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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Right. But the CEO personally opposes gay marriage and his family happens to own the company, so you are lining his pockets and indirectly giving money to him.
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I imagine that I disagree with the politics of a whole lot of companies I patronize.
I'm not one to get too involved in politics or causes. But I did find Chick Fil A's policies and comments to have crossed the line for what I thought was acceptable. It didn't help seeing the Tea Party crowd lining up for miles showing their support and all that crap.
So I stopped going for about 6 months, when i used to take my kids there pretty regularly. I thought their change of direction was adequate enough and didn't mind going again. It seemed their motivation was less about profit, as it wasn't really hurting them financially, and more about realizing they were offending and hurting a lot of franchisees and owners.
Also, I do have to say, in their favour, that they are one of the most involved companies around here in supporting kids sports, schools, etc. And the employees look a lot happier than McDonald's.
I think there are very few companies you could dig very deeply into without finding an executive supporting some pretty offensive causes, or doing some pretty offensive things.