Chick-fil-A faces rightwing backlash after cutting ties to Christian groups

Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee condemn restaurant chain that also donated to civil rights group Southern Poverty Law CenterTed Cruz said the restaurant had ‘badly lost its way’. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/APLeading US conservatives have turned on the fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A after the company decided to cut its ties to two Christian groups that have long opposed same-sex marriage.To compound rightwingers’ fury, it has also emerged via tax filings that Chick-fil-A