A Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Orem, Utah, made waves a few weeks ago when it posted this photo of a gay couple celebrating their marriage:

Yeah, that’s not a marriage.

After thousands of angry customers and online reactors expressed their dismay at the famously conservative Christian company seemingly abandoning its conservative values, the company finally responded.

This came straight from corporate:

Thank you for contacting Chick-Fil-A CARES. Chick-fil-A embraces all people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Chick-fil-A, Inc. is committed to being Better at Together by embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in everything we do. We strive to provide a welcoming and inclusive place for everyone. We do this by focusing on Chick-fil-A's four Corporate Social Responsibility Pillars: Caring for People, Caring for our Communities, Caring for Others through our Food, and Caring for our Planet. To learn more, visit our Giving Back page and our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page.

Chick-fil-A has been going down this road for a while, and seems unable to course correct. Back in 2023, they hired a "President of DEI," Erick McReynolds.

They still have a page on their website committed to DEI called "Better Together" that promises no discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression."

The funny thing about this is that DEI isn't even ‘cool’ anymore. Secular corporations are abandoning DEI in droves, including Ford, John Deere, Cracker Barrel, Lowe's, Toyota, Anheuser-Busch and many others. Why is Chick-Fil-A holding onto this nonsense?

Chick-fil-A's purpose, as stated on their website, is to "To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us."