Chick-fil-A's head of charity says that the chain would consider working with an LGBT organization if the partnership was impactful and authentic.
The chicken chain has insisted that it does not condone homophobic views. In an interview with Business Insider, Rodney Bullard, the executive director of the Chick-fil-A Foundation, said that the faith of founder Truett Cathy and the rest of the Cathy family has played a major role in the organization's work, but that it should not be linked to discrimination.
"There's a calling to help people, and I think at times that has been confused with a calling, somehow, to exclude. And that's not the case," Bullard said."The focus, the phrase 'every child' — we're very intentional about that. We do have programs and we look for programs that are inclusive as well to help every child."
Progressives have taken issue with Chick-fil-A's donations to the Salvation Army and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, two Christian organizations with a history of opposition to same-sex relationships. Bullard said that these criticisms ignore that Chick-fil-A's donations have been used to fund specific programs that provide concrete results in the community, such as summer camps for inner-city children.
When asked whether Chick-fil-A would consider working with LGBT organization, specifically one focused on LGBT youth, Bullard said that the foundation would"consider any partnership that was impactful and that was authentic." "Would it be authentic for us to partner with that organization? For them to partner with us? And for us to get work done? I think those are the things that we would definitely consider and be mindful of," Bullard said."Would we do it just for reasons that weren't authentic? No, we wouldn't do that."
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