New Hollywood Chick-fil-A protested over anti-gay policies

New Hollywood Chick-fil-A protested over anti-gay policies
by GoPride.com News Staff

Hollywood, CA — About 30 people gathered Saturday afternoon to protest
the opening of the new Chick-fil-A Hollywood location citing what they
call the restaurant chain's support of anti-gay policies.

The protestors say the Georgia-based fast food chain donates money to
Focus on the Family and other Christian groups that vehemently oppose
LGBT rights, including marriage equality.

"It's about civil rights," Ken Howard, one of the organizers of
Saturday's protest, told WestHollywoodPatch.com. "It's not
anti-Christian. It's pro-civil rights and against hate groups."

The group protesting the new location at Sunset Boulevard and Highland
Avenue held up picket signs and distributed fliers that read, "say no
to homophobia."

The company's corporate mission is explicitly Christian. It includes a
charge "to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is
entrusted to us."

Chick-fil-A's mix of Christian culture has attracted controversy
before. In 2002 a lawsuit was filed by a Muslim restaurant owner in
Houston who said he was fired because he did not pray to Jesus with
other employees at a training session.

Company spokeswoman Kim Hardcastle told Patch the chain does not
discriminate against anyone.

The chain, which has found success in rural areas, has recently been
entering larger metropolitan cities including Los Angeles and Chicago.

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