A New Orleans high school has turned down a free Chick-fil-A meal offered to teachers due to the company’s views.
The College Football Playoff Foundation offered teachers throughout the city a free Chick-fil-A meal as part of its way to leave a positive impact on the community, WWL-TV reported. New Orleans is hosting the College Football Playoff National Championship in January.
New Orleans’ Lusher High School declined the free food.
“Out of respect to our LGBTQ staff, we have chosen to not serve Chick-Fil-A at an employee lunch. The #1 rule at Lusher is to ‘Be Kind’ and we live this motto every day,” Lusher principal Steven Corbett told WWL. “Chick-Fil-A has been politically outspoken about its views, and we feel it is not part of Lusher’s culture of kindness and community.”
Corbett stood by the decision in an interview with WDSU.
“Any time there’s an organization that is anti-LGBTQ and has efforts to infringe upon their rights, we thought it was important to make sure that we were supporting and standing up for our community,” he said.
The high school’s Twitter feed posted the WDSU interview alongside the hashtag “#NoPlaceForHate.”
#LusherPride for @Stevecorbett66 #NoPlaceForHate https://t.co/9UyiqrtuTJ
— LusherCollegeCounsel (@LusherCollege) October 10, 2019
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