The company stressed that the donations would be made even on Sundays, a less-than-subtle jab at Chick-fil-A, which is closed every Sunday.
The controversial funds donated to organizations like the Salvation Army - which has a history of anti-gay views but has since disavowed those beliefs - alongside remarks opposing same-sex marriage that Dan Cathy, now the CEO, made in 2012, caused a swell of bad publicity and boycotts of Chick-fil-A. The chain announced plans to donate 40 cents for every Ch’King sandwich sold through June 30 to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the United States. “Chick-fil-A investors, employees and customers can greet today’s announcement with cautious optimism, but should remember that similar press statements were previously proven to be empty,” Drew Anderson, the director of campaigns at GLAAD, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, said in a statement. for eating Chick-fil-A during Pride Month, Business Insider Australia, /twitter-ceo-apology-chick-fil-a-gay-pridemonth-2018-6. Join us in congratulating the 2022 Remarkable Futures Scholarship winners Learn more: spr.ly/6012KxS9n.
In 2016, the company reportedly told the progressive news site Think Progress that it was winding down contributions to such groups, but a report published earlier this year by the site found Chick-fil-A donated $1.8 million to discriminatory groups in 2017. We had so much fun surprising these 12 incredible Team Members with a 25,000 scholarship toward their education. The LGBTQ Community may be in a celebratory mood this June as they mark the first Pride Month under President Joe Biden, but an attempt to roll back the freedoms and rights that have already been. Monday's announcement, however, is reportedly not the first time Chick-fil-A has claimed it would cut ties with groups that have anti-gay views or policies. Last week on Twitter, the fast-food giant announced a new initiative to donate 40 cents to the pro-LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for every Ch’King sandwich sold until June 30. NBC OUT Gay dads in Israel asked by government agent, 'Who is the mother?'