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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm very progressive and work for a very progressive organization that is usually at least 20% LGBTQ. I personally do not buy food at Chick-fil-a and complained to my kid's school when they did a CFA fundraiser. I wouldn't hold it against someone who worked for CFA. I don't discriminate in hiring based on religion. We have a few evangelical Christians and a Jehovah Witness on our staff. We make it clear in hiring that we hire and serve a very diverse group of people and if you can't work with people who hold different views, even views you may strongly disagree with than this is not the place for you. In the interviewing process, we might ask questions such as how would you respond to a student who disclosed a pregnancy? how would you respond to a student who came out to you? how would you respond to a student who couldn't participate in org activities because of religious obligations. In those answers we would be looking for respect, compassion, and a not overly directive response.

I think your perspective is great, but I'd like to caution associating bigotry with religion. Yes, they sometimes go hand in hand based on interpretation of religious texts (Bible in this case) but many Christians do not hold these views and many who disagree on gay marriage theologically would not take the actions the owners have. The issue with them was donations to anti-gay organizations, including gay conversion ( last and most objectionable from the owners' foundation, not a corporate donation). They were Christian groups, but that doesn't make anti-gay a Christian view.

FWIW, cfa has said it won't make any donations to anti-lgbtq groups any more. Of course, the owners may donate out of their foundation.

I have a gay kid and don't patronize them because I don't want to add to the owners' personal wealth, but I'm sure the employees are great and would think the job was an overall asset.

The owners beliefs do not appear to trickle down to the actual stores. I've never heard of a LGTBQ person being treated differently while working at CFA. Most are independently owned franchises and managed by them. Quite frankly, while I disagree with the owners beliefs, there are lots of other places that I also disagree and it would be hard to avoid utilizing all of those places. I prefer to avoid places that actually treat their LQTBQ employees differently, or don't provide BC because of their beliefs (thinking Hobby Lobby, etc). CFA is a great place to work (known 10s of teens who have worked there, know the family that owns 50% of the locations in the Howard county/AA county area and they are great people to work for).

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Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.

Trans people say "Hold my beer".

LOL, no $hit and all the progressive "I wouldn't care" responses with the obligatory virtue signaling of "I would never let my kid work there but" or "I would never eat there but." C'Mon people, to the majority of the population none of this is relevant.

I don't think you got what pp was saying.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm very progressive and work for a very progressive organization that is usually at least 20% LGBTQ. I personally do not buy food at Chick-fil-a and complained to my kid's school when they did a CFA fundraiser. I wouldn't hold it against someone who worked for CFA. I don't discriminate in hiring based on religion. We have a few evangelical Christians and a Jehovah Witness on our staff. We make it clear in hiring that we hire and serve a very diverse group of people and if you can't work with people who hold different views, even views you may strongly disagree with than this is not the place for you. In the interviewing process, we might ask questions such as how would you respond to a student who disclosed a pregnancy? how would you respond to a student who came out to you? how would you respond to a student who couldn't participate in org activities because of religious obligations. In those answers we would be looking for respect, compassion, and a not overly directive response.

I think your perspective is great, but I'd like to caution associating bigotry with religion. Yes, they sometimes go hand in hand based on interpretation of religious texts (Bible in this case) but many Christians do not hold these views and many who disagree on gay marriage theologically would not take the actions the owners have. The issue with them was donations to anti-gay organizations, including gay conversion ( last and most objectionable from the owners' foundation, not a corporate donation). They were Christian groups, but that doesn't make anti-gay a Christian view.

FWIW, cfa has said it won't make any donations to anti-lgbtq groups any more. Of course, the owners may donate out of their foundation.

I have a gay kid and don't patronize them because I don't want to add to the owners' personal wealth, but I'm sure the employees are great and would think the job was an overall asset.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.

^ Said one of the posters who have turned micro-aggressions into an art form.

EXACTLY this. We all know the PP does precisely what she's complaining about, but in reverse, all the damn time. Not to mention, spends her life in a state of perpetual outrage. Spare us all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.

Trans people say "Hold my beer".

LOL, no $hit and all the progressive "I wouldn't care" responses with the obligatory virtue signaling of "I would never let my kid work there but" or "I would never eat there but." C'Mon people, to the majority of the population none of this is relevant.

Anonymous wrote:I'm very progressive and work for a very progressive organization that is usually at least 20% LGBTQ. I personally do not buy food at Chick-fil-a and complained to my kid's school when they did a CFA fundraiser. I wouldn't hold it against someone who worked for CFA. I don't discriminate in hiring based on religion. We have a few evangelical Christians and a Jehovah Witness on our staff. We make it clear in hiring that we hire and serve a very diverse group of people and if you can't work with people who hold different views, even views you may strongly disagree with than this is not the place for you. In the interviewing process, we might ask questions such as how would you respond to a student who disclosed a pregnancy? how would you respond to a student who came out to you? how would you respond to a student who couldn't participate in org activities because of religious obligations. In those answers we would be looking for respect, compassion, and a not overly directive response.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.

Trans people say "Hold my beer".

Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.

Anonymous wrote:Who knows? My kid attends a local, progressive k-8. We were told EXPLICITLY not to bring Chik-fil-a to any event where parents provide food for students (for example, weekend play practice). These parents would 100% freak out if a teen they knew got a job at Chik-fil-A.

Anonymous wrote:CFA was my first real job at 15 and I learned SO MUCH about customer service and good work habits that 24 years later (lord I’m getting old) still hold up and help me in my grown up professional job. Just the other day we had a SME (subject matter expert) quit on us with no notice and an unfinished report and I responded and CCd the execs something like we will be sorry to see you go thank you for your time and expertise.

The CEO responded and thanked me for staying so positive and professional in my response - I swear that’s chick fil a I learned that type of attitude!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.

^ Said one of the posters who have turned micro-aggressions into an art form.

Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.

Anonymous wrote:Man, conservatives have the worst persecution complex I have ever encountered in my life. If 20 people reply “I'm progressive and I wouldn’t care” and one replies “I am progressive and I would care” they totally lose their sh*t about how hideously oppressed they are by the jackbooted libs.