Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the owners of Hobby Lobby) behind an effort to stop the Equality Act from passing the senate. The organization to which the fast-food giant is donating is America’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. Technically, it's not the company funding the anti-LGBTQ+ efforts, it's just the company's owner using the profits he makes from the company to fund them.Īccording to a report, Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A's owner is one of several conservative backers (also including former U.S. Burger King has introduced a new chicken sandwich to compete with Chick-fil-A. Last week, Burger King posted a tweet explaining that it would donate 40 cents to the Human Rights Campaign for every Ch’King sandwich sold in the month of June. Burger King, which recently launched the ChKing sandwich, tweeted Thursday it will donate 40 cents for every chicken sandwich sold in June (Pride month) up to 250,000, or 625,000 sandwiches, to The Human Rights Campaign. Chick-fil-A, which is famously closed on Sundays, is once again facing scrutiny over donations. News broke recently that despite promises that the company would stop funding anti-LGBTQ+ organizations, Chick-fil-A's billionaire owner is still doing exactly that. Burger King is serving its ChKing sandwich with a side of shade this June. BK says it will donate 40 cents for every chicken sandwich sold up to 250,000, or 625,000 sandwiches. Both organizations have taken controversial stands on homosexuality and same-sex marriage.\u201cthe #ChKing says LGBTQ+ rights!\n \nduring #pride month (even on Sundays \ud83d\udc40) your chicken sandwich craving can do good! we are making a donation* to for every Ch'King sold \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\u201d - Burger King King)Īpart from the clunky name of the sandwich, this sounds pretty great! The King even threw in some shade to Christain-owned Chick-fil-A, which famously is closed on Sundays. The company has since tried to distance itself from its less-than-supportive stance toward the LGBTQ+ community.įor example, in 2019, Chick-fil-A made major changes to its charitable foundation, ending donations to two organizations that have been criticized for being anti-LGBTQ+ - the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Chick-fil-A has a long, controversial history of supporting anti-LGBT. Chick-fil-A and the LGBTQ+ communityĬhick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy said in 2012 that the company supports “the biblical definition of the family unit.” In a 2018 interview with a local Atlanta TV station, Cathy reiterated his position on same-sex marriage but said he’s not anti-gay. Burger King has once again thrown down the gauntlet in the fried chicken sandwich wars, and this time, the fast-food chain is making things personal. Burger King zings Chick-fil-A by donating its chicken sandwich profits to LGBTQ. Chick-fil-A, because of its devout Christian ownership, closes its restaurants on Sundays. The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization.īurger King added it will make those donations “even on Sunday,” tweeting the eyes emoji. Home Retail Burger King is promising to donate to an LGBTQ group for every chicken sandwich sold 'even on Sundays' amid calls to boycott Chick-fil-A Mary Meisenzahl Burger King. The fast-food chain tweeted last week that it would donate 40 cents to the Human Rights Campaign for every Ch’King chicken sandwich sold in June. (CNN) - Burger King is making a statement during pride month: It’s trying to get a leg up in the chicken sandwich wars by taking a not-so-subtle dig at rival Chick-fil-A’s fraught history with the LGBTQ+ community.
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