A Reading shopping centre, part-owned by an investment company based in Abu Dhabi, caved in to LGBT demands to drop a US fast-food restaurant from renting premises, it was reported in October.
Owners of the Oracle centre in Reading will not renew Chic-fil-A’s six-month lease, claiming it is the ‘right thing to do’. In 2012 the restaurant’s CEO, Dan Cathy, stated that the company supported the ‘biblical definition of the family unit’. It donated money to Christian charities that support traditional marriage.
In a statement, the owners of the Oracle said, with no apparent hint of irony: ‘At the Oracle, we offer an inclusive space where everyone is welcome.’
