Reached by phone Thursday, an employee at the location confirmed “Mr. Matt,” or Matthew, was the manager of this location, although he was not available to speak with the Express-News. In a Wednesday evening X update<\/a>, Danielle Gill – wife of conservative Texas congressman Brandon Gill – reposted the video.<\/p>\n ALSO READ: Poteet Strawberry Festival at center of clash over name, money<\/a><\/p>\n “This San Antonio, Texas Chick-fil-A manager has gone viral for praying for his customers and encouraging them to ‘stick to God’ during lunch,” she wrote in the post caption. “More of this, please! God bless him. \ud83d\ude4f”<\/p>\n Many commenters expressed support for the manager in the video posted by @scottmalouff.<\/p>\n “this is Mr. Matt! I had the pleasure of working w him at cfa northwoods \ud83e\ude77truly an amazing kind man!” wrote @josie.<\/p>\n “This is the Northwoods location in San Antonio! He’s so kind every time we go,” added @Kels.<\/p>\n “This was so wholesome \ud83e\udd79\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd” wrote \ud835\udc9c\ud835\udcc2\ud835\udcb7\u212f\ud835\udcc7\ud835\udcc1\ud835\udcce\u2661.<\/p>\n ALSO READ: Adair Kitchen makes a 1-star mess of the old Jim’s on Broadway<\/a><\/p>\n In August 2012, hundreds of people waited in line at a Chick-Fil-A to support President Dan Cathy’s right to have a stance against gay marriage. Some customers agreed with Cathy’s opinion and others simply wanted to defend his right to free speech. (KEVIN R. WEXLER\/KEVIN R. WEXLER\/ STAFF PHOTOGRAP)<\/p>\n However, many commenters on Gill’s repost expressed different sentiments.<\/p>\n “I would’ve left!! It’s always the evil ones trying to talk about God,” @boujiebaddie wrote.<\/p>\n “I have accepted Christ as my lord and savior and I would have got up and left,” added @PNWman26.<\/p>\n “It’s pretty much common knowledge that these restaurants are owned and operated by Christians<\/a>,” @Reagan4Mc wrote. “That said, seeing some praying go down during a visit shouldn’t be controversial at all.”<\/p>\n ALSO READ: 5 San Antonio restaurants serving chicken on a stick<\/a><\/p>\n In the past, Chick-Fil-A’s founding family has faced heavy backlash for expressing what many critics called<\/a> an “anti-gay” stance.<\/p>\n “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'” former Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy said in a 2012 interview<\/a> with Baptist Press.\u00a0“I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is about.”<\/p>\n ALSO READ: Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott opens its first San Antonio store<\/a><\/p>\n This article originally published at San Antonio Chick-fil-A manager goes viral for telling customers ‘stick to God’<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"In](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/de17b096415301d6ccf10251f07b6a34.jpeg\"\/)
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