After Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy denied
reports that his company was no longer supporting groups opposed to
gay marriage, Chicago Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno on Sunday
called on Cathy to clarify.
Moreno on Wednesday asserted that he
had dropped his opposition to a planned Chick-Fil-A eatery in his
ward after the company pledged to no longer fund groups with
“political agendas” and promised to include a statement of
respect for people of all sexual orientations in an internal memo
titled “Chick-Fil-A: Who We Are.”
But on Friday, conservative commentator
Mike Huckabee said that Cathy had denied the reports, saying in a
statement that “Chick-Fil-A made no such concessions, and we remain
true to who we are and who we have been.”
Moreno fired off a lengthy statement on
Sunday, saying Cathy had “at the least, muddied the progress we had
made with Chick-Fil-A and, at the worst, contradicted the documents
and promises Chick-Fil-A made to me and the community earlier this
month.”
“Mr. Cathy continues to not confirm
to the press what his company executives have told and showed me,”
Moreno said. “This is disturbing.”
Moreno suggested he was rethinking his
end of the bargain and would not introduce the rezoning legislation
needed to move the project forward.
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