Customers Cry Fowl Over Chick-fil-A’s Same-Sex Marriage Message

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A Utah Chick-fil-A franchise recently posted photos celebrating a same-sex marriage, sparking backlash from customers.

The Washington Stand reports the restaurant posted images of two men with the caption “CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HAPPY COUPLE!” The post has since been removed.

This incident highlights ongoing problems with Chick-fil-A’s corporate direction and leadership.

While companies like Walmart, Target, Toyota, John Deere, Tractor Supply, Harley Davidson, and Lowe’s, as well as major financial institutions have rolled back pro-LGBT and DEI policies in response to consumer backlash, Chick-fil-A continues moving in the opposite direction.

The restaurant chain still employs a vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion. It quietly renamed its DEI program “Better at Together,” but it continues to promote the same DEI principles.

It’s obvious that consumers are tired of pro-LGBT pandering by Corporate America. In 2023, Bud Light managed to single-handedly overthrow itself as the number-one beer in America after sending transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney a novelty can of Bud Light with Mulvaney’s picture on it. Target has quietly replaced its LGBT Pride merchandise, and entertainment giants like Pixar and Disney have removed pro-LGBT elements from their storylines.

Pro-LGBT and DEI initiatives promote flawed ideologies that do not ensure individuals are valued, heard, or included. Employees who hold Biblical views of marriage or gender risk losing their jobs in workplaces that have adopted DEI policies. None of that is good for our economy or our country.

Chick-fil-A would do well to learn from other corporations’ mistakes and abandon its pro-LGBT pandering.

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DEI Diversion: Corporate America Rebrands Without Fully Retreating

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A recent report from The Conference Board shows Corporate America is in retreat from leftwing “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies — but the truth may be more complicated.

The report relied on corporate disclosure documents “to examine how US public companies are recalibrating public reporting” when it comes to DEI. Researchers found use of the acronym “DEI” fell by 68% from 2024 to 2025 in the major filings from S&P 500 companies.

While that sounds like good news, ESG Dive says the figures reveal that corporations may simply be renaming their DEI initiatives or talking about them less instead of abandoning DEI altogether. The outlet writes:

While firms scaled back DEI language and commitments, 79% percent of S&P 500 firms disclosed board committee oversight of DEI, up from 72%, according to the report. For Russell 3000 companies, this figure jumped from 48.4% to 86.8%. Rather than simply abandoning DEI, this suggests that companies are being more cautious about external messaging while integrating DEI into governance to make it more legally defensible, according to the report.

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance put it this way:

Corporate public DEI messaging and communications are undergoing a legal- and risk-driven reframing in 2025, with companies reducing the visibility of DEI language while selectively preserving or embedding related goals in ways that are more cautious, controlled, and defensible.

In other words, instead of retreating from DEI and pro-LGBT initiatives, corporations may simply be renaming them.

Many companies established DEI policies to create an equal playing field for racial and ethnic minorities. However, it did not take long for LGBT groups and others to hijack those policies to promote gender-identity politics and other radical ideologies in the workplace.

We have written repeatedly about how DEI initiatives have been used to promote critical race theory and other leftwing ideologies — however, Americans have pushed back against these initiatives.

Following boycotts and backlash, companies like Walmart, Target, Toyota, John Deere, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply, Harley Davidson, and others rolled back their pro-LGBT diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

More generally, in 2023 Bud Light managed to singlehandedly overthrow itself as the number-one beer in America after sending transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney a novelty can of Bud Light with Mulvaney’s picture on it. Since then, Target quietly has replaced its LGBT pride merchandise, and entertainment giants like Pixar and Disney have removed pro-LGBT elements from their storylines.

It’s obvious that corporate DEI initiatives and pro-LGBT pandering are deeply out-of-step with everyday Americans. These are flawed ideologies that do not ensure individuals are valued, heard, or included. Employees who hold biblical views of marriage or gender risk losing their jobs in workplaces that have adopted DEI policies. None of that is good for our economy or our country.

Instead of renaming these programs, Corporate America should continue to retreat from DEI altogether, plain and simple.

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Corporate “Pride” Fizzles in 2025

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News outlets report that major corporations are more subdued when it comes to celebrating LGBT “pride” this year.

We wrote last week about how retailer Target has reduced its pro-LGBT merchandise — and they are not alone. According to CNN, “many retail chains and brands are going quiet” when it comes to LGBT “pride.” Some say nearly 40% of companies are scaling back their pro-LGBT marketing this month.

Ironically, many corporate pundits are blaming President Trump and the GOP for businesses opting out of “pride month” this year. Some claim the president is “weaponizing” federal agencies to go after pro-LGBT businesses. The truth is public backlash against pro-LGBT pandering has been happening for years, and businesses are finally catching on.

Back in 2022, Disney encountered pushback from families who did not appreciate the entertainment giant force-feeding liberal messages to moviegoers.

In 2023, Bud Light singlehandedly ousted itself as the best-selling beer in America after a pro-LGBT marketing disaster. Two years later, there is evidence that the Bud Light brand has never fully recovered.

Last year Target began to quietly reduce its pride-themed merchandise after experiencing significant pushback from customers in 2023.

Last July, John Deere — the world’s largest seller of farm equipment — announced it was moving away from pro-LGBT and pro-DEI activity. Not long after that, companies like Lowe’s and Walmart did the same.

The list goes on.

As we keep saying, it’s troubling when multimillion dollar corporations use their wealth and influence to promote radical LGBT ideologies — but it’s encouraging to see consumers are still willing to vote with their feet by choosing not to support that agenda.

As some have said, it proves that the “silent majority” is real when it comes to the transgender issue.

Maybe Corporate America is finally getting the picture.

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