Beyond Chick-Fil-A: These Other Corporations Donate To Anti-Gay Causes Too

April 26th, 2012 by Sharon Wu

Large corporations have always donated portions of their profits to causes outside of their immediate business goals. Companies often donate to feel-good charities for a variety of reasons – for tax breaks, to boost their public image, maybe even to be generous for no particular reason.

McDonald’s Ronald McDonald House Charities donates millions to families with disabled children. Avon’s Foundation for Women has given $860 million to breast cancer research and domestic abuse programs. The list goes on. And these are relatively safe, non-controversial causes that can’t be criticized.

Matters get more complicated when corporations donate to organizations with political interests. This issue was brought closer to home with the recent uproar against Chick-fil-A’s donations to anti-gay organizations, including Focus On The Family and Exodus International.  Turns out, there’s a multitude of corporations that have also funded anti-gay campaigns and other controversial causes.  Read more…


Local Stops: Drag Queens Sing Hilarious Song And Hate On “Homophobic” Chick Fil A

March 20th, 2012 by NYU Local Staff

- Anna Faris looks amazing on the cover of BlackBook this month.

- Drag queens “endorsing” Chick Fil A in song? Yes please.

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- Machine Gun Kelly is so awesome.

Photo Of The Day from Julia Berke


NYU Decided To Keep “Homophobic” Chick-fil-A Long Before Petition Launched

March 5th, 2012 by Zoë Schlanger

Last Thursday, NYU Student Senators Council announced its decision not to ban the campus Chick-fil-A, despite the company’s $2 million in donations to Christian organizations which oppose gay marriage.

The announcement came just as a throng of students gathered outside of Weinstein Hall, which houses Chick-fil-A, to protest the “anti-gay” chain. A petition begun by a Gallatin freshman in January had gathered over 11,000 signatures opposing its presence on campus. The outcry had made national headlines, and students at Northeastern University had successfully blocked a Chick-fil-A from opening on their campus barely a week before. Things were looking promising, but one thing was never said: the Student Senators Council had made their decision long before any of this took place.  Read more…


NYU Announces It Will Not Ban “Homophobic” Chick-Fil-A

March 1st, 2012 by Zoë Schlanger

NYU announced Thursday that it would not be banning the Chick-Fil-A franchise on campus, despite the company’s $2 million donation to organizations that oppose gay marriage. A petition begun by a Gallatin freshman in January, aiming to rid NYU of Chick-Fil-A, has gathered 10,843 signatures at the time of this publication.

In an email to the student body, NYU Student Senators Council based their decision on the claim that it would infringe on Chick-Fil-A’s freedom of speech.

“To ban any entity from campus for ideological reasons is, in most every case, to limit freedom of expression,” wrote Cotugno, chair of the Student Senators Council. Read the full email below:  Read more…