OT: Another example of the "open mindedness" of liberals
Papi_Chulo
Miami, FL (or the nearest big-booty club)
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 3:04 PM
Rider University in N.J. nixes idea for campus Chick-fil-A over its record on LGTBQ issues
A New Jersey college asked its students what new restaurant they wanted on campus — but then took Chick-fil-A off the menu.
Rider University, a private university in central New Jersey, polled students in the spring about what franchise they would like to see on campus.
The results showed a preference for Chick-fil-A, which boasts the slogan “Eat More Chikin."
But the university said it removed the restaurant as an option on a survey this fall based on the franchise's being “widely perceived to be in opposition to the LGBTQ+ community.”
“We sought to be thoughtful and fair in balancing the desire to provide satisfying options for a new on-campus restaurant while also being faithful to our values of inclusion,” administrators wrote in a letter to the Rider community.
The letter posted to the school's website Friday said the decision "required a difficult assessment of competing interests."
"The choices in this situation, like in so many others, were imperfect," administrators said in the posting. "They challenged us to reflect on our values and consider what kind of community we want to provide for those who live and learn at Rider University."
Chick-fil-A said in a statement to NBC News on Monday that it focuses on food, service and hospitality, and its restaurants and licensed locations on college campuses welcome everyone.
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