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Reading Chick-fil-A outlet to proximate in LGBT rights row
A US fast-food chain will cease trading at its first UK outlet amid a row over donations to anti-LGBT groups.
Gay rights campaigners called for a boycott of Chick-fil-A, which opened its first branch at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading on 10 October.
A spokeswoman for the centre said "the right thing to do" was to not expand the restaurant's lease beyond the "six-month pilot period".
Chick-fil-A said its donations were purely focused on youth and education.
The family-owned business, founded in Atlanta in 1967, is one of the biggest fast-food chains in the USA and boasts about 2,400 outlets across North America.
According to US news website Think Progress, in 2017 the Chick-fil-A Foundation donated millions of dollars to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Paul Anderson Youth Home and the US Salvation Army.
Campaigners from LGBT organisation, Reading Identity festival, said all three organisations have a reputation of being hostile to LGBT rights.
In 2012, the company's chairman sparked a US boycott when he said he opposed male lover marriage.
Campaign continues
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 meal chain’s donations to organizations that do not help 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 group 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.
Chick-fil-A’s Image Plummets among Consumers as Anti-LGBT Groups Rally
08/01/2012
Washington– New numbers 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 interpretation 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 lower is noticeable across the country – even in the South, a stronghold for the swift 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 of Communications Fred Sainz. “Chick-fil-A supports organizations that demonize LGBT peopl
Chick-fil-A will no longer fund organizations with anti-LGBTQ ties
After courting controversy for years, the fast-food chain Chick-fil-A will no longer fund two organizations that have historically opposed same-sex marriage.
The Atlanta-based restaurant chain has come under heat from LGBTQ+ activists for reportedly donating millions of dollars to two Christian charities: The Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
The company told ABC News Monday that it was refocusing its donations to groups centered on "hunger, homelessness and education" inception in the fresh year.
“Beginning in 2020 the Chick-fil-A Foundation will introduce a more focused giving approach, donating to a smaller number of organizations active exclusively in the areas of appetite, homelessness and education," Chick-fil-A said in a statement Monday.
"We have also proactively disclosed our 2018 tax filing and a preview of 2019 gifts to date on chick-fil-afoundation.org," the statement added. "The intent of charitable giving from the Chick-fil-A Foundation is to nourish the potential in every child.”
Tim Tassopoulos, the president and COO of Chick-fil-A, added
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We reached JFK on Friday evening after traveling eight and half hour from Copenhagen. That’s a long second to sit in the dark, but with Heide and the girls a row away and difficult to hear over the engines, I was functionally flying solo.
I filled the time- starting with curried chicken on a baguette procured at the airport and some red wine and cappuccino ordered on the plane. I answered emails, slept a bit, watched “Dunkirk” and three episodes of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” listened to an offline Pandora playlist and an audible magazine piece on immigration, and started reading “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I also peruse an exposé on Chick-fil-A, which is the topic for today.
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So here’s the problem. Chick-Fil-A has a long history of supporting anti-LGBTQ causes, donating grand sums to organizations that opposed marriage equality and to groups like Exodus International, which promoted “conversion therapy.” Following public outcry earlier in the decade,