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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
The WinShape Foundation, which is CFA's charitable arm, has given money to several organizations with well-publicized anti-gay agendas, including but not limited to: Exodus International, Focus on the Family, the Eagle Forum, and the Family Research Council. All of these organizations have been vocal in their anti-gay rhetoric; several of them are listed with the SPLC as anti-gay hate groups. I specifically listed those, and not some of the missions (like Schools of Niger), which may be generally ecumenical in scope.
Typically I'd try to find a link from a more neutral source, but Equality Matters actually included a PDF of WinShape's IRS forms so I think that's as unbiased as it gets. This document indicates approximately 1.9 million donated to specific groups in 2009; the numbers were the same for 2009:
http://equalitymatters.org/factcheck/201111010001
Here's a link to an article about how a coach supported by FCA was able to pray her gay away:
http://www.fca.org/vsItemDisplay.lsp...BA41A7675B0760
The application that one completes in order to become an FCA leader includes a statement that one will refrain from homosexual acts. (They could have simply said sex outside of marriage, but they specifically included homosexuality. Strange.) |
Even granting that all groups labeled by Equality Matters are anti-gay, we still end up with the majority of Winshape's spending going to other efforts removed from that agenda. (I think the total budget was 17-18 million. You can see the complete tax form with the internal spending on their own programs for retreats, scholarships, camps, foster care, etc too.)
Again, my point isn't to say to people who want to boycott that hey, only 2/17 of your money goes to anti-gay stuff. My point is just say that it's hard to see anti-gay giving as Chick-fil-a's primary charity or agenda. I wouldn't even say major part of their agenda. I'm actually kind of hopeful that they'll reevaluate if there are pro-family groups they can work with without the hateful baggage.
And that's without even looking at any local giving or supports by store owners of local schools, sports, etc, which is more the stuff that I'm familiar with.