[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chick-fil-a-donated-1-8-million-to-anti-lgbtq-groups\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chick-fil-a-donated-1-8-million-to-anti-lgbtq-groups\/","headline":"Chick-fil-A donated $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ+ groups","name":"Chick-fil-A donated $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ+ groups","description":"Fast food chain Chick-fil-A promised to stop donating to anti-LGBTQ+ groups, but then donated $1.8 million to these groups in 2017.","datePublished":"2019-03-25","dateModified":"2019-03-25","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/#Person","name":"Fin Leary","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/","identifier":6376,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/18660242104_d44cabac06_k.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/18660242104_d44cabac06_k.jpg","height":991,"width":2048},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chick-fil-a-donated-1-8-million-to-anti-lgbtq-groups\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":305,"keywords":["anti-LGBTQ+","Chick-fil-A","chicken","discrimination","fast food","hate groups"],"articleBody":"Fast food chain Chick-fil-A has claimed before that the company has no political agenda. The Atlanta-based chain has gotten a reputation for being anti-LGBTQ+ but the company has been trying to downplay that message in recent yearsChick-fil-A promised it would no longer fund anti-LGBTQ+ groups, but recent tax documents show that the company donated $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ+ groups in 2017\u2014including\u00a0the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Paul Anderson Youth Home and the Salvation Army.The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a Christian sports ministry that requires strict “sexual purity” and for employees to refrain from \u201chomosexual acts.” The Paul Anderson Youth Home, a Georgia-based Christian residential home for boys, teaches that\u00a0homosexuality is wrong and that same-sex marriage is \u201crage against Jesus Christ and His values.\u201d The Salvation Army has a long history\u00a0of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, including referring LGBTQ+ people to conversion therapy.RELATED: Equally Wed launches National Marriage Equality Day in response to Mike Huckabee’s National Chick-fil-A DayChick-fil-A also still refuses to include protection against discrimination\u00a0on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in its employment non-discrimination\u00a0policy. Human Rights Campaign gave Chick-fil-A a zero on its annual buyers guide.According to ThinkProgress, Chick-fil-A made a decision in 2017 to stop donating to the Paul Anderson Youth Home but hasn’t ended contributions to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes or Salvation Army.After the news broke, the city of San Antonio, Texas, voted to ban Chick-fil-A from opening a new location in the San Antonio airport.“San Antonio is a city full of compassion, and we don\u2019t have room in our public facilities for a business with a legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior,”\u00a0says District 1 City Councilman Roberto C. Trevi\u00f1o in a statement. “Everyone has a place here and everyone should feel welcome when they walk through our airport.”"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Chick-fil-A donated $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ+ groups","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chick-fil-a-donated-1-8-million-to-anti-lgbtq-groups\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]