or maybe chicken fight. ‘Fight’ seemed a little too violent whereas ‘squabble’ seems to minimize the protesters concerns. Somewhere in the middle lies the truth perhaps. I am referring to the scene outside Canada’s first Chick Fil A restaurant here in Toronto – at Yonge and Bloor of all places.
In case you are unfamiliar with the backstory – Chick Fil A is still a family business (the Cathy family) yet it is the largest chicken restaurant in the USA as well as that country’s third largest fast food restaurant. There are more than 2300 Chick Fil A’s south of the border.
The controversy started a few years ago when the Cathy’s came out against same sex marriages and their family foundation donated to organizations that were anti-LGBQT.
below: Police controlling the numbers of people who enter the restaurant.
It may be worth mentioning this is the same company that Scott Pruitt, the disgraced former US EPA Administrator was pressing, while still in office, to employ his wife in an executive position – according to respected US media sources. One doesn’t know what was on his mind about this company that he was comfortable making this pitch, assuming the media reports were correct.
I had forgotten about that. It’s hard to know how much American politics to include – how many people follow, let alone remember, the details? Thanks for mentioning it though.