I'm not reviewing the Chick-Fil-A near Kuykendahl and Hufsmith today, though it would be my normal day to do it. And it has to do with SB 1978, passed by the Texas Legislature in May, that has acquired their name - the "Chick Fil A Bill" intended to protect businesses from adverse government actions based on their religious donations or affiliation. The bill is injurious to people I know and love, and as you'll see below businesses don't necessarily want this kind of help.
Not that they particularly need my review. If you like Chick-Fil-A you're going there, no matter what I say about it. But since my reviewing of the neighborhood is pretty comprehensive it may be noticeable if I review the Marco's across the street and not the Chick-Fil-A, so if you came looking this is your explanation.
Chick-Fil-A says it did not ask for this help, and it is easy to believe that they really did not want it. I'm sure they would rather have negotiated quietly with San Antonio over access to their airport food courts. They have in fact backed away from support of charities known to be actively anti-marriage equality. So far this has won them no friends, including here. They have been out front in opposition to the rights of sexual minorities in the past, and if they want to soften that stance they will have to do more than quietly back away from it. For me personally, perhaps not that much more--a stronger statement that they do not appreciate being used for political gain, and a stronger assertion of their support for all of their customers *and* employees, would be in order. In these times it is pretty difficult to have it both ways, and in their case I believe it is too late for them to do so.
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