(09-05-2021, 12:19 AM)jeffster Wrote: I guess I should not have been surprised that some members here feelings towards Chick-Fil-A, most likely regarding Chick-Fil-A's donations to the Salvation Army (which is usually the one referred to, as that organizations less than stellar treatment to certain marginalize groups, specifically, our LGBTQ+ community in the past) are not wishing to dine there.
That said, I hope that those same members feel the same way about all the other businesses that donate to the Salvation Army and would treat them just the same way:
Google, Walmart, NFL, Toyota, Ford, UPS, FedEx, Budweiser, Lowes, Bass Pro Shops, Delta, Hanes plus several others. Google is a huge sponsor, in fact. So no more using their services. No more shopping at Walmart. No Bud for you (though who, really does...yech). Find an alternative to FedEx and UPS, and avoid companies that use their services. Perhaps the progressives should run Google and Toyota out of town.
Now, Chick-Fil-A has gone as far as to be decided not to donate to anti-LGBTQ+ organizations, apparently (since, who knows, maybe they still do), but the above mentioned companies, and hundred of other ones, haven't stop donating. I think you can go even as far as places like Sobeys, the malls, Zehrs, etc., that still allow their volunteers to ask for money at Christmas time.
No donations to Salvation Army anymore: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/18/chick-fi...tests.html
Business that donate to the Salvation Army: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/cor...tnerships/
This is my way of saying: if your feelings towards Chick-Fil-A are based on their past (or even present) behaviour -- you need to treat the above mentioned companies the same way. If you can't do that, you're part of the problem. And it makes you a hypocrite the moment you Google something. The moment you accept a package from UPS or FedEx. The moment you set foot in a grocery store or mall. The moment you watch football. And talk to your councillors regarding the donation that Chick-Fil-A made to the food bank, as they shouldn't have accepted it.
And I know that not many want to hear (read) what I said. It is what it is. Judge Judy used to say something to the effect: you have to come in with clean hands.
And let me be clear: all businesses need to be accepting of all people, no matter their background, ethnicity, nationality, religion, political slant, sexual orientations, their gender, etc. But also no should be allowed to cherry pick which business they support and which business to protest if you're not treating other "like" business the same, nor should anyone tell anyone what businesses they should avoid.
Articles from 2021 and not 2019.
https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/resta...ality-act/
Chick-fil-a’s Owner Is Newly Connected to Anti-Equality Act Donations
https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fi...ned-2021-6
Chick-fil-A is under attack over its CEO's ties to a Christian charity accused of trying to squash proposed LGBTQ protections. Here's what we know about the chain's donations.