Conservatives boycotting Chick-fil-A are silly

Published November 19, 2019 3:31pm ET



Monday’s news that the beloved fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A would no longer donate to organizations critical of the gay and transgender community left some with a bad taste in their mouth. Unsurprisingly, members of the militant Left, such as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, continue their campaign of bigotry against the company despite the announcement. This was to be expected. Those who are determined to hold Christian-owned companies responsible for daring to possess “wrong thought” will not be satisfied.

While Chick-fil-A will never be approved of by those who despise the religious foundation of its owners, plenty of the company’s supporters were left disappointed by the supposed bowing down to secularism. After advocating for the successful but harshly criticized restaurant, its fans were bound to feel this way. But the overwhelming urge to ditch Chick-fil-A entirely, while tempting, is not only wrong but against what conservatives have been preaching for years.

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