This fake Chick-fil-A rainbow logo has been circulating online since at least 2012.
to boycott the company after a May 2023 Twitter post spread misinformation that it had hired a"VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ." Erick McReynolds, Chick-fil-A's current VP of DEI, has been working for the company since at least November 2021.
:"Chick-fil-A's Corporate Purpose is 'To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. To have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A.'"featuring a group of people in different-colored shirts to promote the company's sauces. In one comment someone wrote,"Nice subtle gay pride coloring. Oh well, another company to not waste money on." Given that the company leadership has not publicly changed its stance on LGBTQ rights, and that we have found no evidence of a Pride logo on the company's official social media accounts, we find this graphic is not an official Chick-fil-A logo. We therefore rate this claim as"Fake.""Chick-Fil-A Donated to Anti-LGBTQ Group That Bars Employees from 'Homosexual Acts.'" Think Progress, 20 Mar. 2019, https://archive.thinkprogress.org/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations-tax-filings-62ca15281f17/. Accessed 2 June 2023. "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion." Chick-Fil-A, https://www.chick-fil-a.com/dei. Accessed 2 June 2023. Evon, Dan."Snopes Tips: A Guide To Performing Reverse Image Searches." Snopes, 22 Mar. 2022, https://www.snopes.com/articles/400681/how-to-perform-reverse-image-searches/. Accessed 2 June 2023. "'Guilty as Charged,' Cathy Says of Chick-Fil-A's Stand on Biblical & Family Values | Baptist Press." Https://Www.Baptistpress.Com/, 16 July 2012, https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/guilty-as-charged-cathy-says-of-chick-fil-as-stand-on-biblical-family-values/. Accessed 2 June 2023. Hernandez, Gisselle."'ARE THEY NOT HOMOPHOBIC?' TikToker's Fake Chick-Fil-A Pride Flag Twitter Icon Sparks Debate." The Daily Dot, 6 June 2022, https://www.dailydot.com/irl/chick-fil-a-pride-twitter-logo/. Accessed 2 June 2023. Holpuch, Amanda."Chick-Fil-A Wades out of Gay Rights Debacle with Move to Cut off Donations." The Guardian, 19 Sept. 2012. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-news-blog/2012/sep/19/chick-fil-a-gay-rights-funding. Accessed 2 June 2023. MacGuill, Dan."Did Chick-Fil-A Stop Donations to Groups Criticized as Anti-LGBT?" Snopes, 19 Nov. 2019, https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbt-donations/. Accessed 2 June 2023. Tyko , Kelly."Chick-Fil-A Faces Calls for Boycott over DEI Job." Axios , 31 May 2023, https://www.axios.com/2023/05/31/chick-fil-a-dei-boycott-anti-lgtbq. Accessed 2 June 2023. Valinsky, Jordan."Chick-Fil-A Will No Longer Donate to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations | CNN Business." CNN, 18 Nov. 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/business/chick-fil-a-lgbtq-donations/index.html. Accessed 2 June 2023. Valle, Gaby Del."Chick-Fil-A Has Long Had a Reputation for Anti-LGBTQ Donations. Now the Company Says That Will Change." Vox, 29 May 2019, https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/29/18644354/chick-fil-a-anti-gay-donations-homophobia-dan-cathy. Accessed 2 June 2023. Valle, Gaby Del."The Backlash against the Salvation Army, Explained." Vox, 16 Dec. 2019, https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/16/21003560/salvation-army-anti-lgbtq-controversies-donations. Accessed 2 June 2023. Zhou, Li."Conservatives Think Chick-Fil-A Is Woke Now?" Vox, 31 May 2023, https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/31/23742373/chick-fil-a-boycott-controversy-conservative-backlash. Accessed 2 June 2023. Nur Nasreen Ibrahim is a reporter with experience working in television, international news coverage, fact checking, and creative writing.
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