{"id":27234,"date":"2015-10-31T18:25:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T22:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/christian-petition-targets-chick-fil-a-for-going-gay-sponsoring-lgbt-film-fest\/"},"modified":"2015-10-31T18:25:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T22:25:51","slug":"christian-petition-targets-chick-fil-a-for-going-gay-sponsoring-lgbt-film-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/christian-petition-targets-chick-fil-a-for-going-gay-sponsoring-lgbt-film-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Petition Targets Chick-fil-A For 'Going Gay,' Sponsoring LGBT Film Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Petition Targets Chick-fil-A For 'Going Gay,' Sponsoring LGBT Film Fest<\/b><\/p>\n

Eater,<\/em> a popular foodie website,<\/a> has outed Chick-fil-A<\/a> as a sponsor of an LGBT film festival in Nashville, TN. <\/p>\n

The Vox-owned foodie website<\/a> seemed understandably surprised that Chick-fil-A’s logo would appear on the sponsors page <\/a>of “Level Ground,”<\/a> and that its name would be associated with what is “billed as the world’s first faith-based LGBT film festival.”<\/p>\n

That would be the biggest turnaround ever since it ceased donations of $5 million to antigay groups, when CEO Dan Cathy publicly stated his corporation would steer clear of social issues<\/a> last year. That kind of support would be unprecedented, almost too good to be true. <\/p>\n

Which it is. <\/p>\n

Just hours after the article went live<\/a>, a spokesperson for the Southern Baptist, family-owned fast food chain swiftly issued a clarification, telling Eater<\/em> Chick-fil-A itself was never a sponsor of “Level Ground.” The actual sponsor is a franchise owner in Nashville. A similar case happened last November when a Hollywood franchise donated 20 percen<\/a>t of its one-day proceeds to the LGBT student group, Campus Pride. <\/p>\n

A Chick-fil-A representative told Eater, “The operators make decisions on local sponsorships.”<\/p>\n

That news came too late, however, to a concerned Christian and Chick-fil-A patron named Steven Policastro, who last week started a petition on change.org,<\/a> declaring, “CFA Goes Gay, Corporate Needs To Know!” His petition states:<\/p>\n

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“Per our research and findings, Chick-fil-A is a sponsor of “On Level Ground” (www.OnLevelGround.org<\/a>) which is “a movement” that “creates space for dialogue about faith, gender, and sexuality through the arts.” And upon further inquiry, your sponsorship of this organization supports pro-gay<\/a> organizations such as:
-The Christian Closet (gay<\/a>-affirming Christian counseling) -The Center For Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (promoting the gay<\/a> agenda in Christian ministry) 
-Therapists 4 Equality (LGBTQ Affirmative Therapy) 
-The Reformation Project (an attempt to bring the gay<\/a> agenda into the church’s theology) 
-Believe Outloud (an organization to promote gender equality to Christian clergy) and many other groups that promote an agenda which is contrary to Chick-fil-A’s corporate stance on Christian values regarding marriage and stewardship.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At press time, the petition had more than 330 supporters, and caught the eye of Baptist Global News,<\/em><\/a> which published an article this week that reported on the sponsorship and examined the restaurant’s deeply-held religious roots. <\/p>\n

Read more about the “Level Ground” festival here<\/a>, and about the petition here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Dawn Ennis<\/p>\n

www.advocate.com\/food-and-drink\/2015\/10\/31\/christian-petition-targets-chick-fil-going-gay-sponsoring-lgbt-film-fest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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