{"id":1303,"date":"2019-11-25T19:51:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:07:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T20:07:25","slug":"chick-fil-as-dan-cathy-issues-blunt-response-to-accusations-of-caving-to-lgbtq-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"CHICK-FIL-A\u2019S DAN CATHY ISSUES BLUNT RESPONSE TO ACCUSATIONS OF CAVING TO LGBTQ ACTIVISTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Article Source: CBN News<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

While critics have accused Chick-fil-A of caving to LGBT activists, Graham insisted that, off the back of his call with Cathy, it was clear that this was not the case. \u201cDan was very clear that they have not bowed down to anyone\u2019s demands, including the LGBTQ community,\u201d Franklin\u00a0wrote on Facebook: Franklin Graham November 21 at 5:30 AM \u00b7 Has Chick-fil-A caved? Some are saying they\u2019ve rolled over, that they\u2019ve conceded to the LGBTQ protests because they released a statement about their charitable giving. They announced that in 2020 they\u2019re giving to fight hunger and homelessness and support education. What\u2019s wrong with that? I picked up the phone and called Dan Cathy. Dan was very clear that they have not bowed down to anyone\u2019s demands, including the LGBTQ community. They will continue to support whoever they want to support. They haven\u2019t changed who they are or what they believe. Chick-fil-A remains committed to Christian values. Dan Cathy assured me that this isn\u2019t going to change. I hope all those who jumped to the wrong conclusion about them read this. In my opinion, the gay movement wouldn\u2019t ever be happy with Chick-fil-A unless they were open on Sunday, gave all of their charitable donations to LGBTQ organizations, and flew the rainbow flag over their stores! Their hatred for Chick-fil-A is rooted in founder Truett Cathy\u2019s strong stand for biblical \u201ctraditional\u201d values and his desire to honor God. No fast food chain does a better job. I went through the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A yesterday morning, and I thought I might get dinner there\u2014but a whole lot of other people had the same idea! A Chick-fil-A sandwich with waffle fries sounds really good right now! \u201cThey will continue to support whoever they want to support. They haven\u2019t changed who they are or what they believe. Chick-fil-A remains committed to Christian values. Dan Cathy assured me that this isn\u2019t going to change. I hope all those who jumped to the wrong conclusion about them read this.\u201d Despite Graham\u2019s claims, Chick-fil-A has not issued any official statements regarding the specific reasons for why they dropped The Salvation Army and FCA in particular, nor have they expressed a view on the group\u2019s Biblically-informed positions on sexuality. From the little information Chick-fil-A has released on the decision, it appears that they were simply sick of the negative press. \u201cWe need to be clear about who we are,\u201d Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos told\u00a0of the company\u2019s controversial decision. \u201cThere are lots of articles and newscasts about Chick-fil-A, and we thought we needed to be clear about our message.\u201d On the company\u2019s future donations, the BizNow report noted that \u201cpartners could include faith-based and non-faith-based charities, but the company said none of the organizations have anti-LGBT positions.\u201d It is unclear what BizNow, or Chick-fil-A for that matter, would define as \u201canti-LGBT.\u201d The chain did explicitly state that it would be refocusing charitable funds toward the tackling of issues such as \u201chunger and homelessness.\u201d That\u2019s a confusing assertion in itself, not least because the Salvation Army is internationally renowned for its work in helping the poor and homeless \u2014 something the charity\u00a0honed in on when responding to the controversy Pro-Life Churches, Ministries Fight NY Law Forcing Them to Hire Pro-Choice Employees Arguing in defense of Chick-fil-A, Graham went on to suggest that \u201cthe gay movement wouldn\u2019t ever be happy with Chick-fil-A unless they were open on Sunday, gave all of their charitable donations to LGBTQ organizations, and flew the rainbow flag over their stores!\u201d The preacher concluded that the LGBT crowd\u2019s \u201chatred for Chick-fil-A is rooted in founder Truett Cathy\u2019s strong stand for biblical \u201ctraditional\u201d values and his desire to honor God,\u201d values that he insists are still very much alive at the highest echelons of the company. \u201cNo fast-food chain does a better job,\u201d Graham concluded. \u201cI went through the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A yesterday morning, and I thought I might get dinner there\u2014but a whole lot of other people had the same idea! A Chick-fil-A sandwich with waffle fries sounds really good right now!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evangelist Franklin Graham has revealed that he personally called Chick-fil-A\u2019s CEO Dan Cathy to seek assurances after the restaurant chain announced it would be ceasing charitable donations to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iniquity-shall-abound","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1303"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}