Pride group: Chick-fil-A doesn't fund most divisive groups

[alp227]

Chick-fil-A restaurants' philanthropic WinShape Foundation no longer funds the most controversial and politically charged anti-same-sex-marriage groups and has not since 2011, according to Campus Pride, a leading national LGBT campus organization.

Campus Pride issued a statement Monday claiming that Chick-fil-A gave the organization's executive director, Shane Windmeyer, access to WinShape's 2011 "990" tax documents.

He said they show that the nearly $6 million in outside grant funding "focuses on youth, education, marriage enrichment and local communities" and that in the list of the foundation's beneficiaries, "the most divisive, anti-LGBT groups are no longer listed." Among those groups were the Family Research Council, Eagle Forum and Exodus International.

Windmeyer acknowledged that WinShape continues to fund groups that don't condone same-sex marriage based on biblical beliefs but says these groups, such as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, don't operate with the same hard-nosed political agenda the other groups are known for.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/us/chick-fil-a-philanthropy/index.html

Umm, if you're against gay rights, you're against human rights PERIOD. I don't give a damn where you cite that discriminatory ideology from, not even the Buy-Bull.

[Ian David]

1. That's like saying, "We don't support Hitler, but Mussolini is okay." n/t

[joeybee12]

2. Fellowship of Christian Athletes is ridiculously homophobic...Aaron Rodgers baby brother

was on FUX, with a priest by his side (oh,the irony!), complaining that Vanderbilt is making them not discriminate against gay people and that violates their religious freedom...basically they can't meet on campus if they discriminate, so they have to have their hate-fest off campus, yet they still complain. Fuck them and fuck-fail-a.

[okaawhatever]

3. Ha Ha Vanderbilt. I wonder if Anderson Cooper has a view on this. He's both gay and a Vanderbilt.

Do you think he'll say oommm I think my great great grandfather would have wanted the school he founded to be tolerant to people like me, ya know his family.

[joeybee12]

5. Apparently Vanderbilt is tolerant...

And it was the Fellowship that was complaining that abou how the tolerance affects their religious "freedom." Asshats.

[obamanut2012]

4. The guy who runs CampusPride is BFFs with CFA's CEO

True fact.

So, wtfever.

[Warpy]

6. It's nice to know they've cleaned up their act in that department

Now if they'll just stop firing married women with children because they think being home with the kids is more important than paying the rent or feeding them, we'll be getting somewhere.

[Bake]

7. And I'm STILL not eating their stuff.

Which is a shame, because I actually used to enjoy it. But not any more.

Bake

[ROBROX]

8. I still have not spent any money at this place.

I never heard of this place until it was in the news. I guess these places have not made it to California?

What other places should I stop funding to ensure I am NOT supporting a BAD ISSUE..........