When Chick-fil-A (CFA) stood up for Christian values and stood up to the secular and democratic socialist governments, social justice warriors and LGBT groups, CFA was my hero. Things have changed--they caved to the dollar!
Nope, I'm not religious, certainly not anti-gay, and not opposed to singe-sex marriages, although I do have my doubts about how the whole transgender thing is supposed to work, I am strongly opposed to abortions, and I think the whole social justice thing is silly. No, I just believe that we all have the right to live all aspects of our lives according to our own values as long as they don't actively interfere with the rights of others and I have great respect for small and large companies that operate according to an unerring set of announced values that involve morality and ethics in addition to "maximizing profits." CFA started out as one of those companies then the pressure from LGBTQ groups and secular European governments won out.
Ceasing donations to Christian groups like the Salvation Army and donating to groups that practice non-Christian values is not necessarily "bad" depending on your perspective. What is bad is trying to appease both sides with a deceiving compromise attempt. I predict that the LGBTQ community, for the most part, will continue to boycott CFA and that practicing Christians will quietly satisfy their chicken cravings elsewhere. And CFA's bottom line will continue to grow as they expand into markets that don't give a hoot one way or the other.
Anyway, I'm disappointed. There are very few heroes left. Full disclosure: I've never been to a Chick-fil-A.
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