Chick-fil-A CEO Avoided Answering Question on LGBTQ+ Issues, Report Says

Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2026 —

The CEO of Chick-fil-A avoided answering a question about the company’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues, according to a report by The Kansas City Star.

The information provided about the report does not identify the CEO, say when or where the exchange took place, or give the question’s exact wording. It also does not describe the CEO’s response beyond saying that he avoided answering. No additional statement from the company is included in the information available here.

The reported exchange concerns the company’s position on LGBTQ+ issues, but the summary does not specify which issues were raised or provide further detail about the context of the question. It also does not establish what the CEO or the company’s stance is. Avoiding a question, on its own, does not clarify that position.

The report’s account, as summarized, is limited to the CEO’s response to the question. Without further details, it is not possible to determine the setting, the sequence of the exchange, or whether the company addressed the subject elsewhere. The Kansas City Star is the only source identified in the information provided.

No date for the report or the exchange was provided. The available account also does not state whether the CEO later responded, whether the company issued a separate comment, or whether additional reporting supplied further context. Those details remain unspecified in the information provided.

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