Chick Fil-A

[MrRealDeal]

I guess people can still get things done peacefully

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/chick-fil-funding-anti-gay-groups-175154249.html

[endure]

As long as you're looking for the necessary permissions to build a new restaurant.

[onthemoon]

Wow, this is good news. Pressure from the street has forced them to change their company policies.

Yes, this may well be because they want another building permit, and the effect on their bottom line. But isn't this exactly the pressure point that we have to use? The can also not openly fund anti-gay groups any more, which is a serious achievement.

Just think a few decades back - would supporting anti-gay groups have affected their financial bottom line in a negative way?

[LeCharivari]

... Just think a few decades back - would supporting anti-gay groups have affected their financial bottom line in a negative way?

"supporting anti-gay groups" didn't affect their bottom line - their profits apparently went up following the controversy.

Reading what Chick-Fil-A actually wrote and how Joe Moreno (the Chicago alderman who previously opposed granting them a building permit) interprets what they said is like reading two totally different statements. They never said that they would "not openly fund anti-gay groups any more" - just not those groups with "political agendas".

Of course, revoking the building permit and closing the restaurant would be rather more difficult after the permit's been issued, regardless of the CEO's views (or who he funded) ....

[ickyroto]

"A deal was struck; or so it appeared. Chick-fil-A would cease funding anti-LBGT groups among other concessions and in turn Alderman Moreno would cease opposing their expansion into Chicago.

Just as my taste buds were getting geared up for an all night chicken binge I learned that both I and Alderman Moreno had been duped. You see, it appears that just days after Chick-fil-A had agreed to stop funding bigoted groups, Dan Cathy on September 18^th, tweeted a photo from a fund raiser for the anti-LBGT group Marriage and Family Foundation. The WinShape Foundation which Chick-fil-A operates was hosting a 200 mile couple’s motorcycle ride called “WinShape Ride for the Family” with an entry fee of $3,500 per couple with options to pledge $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000 to Marriage and Family Foundation. In order not to appear to be donating to the group, participants were asked to make checks payable to Marriage and Family Foundation and not the WinShape Foundation or Chick-fil-A. Sponsorship packages were reported to have displayed the Chick-fil-A logo as well as that of the WinShape Foundation."

- The Progressive Cop at addicting info dot org

[Jingthing]

Right. It's not real.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/22/chick-fil-a-president-no-concessions-same-sex-marriage-supporters_n_1905885.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices

“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."