The Muppets Tell Chick-Fil-A Buh Bye

Jim Henson Company has issued a statement on their Facebook Wall:

“The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors.  Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD.  (http://www.glaad.org/)”

The entertainment company has sold the chain its Creature Shop toys for their children’s meal.

This is important.  We are seeing more companies supporting equality and choosing to call out those who are not just vocal about being anti-gay, but are actively trying to deny us our rights.  Chick-Fil-A has donated heavily to anti-gay organziations in the past.