Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., responded to the news that Chick-fil-A’s foundation will no longer give to Christian groups
which oppose same-sex marriage. “Once the third largest restaurant of its kind stood for something fine and noble,” Morse said. “Now they’ve shown
that their principles are negotiable, which means they have none.”
Morse observed, “The company’s charitable foundation just announced that they will no longer donate to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes because of their refusal to worship at the altar of the Sexual Revolution.”
In a letter to the corporation, Steve Hicks, a member of The Ruth Institute’s board of directors, wrote, “Yesterday’s news that Chick-fil-A folded
to political pressure from the LGBT elitists was so sad. Now you will go the way of the Boy Scouts and become irrelevant.”
Hicks continued: “You might have a few precious hours left to fire your executives and recover some trust with your base, but it may be too late. You
just nuked your founder’s core values and dream. How am I supposed to eat another sandwich without being sick to my stomach? It would violate my
core values of principled leadership and American entrepreneurial independence.”
Morse added, “Sexual revolutionaries are relentless in crushing dissent. No deviation will be permitted, however principled. How long will it be before
Chick-fil-A is delivering sandwiches to gay pride parades?”
Morse concluded: “We can only sadly quote the words of Winston Churchill to Neville Chamberlain after Munich. ‘You were given the choice between war
and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war.’ Chick-fil-A has just returned from its personal Munich singing the siren song
of appeasement.”
