Chick-fil-A Listed as Sponsor of ‘Faith-Based’ Homosexual Film and Arts Festival

christiannews.net "An online petition has been launched over revelations that the popular evangelical-owned fast food restaurant Chick-fil-A has been listed as a sponsor of a 'faith-based' homosexual film and arts festival. Level Ground began as a student-organized event in 2013, and was touted as the 'world’s first faith-based LGBT film festival.' It has since expanded to six cities across the country and includes not only film, but music, theater, visual arts, comedy, and various workshops with the goal of 'elevating the public discourse around the otherwise polarizing topics of gender identity and human sexuality.' 'The Level Ground Festival draws a unique audience that reflects the full spectrum of religious (and non-religious) beliefs, gender identities, and sexual orientations,' the festival website outlines. 'All denominations, theologies, beliefs, races, and ages are welcome.' Earlier this month, the Level Ground Festival opened in Nashville, being sponsored by the pro-homosexual Gracepointe Church and Vanderbilt Divinity School, among others. The event featured panel talks that included former Contemporary Christian artist Jennifer Knapp, who came out as a lesbian in 2005 and went on to found a homosexual advocacy group, as well as folk musician Derek Webb, known for his song 'I Repent' and his former role in the Christian group Caedmon’s Call."

Other attendees included Melissa Greene, formerly of the group Avalon and worship leader at Gracepointe, and Karen Swallow Prior of Virginia’s Liberty University. But Level Ground has general sponsors as well, which the group has posted on its website. Included on the page among Whole Foods, Hilton Pasadena, and Stone Brewing Company is the popular fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A. On Friday, a concerned Chick-fil-A patron launched a petition to bring the sponsorship to the attention of the company’s leadership.