Pete Buttigieg Dreams Of Brokering Chick-Fil-A 'Peace Deal' With LGBTQ Community

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg thinks he could one day make peace between the LGBTQ community and fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, which has a history of donating millions of dollars to anti-LGBTQ causes.

Controversy over the Georgia-based fast-food company goes back to 2012 when CEO Dan Cathys homophobic views and denouncement of same-sex marriage, as well as the companys extensive record supporting anti-LGBTQ causes, sparked nationwide boycotts. Consumers protested Chick-fil-A as the chain scrambled to promise customers that the private company was not pushing an anti-LGTBQ agenda. Still, the company has continued to donate large sums of money to discriminatory causes, with tax filings showing the fast-food chain donated $1.8 million in 2017 to organizations that openly preach anti-LGBTQ sentiments .

However, Buttigieg, a gay Afghanistan War veteran and Rhodes scholar, suggested he hasnt sworn off the eatery entirely.

I do not approve of their politics, but I kind of approve of their chicken, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor said during a Tuesday interview on New York Citys Power 105.1 FM Breakfast Club radio show. Maybe if nothing else, I can build that bridge. Maybe Ill become in a position to broker that peace deal.

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