Chick-fil-A Donated Millions Of Dollars To Anti-LGBTQ Groups After Promising They Would Stop
Despite vowing to stop financially supporting discriminatory groups, Chick-fil-A has continued to do so. According to ThinkProgress, an investigation into the brand's tax filings from 2017 revealed donations totaling $1.8 million that were given to organizations including Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Salvation Army, and Paul Anderson Youth Home-all of which have spoken out in opposition of the LGBTQ community.
Nearly seven years ago, Chick-fil-A received massive backlash for their controversial role in the same-sex marriage debate. However, following CEO Dan Cathy's comments on the subject and public outrage over the donations, they backtracked. The company released a statement announcing their exit from the policy dispute and promised to stop giving to discriminatory organizations. But clearly, they forgot to follow through.
According to the report, they contributed $1,632,416 to FCA, a non-profit sports ministry that bans employees from participating in "homosexual acts." Meanwhile, they gave $6,000 to the Georgia-based Paul Anderson Youth Home that has blamed the "sexual, physical, and mental abuse of children" on a cultural "explosion of homosexuality."
The fast food chain also gave a reported $150 thousand to Salvation Army, a charitable organization with an ongoing anti-LGBTQ stance. However, in 2016 when Chick-fil-A promised to stop supporting causes with a history of intolerance, they refused to cut ties with Salvation Army.
Informing ThinkProgress that they "never donated with the purpose of supporting a social or political agenda," the company has continued to defend their actions. In a statement to Grubstreet, they noted that The Chick-fil-A Foundation gave $9.9 million in total and the focus of their contributions has always been to "support causes focused on youth and education."
So, are they back to supporting discriminatory and anti-LGBTQ organizations or what? They're certainly not apologizing.
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