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San Antonio sued for excluding Chick-Fil-A from airport
by Acacia Coronado, Texas TribuneIn a lawsuit citing a controversial new state law, five area residents are suing the city of San Antonio over its decision to prevent Chick-fil-A — a franchise known for opposing same-sex marriage — from opening a location in the city’s airport.
"The continued religious ban on Chick-fil-A by the San Antonio City Council has by left citizens with no choice but to take this case to court," Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values Action, said Monday at a news conference with the plaintiffs in announcing the lawsuit. "Any other vendor that tries to replace Chick-fil-A at the airport will be doing so under a major cloud of long and costly litigation with the city.”
The lawsuit, which also seeks the city to pay the plaintiffs' legal fees, calls for an injunction preventing San Antonio from taking adverse action against Chick-Fil-A or others “based wholly or partly on that person or entity’s support for religious organizations that oppose homosexual behavior.”
It cites Senate Bill 1978, a law passed this year in the Texas Legislature, that outlaws government retaliation based on “membership in and support to religious organizations.”
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/09/san-antonio-chick-fil-a-lawsuit/