Chick-fil-A built a business model based almost entirely on faith. And frankly, that means they should be held to a higher standard. Yes, there are local operators with diverse objectives and opinions, but for the sake of the company’s broader character, those individual franchises should be held to a moral code that reflects Chick-fil-A’s stated beliefs. 

While most of corporate America wisely took the temperature of angry consumers and backed away from woke politics, one shocking holdout remains: Chick-fil-A. The beloved fast-food franchise, who’s best known for its Christian ownership and family-centric policies, is quietly still condoning a message that is radically at odds with the biblical values that most people associate them with — including same-sex marriage.

To the shock of fans on Wednesday, a Utah franchise posted a gushing set of photos of two men in each other’s arms from their official account with the headline, “CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HAPPY COUPLE! Dougie & Toby recently got married and we are beyond happy for them! (ring emoji)”

While most of Chick-fil-A’s chains are run by local operators, the fact that any location felt comfortable posting such a controversial message is further proof that the company hasn’t weeded out the LGBT extremism that sparked so much backlash just a couple of years ago. It’s also an important reminder that until consumers have extracted tangible concessions from CEOs, as Robby Starbuck has done from dozens of retailers, there’s no guarantee that companies — regardless of what they profess publicly — will stay true to their word on cultural issues.

Unfortunately for conservatives, the duplicity from Chick-fil-A runs deep. As a lot of Americans remember, customers, and especially Christians, were horrified to learn that Truett Cathy’s chicken empire had not only stopped donating to the Salvation Army and Fellowship of Christian Athletes in 2019 after pressure from the far-Left, but that they’d replaced their giving to these charities with organizations like the disgraced Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — the same bullies who inspired a gunman to storm the headquarters of FRC with the intent to murder as many staffers as possible. 

The PR nightmare got worse for the chain when news broke that the Chick-fil-A Foundation had funneled at least $230,000 to Covenant House, an organization that, among other things, hosts Drag Queen Story Hours. Conservatives were in disbelief — so much so that The Federalist felt the need to spell it out: “Yes, Chick-fil-A Really Is Funding a Group that Hosts Drag Queen Story Hours,” their headline read. 

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