So here's the deal: The Chick-Fil-A chain wants to open an outlet in Denver Airport. The Denver City Council, which for some reason can approve or block this, has blocked it because of the fast food company's history of opposing Gay Rights. At the moment, it's on hold while the issue is being debated.
I am totally in favor of Gay Rights but that should have nothing to do with this. The company's politics shouldn't even be considered. I could maybe — and this is a stretch — defend the City Council's actions if their logic went like this: "The airport operates seven days a week. Chick-Fil-A has a corporate policy of being closed on Sunday. We don't want one of those spaces at the airport to go to a business that won't be there to serve hungry travelers one day a week."
But that doesn't seem to be the justification for maybe not letting Chick-Fil-A into Denver International. And if it was, it's not a good enough reason. As the linked news report notes, a 2013 survey of airport users said Chick-Fil-A was the most desired new addition to the food service there. Even given the Sunday situation, most travelers would probably prefer to have Chick-Fil-A in that space over something else that would be there seven days a week…and they oughta get it.
I don't patronize Chick-Fil-A not because of its stance on gay rights but because none of its outlets are particularly convenient to me. The only one I pass often is at Sunset and Highland where the traffic is a mess and their parking lot looks like a bumper car ride at an amusement park. If and when it's lunchtime and I'm near an accessible Chick-Fil-A, I'll have to decide how I feel about patronizing a place that donates to causes I find inhumane. My decision will probably have a lot to do with how hungry I am and how far it is to the nearest Five Guys.