# Minor Ethical Issue--Too Puny for GD--Help Needed before Lunchtime! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715 "2004-08-20T14:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/1 "2004-08-20T14:30:58Z")
A few months ago, there was a thread on the SDMB, describing ( I think) how Chik-Fil-A gives money to a certain wacko outfit as a charitable gift. At least, I **think** there was. 😕 I cannot find the thread, & I was running a fever, & very ill when I sorta read it. At that time, I started boycotting Chik-Fil-A, even though I **loved** the food. But now, I can’t even prove the thread existed! :smack: I reseached on Google, but no luck. ☹ And I am really not certain that I should have boycotted a place, on a decision based on the state of mind I was in at the time. Should I, without verifying the initial cause, continue to boycott Chik-Fil-A? Please answer before lunch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/2 "2004-08-20T14:36:28Z")
[Whay are Chik-fil-As closed on Sunday?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271242&highlight=mall+chicken) I seem to recall there was no cite for your assertion, but I haven’t reviewed the whole thread. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/3 "2004-08-20T14:38:42Z")
> [@Emilio Lizardo](#): > > [Whay are Chik-fil-As closed on Sunday?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271242&highlight=mall+chicken) > > I seem to recall there was no cite for your assertion, but I haven’t reviewed the whole thread. Correct issue. But not **that** thread. There was an earlier one, with a cited link. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/4 "2004-08-20T14:40:48Z")
BTW–I’m mostly looking for ethical input. ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/5 "2004-08-20T14:40:59Z")
D’oh! My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/6 "2004-08-20T17:00:37Z")
Chick-fil-A is openly discriminatory against gays, and has been accused of discriminating against non-Christian employees, and has been boycotted for both (by some). I’ve never seen the donation thing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/7 "2004-08-20T17:32:37Z")
I know exactly what you’re talking about, **Bos** , but like you I cannot find the cite. I’m waiting to hear back from my friend at PETA - if there’s dirt on a fast food place, they’ll have it. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/8 "2004-08-20T17:42:43Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Chick-fil-A is openly discriminatory against gays, and has been accused of discriminating against non-Christian employees, and has been boycotted for both (by some). I’ve never seen the donation thing, though. If they are ‘openly’ discrimintory against gays and/or non-Christians, you would think that **Bosda** would find some of evidence in a Google search. Just because they’re a Christian company doesn’t _necessarily_ make them evil. (Although I concede it could be true – I don’t know either way; but I’ll give them benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise). ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/9 "2004-08-20T18:13:02Z")
I got nothing. Guess you gotta eat there for lunch now, right? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/10 "2004-08-20T18:16:34Z")
Is this the thread? [Chik-Fil-A and Making Money](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271242) ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/11 "2004-08-20T18:36:15Z")
I couldn’t boycot Chic-fil-a because I love it too much. They could be nutty fundies or virgin sacrificing satanists and I’d still go there because I love that chicken!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/12 "2004-08-20T18:39:49Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Is this the thread? > > [Chik-Fil-A and Making Money](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271242) No, somebody linked to thast already. ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/13 "2004-08-20T18:44:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Chick-fil-A, a name virtually synonymous with the term “Christian business,” may soon re-evaluate its advertising policies in connection with the 150 newspapers that now publish homosexual and lesbian “unions.” [Source](http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:9eckJ8KochQJ:headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/afa/292002c.asp+%22chick-fil-A%22+%22pro-life%22&hl=en) Also, they allegedly [fired an employee for not praying to Jesus](http://www.beliefnet.com/story/115/story_11581_1.html). And they’re generally litigious [jerks](http://www.attrition.org/postal/z/legal/chick-fil-a/). I wouldn’t want to encourage that behavior. :wally Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/14 "2004-08-20T19:01:36Z")
And here’s something on S. Truett Cathy’s (owner) dealings with a Presbyterian university. Not really proof of anything (looks like a blog entry), but it may get you moving in the right direction. Haven’t checked out **citrus x paradisi** ’s links, so this may be just dross in comparision. [http://www.grabbingsand.com/mtarchive/2004/05/14/alma\_mater\_unfamiliar](http://www.grabbingsand.com/mtarchive/2004/05/14/alma_mater_unfamiliar) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/15 "2004-08-20T19:05:25Z")
> [@citrus x paradisi](#): > > Also, they allegedly [fired an employee for not praying to Jesus](http://www.beliefnet.com/story/115/story_11581_1.html). See, that’s odd, because the owner said in an interview with CNN that a person’s religion was between himself and the Lord. [http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/21/sm.19.html](http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/21/sm.19.html) ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-ethical-issue-too-puny-for-gd-help-needed-before-lunchtime/260715/16 "2004-08-21T01:35:08Z")
What someone says to CNN and what they actually _do_ often varies. Actions speak louder than words and all that. 😉