You know what we’ve always wanted to try? A Chick-fil-A sandwich, which sounds both moist and delicious. Sadly, we cannot. Why? Because they support anti-gay and anti-freedom of religion groups. And, in the interest of the greater good, that would be bad.
The Advocate reports:
On February 11 and 12, the Pennsylvania Family Institute and Chick-fil-A will sponsor two events, designed to “help couples apply what the Bible teaches about marriage in a powerful way,” according to GoodAsYou.org.
Chick-fil-A is backing events in Harrisburg and Reading, and while promotional materials for the events aren’t specifically antigay, the Family Institute is Pennsylvania’s largest antigay, anti-marriage equality group.
This isn’t the first time the restaurant chain has been taken to task for its support of antigay groups. In 2009,Change.org reported Chick-fil-A had supported Focus on the Family.
The fast food chain has also supported “reparative therapy programs and has donated hundreds of thousand of dollars to passing antigay legislation.” Which, depressing.
However, much to our surprise, many people we talked to don’t seem shocked by this news since, it seems, Chick-fil-A is a notoriously far-right business that, get this, closes on Sundays. (Raised west of the 405 in SoCal, thus ungodly, we didn’t see a Chick-fil-A until we were 21 and visiting a far away little town that didn’t have Spanish street names. Chilling.)
We are told, however, their waffle fries alone are worth burning in hell for all eternity.
For those of you looking for a well-made and morally sound chicken sandwich — if there is such a thing as an ethical fried chicken patty — we urgently recommend 4505 Meats’ Fried Chicken Yum Yum for lunch this Thursday.
