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1) What, EXACTLY, have they SAID, and then DONE, about homosexuality. Has the company established an anti-gay policy in all its stores, saying that it will not serve gays? Has it established an anti-gay policy so far as hiring, whereby openly gay employees will be terminated and/or will not receive promotions? Is there any action the company has taken explicitly against gays, other than the CEO spouting off his own opinion? And instead of "I heard ..." or "They say...." show me the money. Provide a reputable source (that means Fox News or better) where the corporation's policy is published as being anti-gay.
However, the company as a whole has given money to the Family Research Council, which is quite vocal about what it's doing with it, and CFA explicitly recognizes the significance of the link. That's what the current uproar concerns, as far as I can tell.
The company has no policies on paper about not hiring LGBT folks. That would be the quickest way to get them into a lawsuit and ensure that it becomes a protected class. You will never find this sort of thing, apologies, even if every Chick-Fil-A practiced it as the rule of law.
Now, if you want to go shopping somewhere where you can be sure you'll never see a fat person, you'll probably go to such-and-such groceries. Perhaps such-and-such groceries has done demographic studies, and found that people really want the option to shop at a store where they can be sure they won't have to look at fat people, and that there are enough skinny and normal-sized people who feel that way that they'll make good money with that policy. Or maybe they just don't like fat people, which is their right, in which case they will lose business "the old fashioned way" -- fewer customers. Whatever. No lawsuits necessary. No "Equal Opportunity Legislation for Fat People" need be passed by any senates. People vote with their feet, with their money. If they don't like a way a business runs, they don't do business there. Simple as that.
So Chick-Fil-A doesn't like gays. Let all the people who don't like gays go eat their greasy chicken sandwiches, and the rest of us will enjoy our Wendy's or Burger King or whatever.
So Chick-Fil-A doesn't like gays. Let all the people who don't like gays go eat their greasy chicken sandwiches, and the rest of us will enjoy our Wendy's or Burger King or whatever.
Other than Brenda Honeycutt, who is suing for gender discrimination and not for any LGBT issues, I haven't personally heard anybody seriously suggesting a suit against Chick-Fil-A. Rather, lots of boycotts. I disagree that it's simple, however.