{"id":55,"date":"2018-04-19T17:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T21:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=55"},"modified":"2018-04-19T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T21:19:15","slug":"chick-fil-christian-influence-makes-creepy-infiltration-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2018\/04\/chick-fil-christian-influence-makes-creepy-infiltration-nyc.html","title":{"rendered":"Chick-fil-A\u2019s Christian Influence Makes It a \u201cCreepy Infiltration\u201d in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2018\/04\/8333728559_6cabfd801f_z.jpg\" alt=\"8333728559_6cabfd801f_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/>It is a strange situation. One of the most popular fast food chains in the country is not welcome in the country\u2019s most populous city because the owners of the fast food chain openly practice their faith, which is the most common faith in the country. This sounds like something out of either a bad joke or a dystopian novel, but this is really taking place in America today. According to \u201cThe New Yorker,\u201d Chick-fil-A does not belong in New York City because the owners of the fast food chain dare to actually practice their Christian faith rather than keeping it quietly to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Piepenbring wrote in \u201cThe New Yorker\u201d that Chick-fil-A was \u201cinfiltrating\u201d New York City with an \u201culterior motive.\u201d Piepenbring describes how the chain\u2019s headquarters are \u201cadorned with Bible verse and a statue of Jesus washing a disciple\u2019s feet.\u201d He goes on to mention that the restaurant chain is closed on Sundays. This is listed as if these traits should inspire horror in readers. The most damning thing of all to Piepenbring, however, is that the CEO, Dan Cathy, opposes same-sex marriage. It is for this reason, Piepenbring implies, that some people protested Chick-fil-A\u2019s first restaurant opening in New York. There was, however, no such protest this time against the \u201cproselytism\u201d that Piepenbring claims \u201cthrums below the surface\u201d of Chick-fil-A and its \u201csuburban piety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to daring to be Christian, Chick-fil-A apparently over uses the term \u201ccommunity.\u201d Piepenbring states that Chick-fil-A\u2019s \u201cemphasis on community\u2026suggests an ulterior motive.\u201d Part of the reason that Chick-fil-A is supposedly not actually community friendly is that their corporate purpose statement still contains the words \u201cto glorify God.\u201d According to this \u201cThe New Yorker\u201d article, Chick-fil-A\u2019s Christian influence and emphasis on community makes it a \u201ccreepy\u201d addition to the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p>Piepenbring also goes on to decry Chick-fil-A\u2019s beloved mascot, the Cows that cannot spell. Piepenbring states that the Cows are \u201can ad in which one farm animal begs us to kill another in its place\u2026[and] out of place in New York\u2026Chick-fil-A, too, does not quite belong here.\u201d In fact, according to \u201cThe New Yorker,\u201d the opening of another store from one of the most popular fast food chains in the nation heralds something \u201cworse than a load of manure on the F train.\u201d Piepenbring is displeased with the expansion of fast food chains which he claims force mom and pop restaurants out of business, but he finds there to be something \u201cespecially distasteful about Chick-fil-A which has sought to portray itself as better than other fast food: cleaner, gentler and more ethical, with its poultry slightly healthier than the mystery meat of burgers.\u201d This, however, sounds like exactly what made Chick-fil-A so popular in the first place. Why then, is it so \u201ccreepy\u201d that a popular fast food chain is expanding? What is wrong with the fact that the chain that is rapidly becoming the third largest in the nation is owned by people who practice the most common faith in America? New York has always had Christians and Christian owned businesses. It has also long been home to fast food. Why is it suddenly a \u201ccreepy infiltration\u201d that a beloved chain that happens to be owned by Christians is growing in New York City? After all, stores do not expand unless the customers are there to support the store. So, while Piepenbring may find Chick-fil-A\u2019s presence unpleasant, clearly the average New Yorker does not since they are the ones buying enough chicken sandwiches to allow Chick-fil-A to continue growing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a strange situation. One of the most popular fast food chains in the country is not welcome in the country\u2019s most populous city because the owners of the fast food chain openly practice their faith, which is the most common faith in the country. 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