Joe.My.God. LGBT News
“They’ve bought into the lie. I don’t know any other way to say it. I can’t be polite about it, because there’s no way to say, ‘Oh, they’re just trying to stay out of harm’s way.’ No, they have injected themselves into the diversity, equity, and inclusion model. They’ve hired someone to be their vice president of DEI.
“And when a company does that, what they basically are saying is — ‘We want to be able to sit at the cool kids’ table. We don’t want to be over there by ourselves anymore. We don’t want people to make fun of us or point their fingers at us.’ I don’t know who it is they listen to, but it’s tragic.
“Chick-fil-A started moving closer and closer to the very people that showed them nothing but hate. They were being shut out of cities like New York and Boston and Chicago — told they couldn’t come there.
“But Chick-fil-A’s response, rather than to say, ‘Thank you, Christian community, for standing with us and not abandoning us when we were getting pummeled’ was to say, ‘Well, we’re going to move on now.’
“I’ll be honest. One of the big regrets of my life was taking such a public stand for them in 2012, helping to turn the tide that was really about to go against them in a very significant way. It makes it much easier to go to Popeye’s.
“But look, if a business doesn’t want to cater to Christians, that’s fine. I’m not buying their politics or their faith — I’m buying their product.
“But when your actions and your affiliations show that you really kind of are ashamed of the gospel, it’s a different story.” – Mike Huckabee, talking to hate group leader Tony Perkins.
Of note, Chick-Fil-A has not been “shut out” of New York City and currently operates 17 locations across the city. In fact, the world’s largest Chick-Fil-A, a sprawling five-story behemoth, operates in Manhattan’s financial district.