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GetEqual planning action against Chicago Chick-fil-A May 6
by Yasmin Nair, Windy City Times 2011-05-04
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Local Chicago activists will be hosting a protest on May 6, starting at 12 noon, at 30 E. Chicago, the site of the first Chicago franchise of the national fried chicken sandwich chain Chick-fil-A. As reported previously in Windy City Times, gay and lesbian activists, especially on college campuses, have been calling on the company to withdraw what they consider its support of anti-gay organizations like the National Organization for Marriage ( NOM ) . They have also been critical of its exclusion of gay couples from the marriage retreat it sponsors via its Winshape Foundation.
Windy City Times spoke to Lindsey Dietzler, who is also a co-founder of Video Action League and the GetEQUAL IL State Lead. He said that the action is to be coordinated by the national LGBTQ organization GetEqual, with three other identical actions happening in Atlanta, Ohio, and Fresno. The Atlanta action will take place outside Chick-fil-A's Leadercast conference, a one-day leadership training conference, and the main pivot of this coordinated protest. Participants will hand out fake coupons with the words, "Bigot-Fil-A" that list the anti-gay organizations supported by Chick-fil-A, along with the dollar amounts they receive from the chain.
Chick-fil-A outlets are run as individual franchises, and the current controversy began when the website Good as You revealed that a Pennsylvania branch had sponsored an event titled, "The Art of Marriage: Getting to the Heart of God's Design," on Feb. 11. The event was run by the Pennsylvania Family Institute which has been identified as anti-gay ( the Chick-fil-A sponsorship eventually disappeared ) .
The Chicago franchise in the downtown area will be the first in the city. Originally scheduled to open at the end of April, it will now do so in June. Activists will be handing out the coupons, designed by Joyce Rice, dressed in red and white, to passerby at the construction site. Asked about the effectiveness of an action before the actual store opened, Dietzler said that this is being done in order to coordinate with the other actions and that this will not be the only protest. He said that the ultimate goal was to "educate people on why they should not support Chick-fil-A if they are pro-LGBT." He also said that the activists want Chick-fil-A to withdraw its support from anti-gay organizations and issue an apology to the community.
WCT contacted Chick-fil-A, but representatives did not get back in time for this story. We will continue to follow the story.
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