s. truett cathy was the founder of chick fil a.
who is the founder of chick fil a?
s. truett cathy
the winshape foundation, a charitable endeavor of chick-fil-a founder s. truett cathy and his family, stated that it would not allow same-sex couples to participate in its marriage retreats. chick-fil-a gave over $8 million to the winshape foundation in 2010. equality matters, an lgbt watchdog group, published reports of donations by winshape to organizations that the watchdog group considers anti-gay, including $2 million in 2009, $1.9 million in 2010 and a total of $5 million since 2003, including grants to the family research council and georgia family council. winshape contributed grants to the fellowship of christian athletes, and exodus international, an organization noted for supporting ex-gay conversion therapy.the marriage and family foundation received $994,199 in 2009 and $1,188,380 in 2010. the family research council, an organization listed as an anti-gay hate group by the southern poverty law center in winter 2010, received $1000.
chick-fil-a same-sex marriage controversy
according to focus on the family's website, "citizenlink.com", "chick-fil-a and its charitable-giving arm, the winshape foundation, did not agree to stop making donations to groups that support the biblical definition of marriage in exchange for being allowed to open a franchise in chicago." mike huckabee stated that he "talked earlier today personally with dan cathy, ceo of chick fil-a about the new reports that chick fil-a had capitulated to demands of the supporters of same sex marriage. this is not true. the company continues to focus on the fair treatment of all of its customers and employees, but to end confusion gave me this statement." the statement provided by chick-fil-a was posted on huckabee's website.
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