evidence: Facing greater public scrutiny and negative coverage for its ongoing financial support for nonprofits that discriminate against LGBTQ persons, the Chick-fil-A Foundation used a statement on its website to clarify its position. The statement, however, may have made matters worse. According to the foundation, it does not matter if gift recipients themselves practice or promote discrimination so long as children are helped—as if one had no relationship to the other. Of course, Chick-fil-A’s statement ignores the fact that some of those children identify as LGBTQ themselves or are being raised by LGBTQ parents or caregivers. ThinkProgress reported in March that the Chick-fil-A Foundation distributed $1.8 million in 2017 to nonprofits with a history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination—contrary to repeated promises that it was winding down its giving to groups that discriminate. This included more than $1.6 million in contributions to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a religious group that works to spread an anti-LGBTQ message to college athletes, requiring a strict "sexual purity" policy for its employees that bars any "homosexual acts." [...] Bullard expanded on the website statement, telling Business Insider that Chick-fil-A would consider donating to an LGBTQ organization if the partnership was "impactful" and "authentic."