ATLANTA (AP) — Gay rights advocates were surprised Thursday that the president of fast-food chain Chickfil A has taken a public position against same-sex marriage.
Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said this week that his privately owned company is “guilty as charged” in support of what he called the biblical definition of the family unit.
The Atlanta-based chain opened its first location in a Georgia mall in 1967 and has grown to more than 1,615 restaurants in 39 states and Washington, D.C.
“We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that,” Cathy told the Baptist Press.
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign that works for same-sex marriage, said Thursday that Chick-fil-A “has finally come clean” after cloaking its positions for years.
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