A California University board has voted to get rid of their on-campus Chick-fil-A outlet because they believe that the restaurant’s charity foundation “violates their values.”
A faculty group from California Polytechnic University has demanded that the popular outlet be axed due to its support of various faith-based organizations.
Cal Poly professor and Academic Senate Vice Chair Thomas Gutierrez explained that Chick-fil-A’s donations to “anti-LGBTQ” groups was enough to warrant its removal from university grounds. However, the fast-food chain has continued to repudiate claims that it supports anti-LGBTQ groups, noting that it donates to the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Paul Anderson Youth Home.
“The work of the Foundation is committed to youth and education,” the company noted in a statement on its website, adding that they are committed to helping young people with “economic mobility” and focus on “homelessness, poverty, education and community revitalization.”
Chick-fil-A added that their charitable work is “done with no political or social agenda.”
“The narrative that our giving was done to support a political or non-inclusive agenda is inaccurate and misleading,” the company noted.
Still, the Cal Poly Academic Senate is adamant that the restaurant must go, even making…
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