The New Puritanism: Chick-fil-A and Boycotts

July 26th, 2012 | 5 min read

I had planned to avoid the Chick-Fil-A brouhaha for the reason Sarah Pulliam Bailey lists here: seriously, people, this is news? In case you’ve missed it, Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sundays. They're not exactly the most liberal group and have been that way since the beginning.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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