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Chick-fil-A: Eliot Spitzer gives his opinion on boycotting

Published: July 26, 2012 9:12 AM
By ELIOT SPITZER SLATE

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | Eliot Spitzer, former New York governor and state attorney general in this file photo.

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Chick-fil-A makes a great chicken sandwich, and I used to like getting one - with a cup of their amazing lemonade - whenever I was in the South. In fact, before I knew more about Chick-fil-A, I used to joke about helping to open one in New York.

Then I found out the company, according to the LGBT group Equality Matters, has donated millions of dollars to groups that oppose gay rights, and...

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