What would be unfair about it exactly?
I guess to me its they decide to have this one guilty pleasure. They grew up around it and ate it before they ever knew about any donations.
They are otherwise very supportive of the community, aligned politically, some even do some activist work.
They just don't care and it feels weird for me as a straight dude to tell them they can't eat here. I understand if they maybe receive pressure from others in the community but to me as an outside observer it feels like a liberal shopping at walmart for savings/convenience or choosing to ignore all the problematic issues that stem from companies that manufacture other products.
The other thing I wrestle with is that the majority of my LGBT friends are indifferent about eating at Chick Fil A. Honestly right now I can only think of one who I know for sure refuses to eat there. And come to think of it, he's vegetarian, so it seems like an easy decision to make lol.
I don't know if my anecdotal experience is an outlier or common. I understand there are gay republicans and black trump supporters but they seem incredibly more rare than gay chick fil a eaters.
the one thing I'll never get about this forum is how black and white people see things.
i'm an irredeemable piece of shit because I eat a sandwich? lol okay. Guess the hundreds of community service hours I've put in within the last year have all been scraped away because I decided to stop by the nearest fast food joint. Unless you live off the grid (and thus shouldn't even be posting here) there's like a 90% chance you do business with a company involved in shit practices.
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan Chase
ExxonMobile
DuPont
Bayer
Microsoft
Google
Facebook
Amazon
Walmart
McDonalds
Apple
Nestle
if you own any products or do any type of business with the above companies kindly see yourself at the gate for the 'hypocrite badge' you've been awarded. we meet every Tuesday.
I also feel this.
I understand the people that say that its hard to avoid dealing with problematic aspects of society but its easy to find an alternative to a homophobic fast food restaurant.
But I'd still argue that something like finding an alternative to nestle drinks or walmart is about the same burden of difficulty as finding an alternative to chick fil A.