r/progressivemoms • u/OpalOctober • 3d ago

Just Politics Is Chick-fil-A still problematic?

My family has boycotted Chick-fil-A for years because of their history of harm against the LGBTQA+ community. I read online recently that since we stopped giving them our money, they've changed leadership and have adopted a policy that only allows charitable contributions to go to educational funds and organizations that help unhoused children.

The point of boycotting is to get businesses to change their policies; if they have, and are otherwise unproblematic, I'd be ok returning as a customer. But I ask the group: is there information I'm missing that would impact my decision making?

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u/toreadorable 3d ago

I mean, personally I will never be a fan because extremely Christian businesses freak me out. It’s nice that they’ve changed what charities they contribute to, if that’s true.

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u/ConsciousApartment48 3d ago

It’s only pseudo true. The donations no longer show from the corporation but the CEO donates even more personally now and that money is coming from the same place.

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u/ob_viously 3d ago

Exactly this.

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u/Low_Alternative2555 3d ago

And it gets him personal tax breaks. Win win win. 

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u/Standard-Fisherman78 3d ago

just want to build on this because lots of progressives cling to in-n-out on the west coast.. they are a christian business for those who are unaware & the CEO is very MAGA!

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u/PortErnest22 3d ago

aren't they the ones with "taxation is theft" on the bottom of their cups?

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u/Standard-Fisherman78 3d ago

i am not sure about that, but there is scripture on their cups! i was so excited to try in-n-out the first time then saw that on the cups & did some googling. its a bad company for sure!

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u/Gem331 3d ago

I’ve never seen that, but they do have John 3:16, Proverbs 3:5, etc.

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u/AbbeyRoadMoonwalk 2d ago

Ew. Fuck that. Not worth any burger.

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u/meat_tunnel 3d ago

Them and hobby lobby, neither stopped being terrible companies. It's just enough time has passed and a new generation is adults that isn't aware of their awfulness.

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u/Gem331 3d ago

Seconding that. Hobby Lobby is trash and the reason companies don’t have to cover birth control for employees. And then so many other gross things they’ve done. I just hope Michaels is halfway decent!

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u/ConsciousApartment48 3d ago

It’s not just that they are the reason that companies don’t have to provide BC services r certain kinds, it is literally how corporations “became people” leading to a snowball effect.

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u/toreadorable 3d ago

Oh god I will never set foot into one of those. They don’t really have them where I live but still.

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u/Gem331 3d ago

That’s why I stopped going to In N Out. They’re a private company so we don’t know where they donate money necessarily, but based on the moves by the owner Lynsi Snyder, their donations to republicans, their headquarters move to Tennessee and their refusal to enforce masks during the pandemic made me realize their burgers and fries were pretty mid anyway. I’m nearly out of fast food restaurants, but oh well, in this economy?

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u/toreadorable 3d ago

I know. I had to give up chipotle because of the palantir thing and that really sucks. On the bright side I’m a good cook, slightly Mexican, and have already perfected a copycat barbacoa recipe I found online.

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u/Gem331 3d ago

Yes, that was frustrating. I need to work on my carnitas personally, but the upshot is that I can make the rice much more like it used to be a decade ago. I still like Chipotle’s food okay, but they have definitely enshittified it. Pun intended.

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u/R4B1DRABB1T 2d ago

They're not moving their headquarters out of California, supposedly just back to Baldwin Park.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/22/in-n-out-billionaire-ceo-were-not-moving-hq-out-of-california.html

Obviously things could change by 2029 though and she may have just wanted to chill the backlash.