Chick-Fil-A Invites LGBTQ Customers To Come Back

NBC News reports:

Seven years after Chick-fil-A changed its charitable giving strategy following criticism over donations to conservative Christian groups seen as anti-LGBTQ+, CEO Andrew Cathy was asked on TODAY about the company’s official position on equal rights. “We’re focused on hospitality, serving great-tasting food, and great service,” Cathy told Craig Melvin on Oct. 14 as part of a conversation for the NBC News series “Business in America.”

The fast-food chain came under fire in 2012 when Andrew Cathy’s father, Dan Cathy, publicly stated the company was against same-sex marriage. Public documents also revealed donations from Chick-fil-A to groups seen as opposing gay marriage or against gay rights, which drew backlash and protests in some parts of the country.

Craig asked Andrew Cathy what he would say to those protesters today. “Well, for anybody that hasn’t tried us, we’d love for you to come try and have our great-tasting food and the hospitality that we’re known for,” Cathy said. Following the scrutiny of its donations, the company announced in 2019 that it would focus its charitable giving only on organizations working in education, homelessness and hunger.

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Earlier this year, prominent evangelicals and cultists attacked Chick-fil-A for standing by its diversity policies and for defending a Utah franchisee that publicly celebrated the same-sex wedding of an employee. The video interview below delves into past protests.

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