February 16, 2013

HarperCollins Stands By Berenstain Bears Chick-fil-A Promo

From left: Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman of SumOfUs.org, Claiborne Deming of SumOfUs.org, and and Zack Malitz of CREDO Action deliver petition to HarperCollins head office in New York.

Activist groups are turning up the heat on HarperCollins—but the publisher isn’t bowing to pressure to sever ties with the anti-gay fast food chain Chick-fil-A.

Representatives from CREDO Action, SumofUs.org, and Faithful America on Tuesday delivered petitions signed by more than 80,000 people urging HarperCollins to pull several Berenstain Bears titles being distributed through a kids’ meal promotion that started this month.