An article in The New Yorker magazine scorns the popularity of Chick-fil-A, the fast food chicken chain with Christian values, in New York City, calling it “creepy pervasive Christian traditionalism.” The author says its presence is “awash with cash, Christ, and evangelizing Cows.” “The brand’s arrival here feels like an infiltration, in no small part because of its pervasive Christian traditionalism,” writes Dan
Piepenbring, overlooking the fact that its first store opened four years ago. The article seeks to “warn” New Yorkers that Chick-fil-A’s corporate purpose “still begins with the words ‘to glorify God,’ and that proselytism thrums below the surface of the Fulton Street restaurant, which has the ersatz homespun ambiance of a megachurch.” READ MORE
