Chick-fil-A was banned from San Antonio’s airport. The Texas attorney general says the ban is 'discriminatory.'
A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Las Vegas. By Lindsey Bever Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 29 at 9:20 AM The Texas attorney general has launched an investigation to determine whether the San Antonio City Council violated religious-liberty laws by barring Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in the city’s airport.
“The Constitution’s protection of religious liberty is somehow even better than Chick-filA’s chicken,” Paxton wrote. “Unfortunately, I have serious concerns that both are under assault at the San Antonio airport.” — Ken Paxton March 28, 2019 The Texas Tribune reported that San Antonio City Councilman Roberto Treviño proposed an amendment to the concession agreement that would permit eight new vendors to set up in the airport’s Terminal A, but swap out Chick-fil-A for another vendor. He told the council he could not get behind a company with “a legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior,” according to the newspaper.
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