FAA says it's investigating decisions to exclude Chick-fil-A from airport concession contracts in San Antonio and Buffalo over opposition to the fast-food chain owners' record on LGBTQ issues.
In a statement shared with NBC News on Tuesday, the FAA confirmed that it received complaints that airport operators were discriminating against private companies over"religious beliefs."
"FAA’s Office of Civil Rights has notified the San Antonio International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport that it has opened investigations into these complaints," the agency stated."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.
Keisha Russell, an attorney at the First Liberty Institute, the legal group that filed a complaint with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao over Chick-fil-A's airport exclusion, said her organization is"pleased that the FAA responded to our request by opening an investigation into San Antonio for its 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," Russell continued."Few things are more un-American than government hostility against religion.” Andy Segovia, an attorney for the city of San Antonio, said his office is reviewing the FAA's notice.
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