Chick-fil-A steps in to feed the stranded at Atlanta airport... on a Sunday

Chick-fil-A, famed for never opening on Sundays, has made an exception.

The fast food chain, whose founders are Christian conservatives with a lengthy history of anti-gay activities, is stepping in to feed passengers left affected by the Atlanta airport blackout, according to the City of Atlanta. 

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They'll be served at the Georgia International Convention Center, where they are able to stay overnight, which is a pretty nice consolation given what some of these people have gone through.

It's an exception from the company's policy on Sunday trading hours, rooted in founder Truett Cathy's Christian beliefs. (Those beliefs also translate to discriminatory views against the LGBTQ community. Chick-fil-A has given millions to anti-gay organizations, as recently as 2015. In 2012, CEO Dan Cathy told a Christian newspaper: "We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit." The remarks led to a boycott.)

The Sunday policy remains the same at the Chick-fil-A in the newly opened Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Its main tenant, the Atlanta Falcons, will only play one regular season game that doesn't fall on a Sunday.

As of 11:30 p.m. EST, there were 2,000 meals served to passengers, according to Atlanta's mayor Kasim Reed. See, this is how bad it has to get for Chick-Fil-A to open on a Sunday.

The company was willing to break with traditions to serve a community in need. That's great. Perhaps it can tackle its history of being anti-gay next.

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