Well, it didn't take long for me to hear about this, and the gay blogs to follow up with a pressure-cooker campaign to get them to drop their co-sponsorship with Pennsylvania Family Institute of "The Art of Marriage" on February 11th & 12th in the Harrisburg area and Reading in Pennsylvania. Although the event isn't about being "anti-same-sex marriage", it speaks on biblical marriage and the support for it. However, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, is the largest organization against LGBT rights in Pennsylvania. So it's guilty by association because Chick-fil-A hasn't made it known they are overtly anti-LGBT rights. Interestingly, they did sponsor Colorado-based Focus on Family and some golf tourney in Ohio led by Ohioan based group, which supports the usage of reparative therapy to change sexuality, which many experts equates to mental torture. Official at Atlanta area-based Chick-fil-A hasn't made any official comments or stances on anything public involving LGBT rights. (Maybe it has to do with them being based in the metropolitan area of one of the largest LGBT cities in the nation, so it could be chalked up to guilty by association. On the other hand, they do close on Sundays for their employees can be with their families... ***KANYE SHRUG***)
Well, like the Target fiasco, I'm going to remain ambivalent because I shop and eat at places that are cheap and offers quality products and services. I'm on a fixed income while working on my Masters' degree, and don't eat out often anyways so this fiasco doesn't affect me. However, it is interesting what's going to go down in the next few days.
UPDATE: Advocate, Towerload, Queerty, Change.org have swooped down on it.
It was an interesting move on their part
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, indeed. I don't eat out so it's more or less like watching from the sidelines.
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