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[quote=Freeman]I wouldn't have a problem with the owner giving money to any particular causes. What I do have a problem with is when Chick-fil-A as a company gives money to organizations whose sole purpose is to deny civil rights to a particular group. As long as Chick-fil-A as a company is donating money to organizations such as the Family Research Council(Which bills itself as pro-family, but their actions are effectively anti-gay), I will not give them a single penny to put towards those donations. Again, this isn't money that Dan Cathy as an individual is donating, this is money that the company itself donates directly from profits generated by customers. There is a difference between a private individual using money he earned to support a cause and a company giving its official support and using its profits to support the same cause.

I'm reminded of when the Southern Baptists called for a boycott of Disney because of Disney's stance on same-sex partner benefits and general policies. People laughed at how silly the Baptists convention was being, but no one tried to claim they had no right to call for the boycott. Now, when people are protesting a company's anti-gay actions(And yes, donating money to anti-gay groups is an anti-gay action), those same Baptists are saying the protests are uncalled for and they should just let people have their own opinions.[/quote]

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