Even Chick-fil-A, the chicken-sandwich seller that has historically been aligned with conservative causes, drew sudden condemnation for an existing diversity, equity and inclusion policy.
Companies are rarely exemplars of courage, and some — particularly Anheuser-Busch, Bud Light’s brewer — switched course almost immediately.
But the noise is obscuring a bigger transformation amid the growing politicization of big business.
Ron DeSantis of Florida last year attacked the Walt Disney Company for criticizing his anti-L.G.B.T.Q.
Why would one of America’s largest corporate entities, particularly one lacking a long history of taking grand positions on social issues, go to the mat for L.G.B.T.Q.
Persons:
Bud Light, Bud Light’s, —, Ron DeSantis, Disney, Donald Trump
Organizations:
America, Pride, Anheuser, Busch, Walt Disney Company, Republican
Locations:
Orlando, Fla, Florida