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Orlando Shootings: Chick-fil-A Employees Hard at Work on Sunday
Known for being closed on Sunday, several stores prepared meals to those in need in the aftermath of the nation's deadliest mass shooting.
Several Orlando Chick-fil-A restaurants were open on Sunday — yes, Sunday — to provide food and other assistance to those in need after the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting.
Chick-fil-A employees distributed sandwiches and iced tea to those in line to donate blood as well as law enforcement.
Makes me love @ChickfilA even more - truly showing Christian love in Orlando: https://t.co/hSXRCd7pMJ
— Elizabeth Gray Henry (@elizabethgray1) June 14, 2016
.@ChickfilA stepped up Sunday and donated food in Orlando. In a small token of respect I'm eating lunch there today and I hope you will also
— Drunken Brian France (@DrunkBrianF) June 14, 2016
In the past, Chick-fil-A has come under fire for its statements in support of what it calls traditional marriage between a man and a woman.
In July 2012, Dan Cathy, who had just stepped into the CEO's role after founder S. Truett Cathy stepped aside, said he was “guilty as charged” regarding the company's “support of the traditional family.” Cathy's comments prompted some protests at Chick-fil-A, including its Midtown location, in the center of Atlanta's gay community.
Cathy stressed the company does not discriminate against customers. Two years later, Cathy said he regretted making the statements but still does not endorse same-sex marriages.
In a statement after the Orlando shootings, the company said, “Orlando is in our hearts and prayers.”
Image: Chick-fil-A
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