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USA TODAY
Burger King takes aim at Chick-fil-A with plans to donate to LGBTQ group for every chicken sandwich sold
Josh Rivera, USA TODAY   Sun, June 6, 2021, 4:29 PM

The chicken sandwich war took a political turn this weekend.

After renewed calls were made over social media to boycott Chick-fil-A, Burger King took it as an opportunity to show its solidarity with the LGBTQ community.

Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy was identified last week by The Daily Beast as a donor to the National Christian Charitable Foundation, which has a history of funding opposition to The Equality Act.

Burger King, which recently launched the Ch'King sandwich, tweeted Thursday it will donate 40 cents for every chicken sandwich sold in June (Pride month) up to $250,000, or 625,000 sandwiches, to The Human Rights Campaign.

"This is a community we love dearly and have proudly supported over the years, so we couldn’t miss an opportunity to take action and help shine a light on the important conversation happening," a Burger King spokesperson said in an email statement to USA TODAY.

The tweet seemed to be aimed at Chick-fil-A by saying it would continue its donations "even on Sundays," when the restaurant is closed.

Chick-fil-A has faced backlash for its donations – and those made by executives – for years. Before 2012, the company consistently donated to anti-LGBTQ groups and CEO Dan Cathy said supporting same-sex marriage would invite God's judgment on the country.

A USA TODAY fact check from June 2020 determined that Chick-fil-A did not recently donate $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ groups. The donations in question were made in 2018 and are verified by the company's tax documents.

Fact check: Chick-fil-A is not releasing a steak filet sandwich

Video: Burger King slammed for 'Women belong in the kitchen' tweet

Chick-fil-A did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

Contributing: Adrienne Dunn, USA TODAY

www.yahoo.com/finance/news/burger-king-takes-aim-chick-162030467.html

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Similarly themed sentiment article.............

CBS News
Texas bakery sells out of inventory after facing Pride backlash
April Siese Sun, June 6, 2021, 5:00 PM

Confections in Lufkin, Texas announced on Thursday that it would be selling rainbow cookies for Pride Month. The bakery, located in East Texas, soon faced backlash for its decision.

Confections took to Facebook to reveal that many of its customers had sent hateful messages and canceled orders and claimed its "likes" were also plummeting.

"Today has been hard. Really hard," a Facebook post from June 3 read. "We lost a significant amount of followers because of a rainbow heart cookie we posted. We received a very hateful message on our business page canceling a large order (5dz) of summer themed cookies for tomorrow morning (that we just finished decorating) because of a rainbow heart cookie we posted."

According to Tyler, Texas, CBS affiliate KYTX, by Friday, Confections was inundated with messages of support from across the U.S., including from Mark Cuban's brother, Brian, who reached out to buy cookies to be donated to LGBTQ charities and other nonprofits.

"When things slow down a bit, let us know if shipping is possible. I'd like to support you," Cuban said, according KYTX. "If shipping isn't possible, I'll buy some by phone/email and you can donate my cookies to a local LGBTQ org or children's charity."

Photos posted to social media showed people flooded Confections' brick and mortar location. By the end of the day, Confections posted that it had sold out of its entire inventory.

Confections opened for just a short time on Saturday and once again sold out its inventory. According to the Confections team, several customers offered to donate money instead of buying cookies because there was nothing left in the store. Co-owner Miranda Dolder announced those funds would be sent to a local animal rescue.

An Instagram post from Confections confirmed that customers had raised more than $600 for Blue Collar Mutts Rescue.

The bakery plans on creating a donation schedule to send cookies to nursing homes and charities after Father's Day.

www.yahoo.com/news/texas-bakery-sells-inventory-facing-220015183.html

Nursing homes? Those places filled to the brim with elderly religious types that most likely do not approve of all that is gay? (Modern word usage)

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I don't see any "requirements" in either article, just some clever marketing.