{"id":2518186,"date":"2025-12-06T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chick-fil-a-under-fire-after-betraying-loyal-customers-with-shockingly-woke-statement\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T06:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:08:42","slug":"chick-fil-a-under-fire-after-betraying-loyal-customers-with-shockingly-woke-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chick-fil-a-under-fire-after-betraying-loyal-customers-with-shockingly-woke-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick-Fil-A Under Fire After Betraying Loyal Customers with Shockingly Woke Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchick-fil-a-under-fire-after-betraying-loyal-customers-with-shockingly-woke-statement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2518186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-demand-a-biological-man-play-princess-zelda\/\" title=\"Activists Demand a Biological Man Play Princess Zelda\">article discusses controversy surrounding<\/a> a Chick-fil-A franchise in Orem, Utah, which posted a congratulatory message on Facebook for a same-sex couple&#8217;s engagement. This sparked backlash as Chick-fil-A&#8217;s loyal customer base largely consists of evangelical Christians who uphold traditional biblical views opposing same-sex relationships. The post is seen as contradicting Scripture, specifically Leviticus 20:13, adn alienating the core customers who have historically supported the brand due to its Christian values.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the article suggests this incident is not isolated but indicative of a broader shift within chick-fil-A.It points out that the company has faced criticism for ceasing donations to Christian organizations like the Salvation Army and instead supporting groups seen as opposing Christian values, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center and a nonprofit promoting drag queen story hours. Chick-fil-A also maintains a Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), which some interpret as conflicting with the company&#8217;s traditional beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging that Chick-fil-A food remains popular and the controversy involves only one franchise location, the article warns that continuing to alienate its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >core religious customer base risks losing<\/a> their support. The piece implies that this shift represents a departure from Chick-fil-A&#8217;s original faith-based identity and values.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As a general rule of thumb, if you&rsquo;re someone who runs a business, it&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>never&nbsp;<\/em>a good idea to alienate your core constituency.<\/p>\n<p>From running a sports team, to running a tech company, to running &mdash; oh yes &mdash; a Chick-fil-A, that simple business philosophy can save you a lot of trouble.<\/p>\n<p>One Chick-fil-A franchisee in Orem, Utah (if that sounds at all familiar to you, it&rsquo;s where Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated) apparently decided that it <em>is <\/em>a good idea to alienate your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-dhs-mayorkas-to-restart-partial-remain-in-mexico-policy\/\" title=\"Washington ...: DHS Mayorkas to Restart Partial &#039;Remain in Mexico&#039; Policy\">core customer base<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As first reported on by <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/article\/chickfila-waffles-on-wokeness-with-samesex-marriage-post-and-dei-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Stand<\/a>, one Utah Chick-fil-A apparently didn&rsquo;t realize that a large portion of the company&rsquo;s most loyal national customer base is made of evangelical Christians, who&rsquo;ve always aligned with the restaurant chain&rsquo;s biblical stances.<\/p>\n<p>Or, they did.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, this Chick-fil-A location put up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cfaoremplaza\/posts\/pfbid036cFLPzws2Nbe7PFfhfCa7ZyU6mB65MxMDeVMpwAjeVUEvPtztZd28GDqsbNsa8e8l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> post congratulating a newly betrothed couple. On its face, there&rsquo;s obviously nothing wrong with that.<\/p>\n<p>But then you realize that it&rsquo;s a homosexual couple.<\/p>\n<p>(And note the fire Chick-fil-A is under. That&rsquo;s the only post on their page that appears to have a restriction on who can comment on it.)<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, this celebratory post flies directly in the face of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t get much clearer than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Leviticus%2020%3A13&amp;version=NKJV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus 20:13<\/a>: &ldquo;If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And yet here&rsquo;s this Utah Chick-fil-A claiming to be &ldquo;beyond happy&rdquo; for what Leviticus clearly describes as an &ldquo;abomination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Does that make&nbsp;<em>any&nbsp;<\/em>sense to you?<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, as much as I&rsquo;d like to give the restaurant chain as a whole the benefit of the doubt, there&rsquo;s been mounting evidence that this wasn&rsquo;t some rogue one-off franchisee, but is more emblematic of a much deeper rot at the fast food chain.<\/p>\n<p>First, as <a href=\"https:\/\/1851franchise.com\/how-chick-fil-a-rose-to-the-top-of-the-us-chicken-market-2727479#stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> have shown, Chick-fil-A is notoriously selective with its franchisees. Vetting these franchisees is supposedly one of the pillars of the restaurant&rsquo;s success.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/article\/chickfila-waffles-on-wokeness-with-samesex-marriage-post-and-dei-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Stand<\/a> noted, in 2019, the restaurant crumpled to leftist pressure and stopped donating to the Salvation Army and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Guess where the money went instead? The proudly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chick-fil-donated-thousands-anti-christian-southern-poverty-law-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Christian Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To make matters worse, Chick-fil-A was also exposed for donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to Covenant House &mdash; a non-profit that tries to help kids in need&hellip; with programs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toronto-public-library-eliminates-late-fees-to-combat-racial-inequity\/\" title=\"Toronto Public Library Eliminates Late Fees To Combat Racial Inequity\">drag queen story hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Stand added that, even apart from these past incidents, the company is still actively employing a &ldquo;vice president of DEI.&rdquo; Again, wouldn&rsquo;t DEI fly directly in the face of the truth that God created all humans equal and bearing His image? Chick-fil-A feels compelled to favor one group of people over the other, and that&rsquo;s indisputable with that DEI position still existing.<\/p>\n<p>This all being said, yes, this is just one location. Yes, the food there is still good. And yes, Chick-fil-A is probably still preferable to a secular fast food chain. (Faith-based or not, Chick-fil-A is certainly better than Long John Silver&rsquo;s.)<\/p>\n<p>But if the company continues to insist on alienating its customer base with these schemes, they will assuredly lose a chunk of their most fervent base.<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s a darn shame.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Whether managing a sports team, tech<br \/>\ncompany, or even a Chick-fil-A franchise, this principle is<br \/>\nkey to avoiding problems. However, one Chick-fil-A in Orem,<br \/>\nUtah-known as the place where Turning Point USA&#8217;s Charlie Kirk<br \/>\nwas assassinated-seems to have ignored this advice.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Washington Stand, this Utah location failed to<br \/>\nrecognize that much of Chick-fil-A&#8217;s loyal customer base is made<br \/>\nup of evangelical Christians who support the chain&#8217;s biblical values.  <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the store posted on Facebook congratulating a newly<br \/>\nengaged same-sex couple. While celebrating love isn&#8217;t wrong on its face,<br \/>\nthis post contradicts Scripture and sparked backlash. It was also the only<br \/>\npost with restricted commenting.<\/p>\n<p>Leviticus 20:13 states clearly that homosexual acts are an abomination;<br \/>\nyet this franchise expressed being &#8220;beyond happy&#8221; for such a union-an action<br \/>\nthat confuses many loyal customers.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, evidence suggests this isn&#8217;t just one rogue franchisee but part<br \/>\nof broader issues within Chick-fil-A. The company carefully vets franchisees and<br \/>\nhas shifted donations away from Christian groups like Salvation Army toward<br \/>\norganizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center and Covenant House-which supports<br \/>\nprograms such as drag queen story hours.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Chick-fil-A employs a vice president of DEI (Diversity Equity Inclusion),<br \/>\nwhich some see as conflicting with their belief in all humans created equal by God.<\/p>\n<p>While it remains just one location and their food is still good-and arguably better than many secular chains-if Chick-fil-A continues down this path of alienating its core supporters,<br \/>\nit risks losing much of its devoted customer base-a regrettable outcome for any business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2518187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-12-05T181956.090.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11043,50410,55594,68339],"class_list":["post-2518186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chick-fil-a","tag-controversy-2","tag-corporate-politics","tag-customer-loyalty"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-12-05T181956.090.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518190,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518186\/revisions\/2518190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}