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Is American fast-food chain Chick-fil-A anti-gay? · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 1: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, the price of
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  Speaker 1: being a bigot. First though, American fast food chain Chick-fil-A
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  Speaker 1: sure seems keen not to talk about LGBTQ plus rights.
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  Speaker 1: Back in 2012, the company's then CEO said it's against
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  Speaker 1: same-sex marriage, came not long after revelations the business was
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  Speaker 1: giving millions of dollars to anti-queer organisations. His son's since
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  Speaker 1: taken the reins, so where does the firm stand now?
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  Speaker 1: NBC's Craig Melvin at least tried to get an answer.
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  Speaker 2: There were folks who were protesting, they were boycotting Chick-fil-A.
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  Speaker 2: They'd say, oh, Chick-fil-A, they don't stand with the LGBTQ
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  Speaker 2: plus community. What would you say to those folks? Well,
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  Speaker 2: for anybody that hadn't tried us, we'd love for you
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  Speaker 2: to come try us and have our great taste in
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  Speaker 2: food and the hospitality that we're known for. I think
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  Speaker 2: they'll see that they're welcome to come eat with us.
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  Speaker 2: We'd love to give them a great taste in sandwich
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  Speaker 2: and give them a great hospitality.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Cathy speaking to or speaking at Craig on the
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  Speaker 1: Today Show. And hey, God loves a trier. You don't
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  Speaker 1: want to talk about that chapter in Chick-fil-A's history.
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  Speaker 2: We're focused on serving everybody that come in and eat
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  Speaker 2: with us.
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  Speaker 3: The company's official position on equal rights is.
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  Speaker 2: We're focused on hospitality. Serving great taste of food and
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  Speaker 2: great service.
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  Speaker 1: Online, commenters have said Kathy's too chicken to engage. Chick-fil-A
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  Speaker 1: is well known for being a bit of a Bible-bashing
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  Speaker 1: company with Christian beliefs. It shuts every Sunday so staff
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  Speaker 1: can go to church. Next, a push for greater LGBTQ
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  Speaker 1: plus inclusivity in Japan to help the economy. An international
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  Speaker 1: business network reckons the lack of national anti-discrimination laws and
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  Speaker 1: a full legal recognition for sexual and gender minorities is
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  Speaker 1: potentially costing the country more than 16 trillion yen each year.
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  Speaker 1: That's about 100 billion US dollars. Open for Business claims
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  Speaker 1: this hits Japan's finances through extra healthcare costs due to discrimination,
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  Speaker 1: including mental health issues and lost earnings linked to the
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  Speaker 1: long-standing LGBTQ plus wage gap. Pride Daily. And an asinine
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  Speaker 1: attention seeker in Australia who claimed he'd lost a job
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  Speaker 1: offer after repeated complaints about a pride flag won't be
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  Speaker 1: getting compensation. Darren Cook didn't like it being flown in
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  Speaker 1: the foyer of a government building in New South Wales,
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  Speaker 1: where he'd been working as a contractor for six months
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  Speaker 1: before applying for a permanent position. Whilst he gave other
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  Speaker 1: reasons for his objections, the bedwetter admitted what it was
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  Speaker 1: really about during a hearing, not wanting to look gay
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  Speaker 1: by association. His bigotries cost him an annual government contract
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  Speaker 1: worth more than $ 133, 000 Australian dollars. No time to tell
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