Chick fil a donate 1.8 mil anti lgbtq
Your Chick-fil-A Dollars Fund Anti-LGBTQ+ Groups
Many students go to fast food restaurants, but don’t necessarily think about where their money is going. Chick-fil-A, a fast food chain, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia with over 2,000 establishments in the U.S., donates wealth to anti-LGBTQ+ groups and conversion camps, according to a recent report by USA Today.
Chick-fil-A was in the news a not many years ago when their donations to certain charities were first announced in the news. Chick-fil-A has recently returned to scrutiny, as they are starting to get banned from airports around the US.
Chick-fil-A gave 1.8 million dollars to anti-LGBTQ+ groups in 2007. According to Think Progress, an advocacy collective, some of the groups that Chick-fil-A donated to were the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Paul Anderson Youth Home and the Salvation Army. These organizations teach that homosexuality is a sin.
Chick-fil-A is banned from two airports, Buffalo and San Antonio, for supporting these organizations.
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Some WIS students and teachers go to Chick-fil-A, perhaps because they do not grasp what values Chick-fil-A supports. Some s
Chick-fil-A defends donations to so-called 'anti-LGBT' groups: serve a 'much higher calling'
The head of Chick-fil-A’s charity arm has responded to critics of the organization's donations to Christian nonprofits that uphold traditional beliefs on marriage and sexuality, explaining that the organization operates on a “much higher calling.”
Rodney Bullard, the executive director of the Chick-fil-A Foundation, recently gave a sit-down interview to Business Insider in which he talked extensively about the foundation’s carried on efforts to empower struggling inner-city communities.
Additionally, he addressed the backlash the foundation has faced recently after it was reported that the foundation donated 1.8 million to groups labeled “discriminatory” and “anti-LGBTQ” due to their belief in traditional marriage. Those organizations are the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Paul Anderson Youth Home in Georgia and the Salvation Army.
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The chain’s history with the LGBTQ+ society has students worried
There lies a husk on the first floor of the Cleveland State University Student Center. The spot, formerly inhabited by Chili’s, has been vacant since this past summer, when Aramark, the new food service company for CSU, took over. Aramark stated that students could expect to see a Chick-fil-A open in the empty spot for the Spring 2022 semester. Although the location has not yet opened, this was surprising and worrying news to me and many other students.
The issue that I hold with Chick-fil-A invading campus lies not with their fried food, but with their anti-LGBTQ+ stances that they acquire taken for decades. The company’s ideals are in control opposition to the commitment to inclusion that CSU claims, and the strides CSU has taken in welcoming and supporting its Gay students.
The company has consistently funded anti-LGBTQ+ causes and legislation, and the owner, Dan Cathy, has made continuous comments against same-sex marriage, such as in 2012, when he stated his views on gay marriage:
“…I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude that thinks we have the audacity
Whichcamefirst: the chicken, or the anti-LGBTQ organizations the chicken donates millions to every year?
Fast food chain Chick-fil-A continued to contribute millions of dollars to organizations with anti-LGBTQ agendas after it promised not to, newly released tax filings obtained by ThinkProgress show.
The privately owned chain, long associated with anti-LGBTQ causes, publicly pledged not to “have a political or social agenda” after its billionaire CEO, Dan Cathy, stoked outrage and a boycott in 2012 publicly decrying gay marriage.
In 2017 (the most recent tax filing available), Chick-fil-A donated $9.9 million to charity, of which roughly $1.8 million went to three groups recognizable to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
Of the three, Chick-fil-A gave the most, $1.65 million, to an corporation called the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Per Chick-fil-A’s website, the cash funded “sports camps and college programs for inner-city youth.”
A laudable goal, for sure. Save for the evidence the group requires camp leaders to sign a “statement of faith” prior to being admitted. The nine-point contract includes a “sexual purity statement” that prohibits “heterosexual sex outside
Chick-fil-A to stop funding controversial groups after LGBTQ protests
Chick-fil-A announced it will obtain a different approach to its charitable giving in 2020 following years of protests from LGBTQ groups that have taken issue with the Atlanta-based sustenance chain’s donations to organizations that do not aid gay rights.
“Staying true to its mission of nourishing the potential in every child, the Chick-fil-A Foundation will deepen its giving to a smaller number of organizations working exclusively in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger,” the organization announced Monday.
Chick-fil-A has committed $9 million to Junior Achievement USA, which offers educational programs to K-12 students; Covenant House International, a shelter and supportive services entity for homeless youth; and more than 120 local food banks across the country. This more focused approach is a significant shift from the company's previous strategy of donating to an array of organizations, some of which have a history of anti-LGBTQ views.
Monday's announcement, however, is reportedly not the first time Chick-fil-A has claimed it would slash ties with groups that have anti-gay views or policies.