Texas attorney general probing San Antonio for banning Chick-fil-A at airport

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is examining the City of San Antonio’s recent decision not to allow Chick-fil-A to open a location in the city’s airport over the company’s alleged anti-LGBT activities. 

“The Constitution’s protection of religious liberty is somehow even better than Chick-fil-A’s chicken. Unfortunately, I have serious concerns that both are under assault at the San Antonio airport,” Paxton wrote in a letter to the city’s mayor and city council on Thursday. 

“I have directed my office to open an investigation into whether the city’s action violates state law,” he added. 

{mosads}Paxton also urged Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to investigate whether the city’s action affects its federal grant eligibility on religious discrimination grounds. 

The city council voted 6-4 last week to bar Chick-fil-A from opening a location at the San Antonio International Airport. 

“With this decision, the City Council reaffirmed the work our city has done to become a champion of equality and inclusion,” Councilman Roberto C. Treviño told the San Antonio Current in a statement at the time. “San Antonio is a city full of compassion, and we don’t have room in our public facilities for a business with a legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior.”

The Hill has reached out to the San Antonio City Council for comment. 

The company’s charitable foundation has frequently donated to Christian groups that oppose same-sex marriage or require commitments by members not to engage in LGBTQ activities.