Documents: Chick-fil-A gave $1.7 million to anti-gay groups in 2009

Tax documents examined this week by a gay rights blog reveal the extent of donations made to anti-gay groups by the Chick-fil-A fast food chain, highlighting over $1.7 million in payments made in 2009 alone.

It was previously well established that Chick-fil-A had donated over $1 million to anti-gay groups from 2003-2008, even though the company's official line is that they have no agenda.

However, IRS documents examined by the Media Matters blog Equality Matters seem to prove otherwise: over $1.7 million was given by Chick-fil-A's charity arm to groups like the National Christian Foundation, Campus Crusade for Christ, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Serving Marriages, Inc., the Georgia Family Council and the Family Research Council, among others.

Interestingly, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy joined Atlanta's gay community for an AIDS walk last week, but the company refused to say why.

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