NY lawmakers push back against plan to add Chick-fil-A to Thruway rest stops
News 12 Staff
Updated on: Jul 14, 2021, 11:28am
Plans for the first Chick-fil-A in the Hudson Valley is sparking a debate about whether politics affects where people are choosing to spend their money.
The restaurant chain has a history of supporting anti-LGBTQ groups, but the company said it would stop doing so in 2019.
But its CEO Dan Cathy still donates to the National Christian Charitable Foundation, which denounces LGBTQ equality.
Four Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter, saying Chick-fil-A at Thruway rest stops sends a hurtful message.
Then, 13 Republicans wrote a counter letter, saying people should still have the right to choose.