The Muppets are ending their relationship with fast food restaurant chain Chick-Fil-A in a show of support for gay marriage, the creators of the puppet troupe said on Monday.
“The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors,” the company said in a statement posted on their official Facebook page.
The Henson company, named after the creator of lovable characters like Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, supplied their Creature Shop Muppet toys to Chick-Fil-A for children’s meal packages but decided to sever ties after recent statements by the fast-food chain’s Chief Executive Dan Cathy.
Cathy told the Baptist Press in a recent interview the company supported the “traditional family,” and “the biblical definition of the family unit.”
I’ve always wanted to eat at Chick-fil-A – we don’t have any outlets here in Canada, nor are there any in the parts of the States I’ve been in – and now I want to, more than ever, to show my support for their commitment to the Christian faith.
Their chicken is amazing. Better than kfc but not as good as popeyes.
Ah. I do love Popeyes, and if they’re between KFC and Popeyes, I should like them, too.
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