Community | September 19, 2012 | 18 comments

Chick-Fil-A to stop giving money to anti-gay organizations

source: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/blogs/bostonspirit/2012/09/chick-fil-a_to_cease_giving_mo.html

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HarukoHaruhara

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/blogs/bostonspirit/2012/09/chick-fil-...

Specifically mentioned in a corporate memo are the groups Focus on the Family and the National Organization for Marriage. Chick-Fil-A says it will no longer give money to these groups.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/blogs/bostonspirit/2012/09/chick-fil-a_to_cease_...

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18 comments // Chick-Fil-A to stop giving money to anti-gay organizations

  • Mishima
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      Mishima [removed]  
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    • Statement by Mike Huckabee, September 21:

      {I talked earlier today personally with Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick Fil-A about the new reports that Chick Fil-A had capitulated to demands of the supporters of same sex marriage. This is not true. The company continues to focus on the fair treatment of all of its customers and employees, but to end confusion gave me this statement:
      “There continues to be erroneous implications in the media that Chick-fil-A changed our practices and priorities in order to obtain permission for a new restaurant in Chicago. That is incorrect. Chick-fil-A made no such concessions, and we remain true to who we are and who we have been.”}

      http://www.mikehuckabee.com/mike-huckabee-news?ID=ed5ad355-ce28-47f4-806e-63cb91...

    • 8 months ago
  • HarukoHaruhara
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      HarukoHaruhara  
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    • Mishima:

      "Remember when we told you that Chick-fil-A had promised a Chicago alderman that it would no longer donate money to groups fighting to block same-sex marriage?

      Well, while that may be technically true, it appears as though there is a giant loophole in the chicken chain's new unconfirmed policy that allows it to funnel large amounts of cash to its CEO's "biblical" cause anyway.

      The Advocate explains:

      Although the company's [WinShape Foundation] might not be donating directly, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy tweeted a photo on Tuesday from the 2012 WinShape Ride for the Family. He wrote alongside the picture of a pack of motorcyclists: "WinShape Ride for the Family bikers locked and loaded for 200 mile ride to Wilmington out of Charleston."

      That long ride is a fundraiser for an organization that helps lobby against marriage equality. Registration forms for the event ask that checks be sent, not to the WinShape Foundation that Chick-fil-A operates, but directly to the Marriage and Family Foundation at 5200 Buffington Road in Atlanta, Ga. [an address now shared by Chick-fil-A's headquarters].

      The forms say the ride fee is $3,500 for each individual or couple. But sponsorship packages posted online show that organizations could pledge $5,000 for "silver" status, $10,000 for "gold" or $15,000 and more to reach "platinum." The Chick-fil-A logo accompanies everything, and so does the WinShape name, but it's unclear whether the foundation continues to make donations"

      http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/09/21/chick_fil_a_winshape_foundatio...

      Sneaky buggers.

    • 8 months ago
  • Mishima
  • HarukoHaruhara
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      HarukoHaruhara  
    • Mishima:

      More good news, doctor.

      Corporate reputation experts warned that Chick-fil-A was quickly alienating potential customers across the political spectrum.

      "It seems to me that their change in position is half-hearted and does not seem either genuine or trustworthy," said Marcia Horowitz, senior executive vice president at public relations firm Rubenstein Associates, Inc. "As a result, it may well further inflame the issue, with both sides now dissatisfied with their response."

      Chick-fil-A tried to keep the agreement under wraps, said Rick Garcia, TCRA senior policy advisor. "My perspective is they want to have it both ways," he said. “They’re getting opposition all over major metropolitan areas particularly in the north... The dilemma for them is will this hurt them with the right wingers?"

      The answer is probably yes. "In my last meeting with company executives, I corroborated what they told me back in January: that donations to anti-gay groups, which most concerned the LGBT community, have ceased," Moreno's statement said. Since the news broke, Chick-fil-A's Facebook page has been inundated with angry messages from people who say they are now-former supporters of the chain.

      Moreno said he got verbal assurances from company executives, and he said the verbiage in the release and similar wording validated his claim, although gay rights were never specifically mentioned. He said Chick-fil-A executives also let him look at an internal accounting document from the foundation that showed no donations to groups that oppose gay marriage during this calendar year.

      It's unlikely that the majority of Chick-fil-A supporters who stood on line, some for hours, in the heat to buy food as part of "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" last month knew that the company had quietly stopped funding the anti-gay marriage cause some eight months earlier.

      "These issues are ... very difficult for brands to navigate through," said Tim Calkins, marketing professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. "They could've stuck to their positions and backed it up. The fact they haven't done that says clearly this whole issue has become a problem for them."

    • 8 months ago
  • HarukoHaruhara
  • EmperorThan
  • freecrack
  • alexandrekBack
  • Dravenlee77
  • WagonMaster
  • chew_chew
  • maasanova
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      maasanova  
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    • So the city bowed the gay mafia dons of Chicago in order to business. Big victory for the gay lobby and big win for Chick Fil a. Congrats!
      I said it before that this was a big ruse and that these groups were working hand in hand with mutual benefits in mind.

    • 8 months ago
  • notonmywatch59
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  

    • I think they found out that the surge was just that a small surge. But those that were buying on a daily bases were the very people that they were againest. funny how life works.

    • 8 months ago
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  • Cy_Guy
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      Cy_Guy  

    • The change is for the corporation, I don't see how this is binding on the homophobes that own and run the company. They'll just make their donations from their profits.

    • 8 months ago
  • cpad
  • WagonMaster
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