Chick-fil-A has ditched its plan to open a branch at San Antonio’s airport in Texas after 18 months of political wrangling. The chain said in a statement it is ‘not pursuing a location in the San Antonio airport’.
It finally ends a row which started in March last year about whether a modern, diverse city should accept the chain which donates to anti-LGBT+ causes.
The City Council owns San Antonio International Airport so can intervene in which chains open there. And in March 2019, it decided not to include a Chick-fil-A in its plan for airport concessions.
City councillors were concerned about the chain’s donations to anti-LGBT+ Christian charities. In response, Texas state legislators said the city’s ban had violated the chain’s ‘religious