Did chick fil a refuse to serve gays in chicago
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel has said that he supports efforts to prevent Chick-fil-a from opening a store in Chicago’s 1st district. In the mayor’s hold words:
Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values. They disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents. This would be a bad investment, since it would be empty.
As I mentioned in my previous post about the mayor of Boston, this is chilling coming from a mayor of one of our nation’s principal cities. Does this denote that a business owner is not allowed to support a Christian sexual ethic? Must all Christian business owners now save their views to themselves on one of the most contested social policy issues of our time? Apparently, Mayor Emmanuel thinks so.
The Chicago Alderman foremost the effort to block Chick-fil-a said it this way:
If you are discriminating against a segment of the community, I don’t want you in the 1st Ward.
This remark shape the Alderman as simply mistaken. Chick-fil-a does not discriminate against gays. Lgbtq+ people are welcome at Chick-fil-a just like everyone else. As the editors of The Los Angeles Times wrote today (who by the way favor same-sex marriage):
[The Boston may Chick-fil-A has agreed to cease funding groups with anti-same-sex marriage stances, according to a statement released Wednesday by LGBT advocacy community The Civil Rights Agenda. Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno, who had blocked the fast-food chain from opening stores in Chicago because of its anti-gay views, likewise announced he would now let Chick-fil-A open up new outlets after he received a letter this morning from the corporation stating that they would cease donating to the groups. "Going forward, our intent is to exit the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena," Chick-fil-A wrote in an emailed statement to NBC News. Civil Rights Agenda (CRA) and Moreno's office did not respond to emailed requests. The chicken-sandwich chain ignited a furor both online and offline this summer after its COO Dan Cathy said that it was company policy to endorse “the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit.” He stated that in his view, same-sex marriages invite “God's judgment” and its proponents “have the audacity to define what marriage is about.” In response, gay rights protesters launched Oct. 25, 2012 — -- Despite boycotts from pro-gay marriage groups, speedy food restaurant Chick-fil-A may have benefited from remarks by president and head operating officer Dan Cathy that he supported the "biblical definition of the family unit." The number of people who said they visited Chick-fil-A in the "past month" increased 2.2 percent, according to a third quarter study by chain restaurant market research firm Sandelman & Associates' Quick-Track study. The analyze firm conducts investigate for all major fast-food chains in U.S. media markets. A spokesman for Chick-Fil-A declined to comment. In an article published on July 16 by the Baptist Press, a news services for the Southern Baptist Convention, Cathy said, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We grant God thanks for that." In response to Cathy's comments, the company was sharply criticized by the gay community. Civic leaders in Chicago and Chicago Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno, who led the opposition in his city to the opening of a Chick-fil-A restaurant there because of firm President Dan Cathy's outspoken stand against same-sex marriage, now says he won't stand in the fast-food chain's way. TheChicago Tribune reports that according to Moreno, "the restaurant has agreed to include a statement of respect for all sexual orientations in an internal document and promised that its not-for-profit arm would not contribute money to groups that oppose gay marriage." We asked Chick-fil-A about Moreno's claim and got assist this statement from spokeswoman Tracey Micit: "Chick-fil-A is a family-owned and family-led company serving the communities in which it operates. From the day Truett Cathy started the business, he began applying biblically-based principles to managing his business. For example, we believe that closing on Sundays, operating debt-free and devoting a percentage of our profits back to our communities are what make us a stronger company and Chick-fil-A family. "The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restauran A Chicago lawmaker says that Chick-fil-A is re-evaluating the multimillion-dollar donations the company gives to anti-gay marriage activists and other groups with "political agendas," a month after company CEO Dan Cathy's pro-traditional marriage comments created a firestorm in the fast-food world between LGBT supporters and gay-marriage opponents. After weeks of negotiations with city Alderman Joe Moreno, the fast-food restaurant agreed to take "a much closer look" at which groups receive donations from the WinShape Foundation, a non-profit created by the Cathy family and funded almost entirely by Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, the company told Moreno. "The WinShape Foundations is now taking a much closer look at the organizations it considers helping, and in that process will remain true to its stated philosophy of not supporting organizations with political agendas," Chick-fil-A's senior director of concrete estate said in a letter to Moreno. Between 2008 and 2010, the WinShape Foundation gave $3.2 million to groups that advocate against same-sex marriage, according to the group's tax reports. That included $2,000 Chick-fil-A says it will prevent funding anti-gay groups
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