The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating airports in San Antonio and Buffalo for religious discrimination after Chick-fil-A restaurants were banned from their facilities.
“The FAA notes that federal requirements prohibit airport operators from excluding persons on the basis of religious creed from participating in airport activities that receive or benefit from FAA grant funding,” said a statement provided to Fox News.
First Liberty, a Texas-based law firm, said it filed a complaint with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao in March after the San Antonio City Council voted to exclude the national food chain from the San Antonio International Airport. The Texas legislature also took swift action in response to the council vote, passing the so-called “Save Chick-fil-A” bill, which protects businesses from government action for exercising their religious rights. Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the measure into law.
Keisha Russell, associate counsel for First Liberty, called San Antonio’s action “blatant, illegal religious discrimination against Chick-fil-A.”
“American business owners should not have to suffer because they want to operate their businesses in accordance with their religious beliefs,” she said. “Few things are more un-American than government hostility against religion.”
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