Protesters targeted Chick-Fil-A for their alleged homophobe stance - some of the banners accused Chick-Fil-A of being anti gay. Members of the Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN) took to the streets at the Brooklyns third borough-wide march against gentrification, racism, and police violence, starting in downtown Brooklyn at the Barclays Center and ending in East New York at Broadway Junction.
Chick-Fil-A said on Monday that it has stopped funding two Christian charities after coming under fire in recent weeks from LGBTQ activists.
The fast-food chain's foundation has donated millions of dollars to The Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Both organizations have a history of opposing same-sex marriage.
Chick-fil-A said it no longer funds the organizations.
"We made multi-year commitments to both organisations and we fulfilled those obligations in 2018," a spokeswoman for Chick-fil-A told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, adding the company would focus its giving on "education, homelessness and hunger."
When reached by CNBC, the company declined to comment further.
The Atlanta-based company has faced criticism in the past for its charitable donations and CEO Dan Cathy's public comments opposing gay marriage. As Chick-fil-A expands outside of its stronghold in the southeastern U.S., activists have put pressure on the company. Its first U.K. location will close when its lease expires after protests from a local LGBTQ rights group.
"If Chick-Fil-A is serious about their pledge to stop holding hands with divisive anti-LGBTQ activists, then further transparency is needed regarding their deep ties to organizations like Focus on the Family, which exist purely to harm LGBTQ people and families," Drew Anderson, GLAAD's director of campaigns and rapid response, said in a statement Monday.
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who coordinated an appreciation day for Chick-fil-A when it first came under fire in 2012, tweeted Monday that the chain "betrayed loyal customers for $$."
— CNBC's Ryan Ruggiero and Reuters contributed to this report.
sharrrper on November 18th, 2019 at 18:14 UTC »
"There are traps everywhere! There's a chicken sandwich that if you eat it, it means you hate gay people, and it's DELICIOUS."
adam_demamps_wingman on November 18th, 2019 at 17:57 UTC »
And God said "Let there be sales". And behold quarterly sales increased.
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ProcanGodOfTheSea on November 18th, 2019 at 17:35 UTC »
They got called out a number of year ago, so the 'stopped donating' to the groups they called out and create there own foundation that keeps quite on who they send charities to.
So is the halt just a move to send money to their foundation, which in turns keeps donating to the same people, just hidden.