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Chick-fil-A said Monday that it has stopped donations to several Christian organizations after receiving backlash from LGBT rights activists over the last several weeks.
The U.S. fast food chain said that as it expands, it will no longer donate to the Salvation Army, the Paul Anderson Youth Home, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which opposes same-sex marriage. The company’s charity, the Chick-fil-A Foundation, has donated millions of dollars to the two organizations.
“We made multi-year commitments to both organizations and we fulfilled those obligations in 2018,” a representative for Chick-fil-A said, saying the chain will now focus its charitable donations on “education, homelessness and hunger.”
The franchise, famous for closing on Sunday, plans to donate a total of close to $9 million to charity include a $25,000 to a local food bank for each new restaurant the company opens.
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Stan BealeNovember 19, 2019
Please remember the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organizes around high schools and colleges. It also exclude Mormons as we "are not Christians." I think it is understandable why some businesses may want to avoid giving support to the group.
CarolineNovember 19, 2019
I did a very quick search of LGBT charities. Not one of them feeds the hungry, shelters the homeless, rebuilds after catastrophes, distributes wheelchairs and medical help, etc etc. They all seem to be about serving each other and promoting their own agenda—which appears to mean destroying anyone and everyone who doesn’t agree with them. I’m sad that Chick-Fil-A appears to have caved in to this pressure, but applaud them for continuing to serve their communities. I can only hope they will be allowed to continue honoring the Sabbath.