil-A’s brand perception among consumers has dropped by more than 20 points since Dan Cathy replied “guilty as charged” when asked about Chick-fil-A’s donations to groups that work to demonize and harm LGBT people. The drop is noticeable across the country – even in the South, a stronghold for the fast food chain.
“Americans by and large are not comfortable with Chick-fil-A’s anti-LGBT donations, and the company’s proud embrace of these discriminatory practices is taking a deserved toll on its image,” said HRC Vice President
Chick-fil-a’s Owner Is Newly Connected to Anti-Equality Act Donations
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me seventeen times, and what is actually wrong with me?
This week, The Daily Beastreported that a series of Christian billionaires have donated large amounts of money to an organization that is spearheading the derailment of the Equality Act. The organization is called the National Christian Charitable Foundation, and its structure allows for donors to hold a hefty say in where their funds go. That declare counts as a "suggestion," according to the report, but when there's that much money committed, suggestions have a lot of power.
Naturally, the key players are as expected: Betsy DeVos and family, those crafty bigots at Hobby Lobby, and Dan Cathy, the absurdly rich owner of Chick-fil-a. The proposed act, which passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan majority and is supported by two-thirds of Americans, would protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from discrimination at a federal level.
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Chick-fil-A to try again in UK four years after LGBT backlash
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Chick-Fil-A aims to open five restaurants in the UK.
The sites contain not yet been chosen, but the first will open in early
Its previous foray into the UK market in faced a boycott over its founders' support for Christian groups opposed to same-sex marriage.
The firm is still run by the Cathy family which founded it, but has made a policy modify in recent years.
It appointed its first head of diversity in and has changed its approach to charitable giving, focusing on education and hunger alleviation.
However, the family's Christian values mean restaurants do not open on Sundays, a policy that will also apply in the UK.
"From our earliest days, we've worked to positively influence the places we call home and this will be the same for our stores in the UK," said Joanna Symonds, Chick-Fil-A's head of UK operations.
"We encourage our operators to partner with organisations which support and positively impac
Chick-fil-A CEO and Gay Activist Are Now Friends
The leader of a national gay-rights group says he's coming out-as a comrade of Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy.
"I've gotten to know Dan, he's gotten to know me. He's shared concerns about adolescent people, about Chick-fil-A being used for certain purposes," Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, told ABC News.
Last year, Cathy sparked a national controversy by telling a radio host that "we're inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know verb than you as to what constitutes a marriage. And I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude that thinks we have the audacity to redefine what marriage is all about."
Windmeyer said that Cathy called him last year, during the heat of the controversy that led national gay-rights groups to protest Chick-fil-A. Cathy reached out seeking advice and sympathetic, Windmeyer said. Windmeyer was a guest of Cathy's at this year's Chick-fil-A Bowl between LSU and Clemson at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
The activist