Chick Fil A

[Positivist]

Can someone link me to some reliable sources on what Chick Fill A has done exactly? I know they are financing active anti-gay organizations but I would like to get some good sources, especially those regarding support of the FRC in their lobby in favor of anti-gay legislation internationally (and if their is something about them supporting a law in some African country where homosexuals are to be executed than that would really be appreciated.)

There is a debate going on amongst my peers on facebook and the conservatives are really going after the kid defending the opposition to chick fil a (mostly accusing him of being a homosexual) and I'd like to shut them all up with some solid info here.

Thanks, I really appreciate anything you can get for this, I'll put up the sources which have already been cited.

Edit- Sources added;

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/chick-fil-a-profits-are-supporting-ugandas-kill-the-gays-bill/politics/2012/08/01/45430

http://www.frcblog.com/2010/06/frc-statement-on-h-res-1064/

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Assuming you haven't already seen it this could give you some leads on where to look...

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/315313_3986739600699_1410938181_n.jpg

[Luka]

I don't live in the USA, but even if I did, I wouldn't care. If I would boycott every single corporation that supports political ideas that I oppose, than I would have to boycott pretty much all corporations, because they usually support capitalism ;)

[Lucretia]

People are up in arms that Chickfila's owners donate some sliver of their revenue to various right-wing organizations (though in fairness to them, if the news reports I have read are accurate, they also donate money to worthwhile charities). Chickfila's owners have been doing this for decades, and many other business owners donate to other types of right-wing groups, so as I noted in another thread the sudden focus just in the past couple of weeks on Chickfila, and only Chickfila, seems arbitrary. I suppose it's because it makes for good political theater in the mass brainwashing spectacle that is American election season. If you can't run on an actual pro-worker record, and you can't paint Romney as a religious zealot singularly threatening the US (as Democrats love to do to Republicans, and can't do now lest they be accused of anti-Mormon bigotry), I suppose it makes sense to run against the crackpots at Chickfila and kind of use them as a substitute that "pals around with" Romney and co. Anybody have any popcorn while I watch? Or how about a chicken sandwich? Even though I guess it will have to be from the great socially progressive company KFC, lest I anger liberals. :lol:

Edit: But oops: wait, I just looked up information on Tricon/Yum Brands, the company that owns KFC, and they donate only to Republicans and the NRA. So I guess I can't get one from there. (https://opensecrets.org/pacs/pac2pac.php?cmte=C00329474&cycle=2012). Maybe Hardees/Carl's Jr., owned by CKE restaurants group? Nope, they are all reactionaries, too (http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00461673). Go to the supermarket and buy boneless chicken breast from Tyson? But I've read horror stories of the employees' working conditions, and how they treat the chickens. Perhaps I can go to Whole Foods? But wait, their owner is a frothing libertarian who spoke out against the public option in the '09 health care "debate." This consumer-based activism is exhausting, but sure feels good to be able to call myself an activist for not doing (or in this case, buying) something!

[Positivist]

I know that capitalists are almost exclusively reactionaries in regards to social issues, I just want to prove that Chick Fol A is doing this in order to shut up the damn conservatives, and there heterosexism.

[RadioRaheem84]

All the fuss about Chick Fil A is ridiculous. Don't drink Coors, or shop at Whole Foods, or buy Nike shoes, etc.

The first is headed by an extreme Christian reactionary that makes the Chick Fil A COO seem like a liberal.

Whole Foods founder is a rabid anti-union libertarian nut.

And Nike is the poster company for sweatshops.

[Igor]

what really annoys me about chick-fil-a is its name. that's really one stupid ass name

fil-a.

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

I'm going to boycott Chick Fil A because I don't want heart disease.

[Beeth]

What's annoying is that many so called Christians ate there, thereby profiting this company. The same so called Christians won't help the poor, as Jesus instructed.