"'You are not welcome here': Pro-LGBTQ-rights consumers vow to boycott Chick-fil-A after it announces it's opening in Toronto", 27 July 2018

Chick-fil-A didn't receive a (...) warm welcome when it announced plans this week to open in Toronto. The fast-food chain has a long and contentious relationship with the LGBTQ community. CEO Dan Cathy has been vocal in the past about not supporting same-sex marriage because it goes against the company's religious values. In 2012, he told the Baptist Press he was "guilty as charged" when it came to his stance on how a family should be constructed. "We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit," he said. It was later revealed that the chain, through its WinShape Foundation, had donated more than $2 million to organizations that oppose same-sex marriage two years earlier. Because of this, angry consumers are boycotting the company (...) saying it has "no place in Canada"... Chick-fil-A has tried to repair its image after its CEO's comments... According to Time, [Cathy] told the paper that he recognized that consumers "want to do business with brands that they can interface with, that they can relate with" and that the company did not discriminate against employees or customers based on their sexual orientation.