And Chick-fil-A didn’t exactly start out as a secular business.
But even his father, Truett Cathy, has donated to causes associated with the Christian Right for many years. LGBTQ rights supporters started boycotting Chick-fil-A years ago. Many media outlets treated Dan Cathy’s announcement as new information, though the company has been stepping up involvement in Christian Right politics since Cathy took the helm in 2001. In fact, the media has missed a number of important and interesting aspects of the story.ġ. Given all the media noise, you might think you’ve heard everything there is to know about the Chick-fil-A controversy. It’s been a busy few weeks for same-sex marriage opponents and detractors alike, not to mention chicken sandwich connoisseurs. culture wars in recent years: Chick-fil-A president and COO Dan Cathy expresses his support for “traditional marriage,” LGBTQ activists issue calls for a boycott, and conservatives - including, most notably, Mike Huckabee - respond with the now infamous Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, which is attended in “ droves.” Finally, LGBTQ activists respond with two counter-protests, a Same-Sex Kiss Day (self-explanatory) and Starbucks Appreciation Day, intended to show support for a company that has given money to same-sex marriage causes. It’s probably one of the more bizarre manifestations of the U.S.