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For years Chick-Fil-A has been a role model of virtue and Christian character in their role as a Christian business. That all appears to have changed on Monday with the announcement from Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos that the Christian business would no longer support Christian charities that offend those who practice same sex perversion and pedophilia — child molestation.

The Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country have held a Christian standard to date of not discriminating against any patron, while adhering to a policy of closing on Sundays. Will this change under Chick-Fil-A COO Tassopoulos? Photo: Caleb Reed

Thus, Chick-fil-A will no longer make donations to charities with “non-diverse” views on human sexuality, the report states, “after years of bad press and protests from the LGBT community.” Incidents, such as a variety of airports denying Chick-fil-A of prime real estate and mass protests against the restaurant chain, have been at the forefront of many Chick-fil-A headlines in recent years.

Tassopoulos told Bisnow “There are lots of articles and newscasts about Chick-fil-A, and we thought we needed to be clear about our message.”

Apparently, Tassopoulos did not know that the Chick-Fil-A message was very clear — that they were going to adhere to, uphold and maintain Christian standards and morals while operating their business! What should be readily clear to those who surround the upper echelon of the Chick-Fil-A corporation is that Tassopoulos should not be steering their ship!

The Chick-Fil-A brand has been wildly successful to date winning multiple awards for service, consumer satisfaction and new franchise units requested. If it’s money that Tassopoulos and company are after the ancient wisdom of the Bible reminds us that the ‘love of money is the root of all evil.’

If it is to please the perverts then he should be reminded that the scriptures state clearly that, “…if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” I John 2:15 But, there are some who have no problem selling their soul for a mess of pottage.

The irony in all this is that Chick-fil-A has a track record of serving and treating all its customers with respect and good service with no discrimination whatsoever. I’ll say it again, everybody is welcomed at Chick-Fil-A with no discrimination. You can be sure that if there were any discrimination ever present they would have been crucified in the dominant media and made front page news as such. But, there has been none, nada.

Those who will feel this immediately will be those Christian charities who are suddenly cut off from the benevolence of Chick-Fil-A. Bisnow reports that “The new initiative will no longer include donating to organizations like the Salvation Army (who by the way was the point of attack by a two bit UK singer recently), the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home, Chick-fil-A says, all of which sparked criticism in the past from the LGBT community due to the organizations’ stances on homosexuality.”

The Standard reported this summer that several U.S. airports blocked Chick-Fil-A from concessions this year. The LGBTQ crowd is politically active either through hook or crook getting airports, city and county councils and others to reject the Christian based Chick-Fil-A around the world. Chick-Fil-A is a symbol of what’s right in the world, and those who practice perversion must remove that in favor of their Drag Queen promotion and shows and teaching perversion at Public Schools and Colleges. And they’ve been warned by legislators.

Once again it gets down to money and power! Those who stand against the Chick-Fil-A’s of this world want to squeeze the money out of their pockets, and those they support, with the power they control in back rooms, the deep state, and every other principality and ruler of darkness!

Chick-Fil-A founder Truett Cathy.

It is becoming more and more rare today when any man will stand on Biblical principle even in the Christian church. The Cathy family, both father Truett and son Dan, have been just two of the few who have stood on that Biblical principle.

Several question need to be explored: Does  Tassopoulos have a ‘secret life’ that compromise his integrity? It is certain he has compromised the integrity of Chick-Fil-A. Next question to consider is ‘what’s in it for Tassopoulos?

Chick-Fil-A has maintained a spotless record of impeccable integrity since it started because of the integrity of its founder Truett Cathy. Cathy had a standard that was steadfast and unmoving, he had a standard for doing his business and Chick-Fil-A is known the world over for it. Chief among those traits is their unswerving standard of remaining closed on Sunday.

And that leads to my final question: If compromiser Tassopoulos is so willing to kick Christian charities in the face to gain favor from his new fan club over at GLAAD and the LGBTQ crowd, then how long will it be before Tassopoulos capitulates on the single thing that Chick-Fil-A is admired for worldwide by Christians and non-Christians alike, that being closed on Sunday?

The question for Tassopoulos is, what’s next?

Perhaps Tassopoulos and company didn’t ask you what you thought about the decision. Since many of our readers patronize their food stores, perhaps you should let Chick-Fil-A know what you think. You can do that by going to their website at Chick-Fil-A.com customer service, or here.

Let me know what you think in the comment section below.

Michael Reed is Editor of The Standard, a pastor, businessman and conference speaker.

Edited 11-19-19