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Cal Poly faculty, students want Chick-fil-A banned. University says that’s ‘censorship’

Cal Poly will not remove Chick-fil-A from its San Luis Obispo campus, despite renewed calls to do so by faculty and students who criticize the company’s public and vocal support for anti-LGBTQ groups and causes.

Student, faculty and community groups say they want to remove the restaurant because the company’s values are contrary to those of Cal Poly, which has made efforts to be more inclusive of marginalized groups.

On Tuesday night, Cal Poly’s Academic Senate overwhelmingly voted to urge the university to terminate its contract with Chick-fil-A, according to KCBX.

But Cal Poly administrators say that to remove the fast food chain from campus “would be its own form of censorship and intolerance.”

San Luis Obispo is the latest site of controversy for Chick-fil-A, which has faced boycotts, bans and counter-protests in response to company leadership’s support of groups with a history of discrimination and anti-gay statements and policies.

Company president Dan Cathy is a vocal opponent of marriage for same-sex couples, and the Chick-fil-A Foundation has donated millions of dollars to groups that oppose the rights of people who are gay or transgender. Those include the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Paul Anderson Youth Home and Salvation Army.

The public political position of Chick-fil-A’s leadership has prompted airports, cities and campuses across the nation to prohibit local franchises from opening.

Even so, the chain is growing across the country. The number of Chick-fil-A franchises has doubled since 2007, even as other fast food restaurants struggle.

A Cal Poly Academic Senate resolution on Tuesday said the company’s stance is “inconsistent with our values of diversity and inclusivity” and that the restaurant’s presence “negatively impacts campus climate.”

That stance is supported by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast, which sent a letter on April 22 to the campus community in support of Cal Poly breaking the five-year contract it signed with the Chick-fil-A in 2018.

The letter also raises concern about workplace protections for LGBTQ employees. Chick-fil-A is one of few companies that refuse to include protection against discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity in its employment policy, according to Human Rights Campaign.

“We believe continuing to contract with Chick-fil-A sends a contradictory message about where Cal Poly stands with regard to diversity and inclusion, and we urge President Armstrong to reconsider whether it is in the best interest of students and greater community,” the letter says.

The local restaurant won’t likely close soon.

In response to the faculty group’s vote, Cal Poly university spokesman Matt Lazier told The Tribune, “While university administration passionately disagrees with the values of some of the organizations the president of Chick-fil-A has chosen to make personal donations to, we do not believe in responding to intolerance with intolerance.”

He said the popular franchise has no history of discriminatory action at Cal Poly.

Each campus member has the right to make their own decision whether to support a business, Lazier said. To end a relationship because the administration disagrees with the religious or political beliefs of its president, “would be its own form of censorship and intolerance.”

“Inclusion,” Lazier said, “means upholding the rights of others to have different perspectives and ensuring there is space in our community for differing viewpoints and ideologies, even those that may be in direct conflict with our own.”

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast anticipated that argument in its letter on the issue.

“We understand this may be framed as a free speech issue,” the letter says. “Chick-fil-A’s president may have a right to homophobic speech, but that speech is contrary to the values Cal Poly espouses. The 1st Amendment does not require the patronage of Cal Poly faculty, students, and staff.”

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The 1st Amendment does not require the patronage of Cal Poly faculty, students, and staff.

Correct. The 1st amendment does not require anybody to eat at Chick-Fil-A.

I have a shiny new nickel that I'm willing to wager, that says Chick-Fil-A will thrive at that location, make $$$, in spite of the 1st amendment not forcing anybody to eat there.

I was just down in SLO town, had I known there was a Chick-Fil-A on campus, I would've made it a point to go there.

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I have a shiny new nickel that I'm willing to wager, that says Chick-Fil-A will thrive at that location, make $$$, in spite of the 1st amendment not forcing anybody to eat there.

Ha! That is a sucker bet. When they have time, kids at a nearby high walk from their school to the center of the Poly campus to eat at Chick-Fil-A. They’ve been pumping for a long time. We’d eat there other than #$&* law that outlawed licensed carry on school campuses. Instead we hit the one in a town 30 miles down the road when we are that way. I almost wish Poly would not renew them. They’d probably move downtown, kick the tail of whatever replaces them on campus, and we’d eat a lot more CFA.

ETA, parking at the Poly campus isn’t the best either. I don’t know how often I’d go anyway.

That CFA location can expect harassment and vandalism. Count on it.

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That CFA location can expect harassment and vandalism. Count on it.

Harassment probably. I wouldn’t bet on vandalism. It hasn’t happened in all the time they’ve been open and I wouldn’t expect it now. Poly has its share of libtards, but it is still and Ag school and there are plenty of normals to.

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It hasn’t happened in all the time they’ve been open and I wouldn’t expect it now.

But now, things have changed- a ruling has come down that goes against the America-hating leftists, and we just can't have that, so they will demonstrate their commitment to diversity by torching the place and assaulting the employees.

The only reason I know the owner Chicfila has traditional views is because Im told so by the lefwingers.

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Cal Poly will not remove Chick-fil-A from its San Luis Obispo campus, despite renewed calls to do so by faculty and students who criticize the company’s public and vocal support for anti-LGBTQ groups and causes.

Lies. Complete lies.

The CFA owner gave his OPINION like ONCE about marriage and these leftists have twisted that into "public and vocal support for anti-LGBTQ groups and causes".

They can't even lie right!

And you'd be hard-pressed to find actual evidence of this supposed "intolerance" by any franchisee or CFA corporate types. Hard-pressed, because it doesn't freakin' exist. As a business, CFA doesn't care about your religion or orientation, just whether you'll be a good worker (if you're looking for a job) or whether you'll pay for your meal (if you're a customer.)

What the left is looking for is "Accept us! Publicly accept and praise us, and abandon your new-social unorthodoxy, or we'll destroy you!" Differing views don't have a right to exist in their world. It's the distinction between liberals and left-wing tyrants.

Fuck em, they don't deserve those Tasty Southern Delicacies anyway.

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Originally posted by Russ59:


Cal Poly will not remove Chick-fil-A from its San Luis Obispo campus, despite renewed calls to do so by faculty and students who criticize the company’s public and vocal support for anti-LGBTQ groups and causes.

Lies. Complete lies.

The CFA owner gave his OPINION like ONCE about marriage and these leftists have twisted that into "public and vocal support for anti-LGBTQ groups and causes".

They can't even lie right!

That's not true. They have donated money to organizations with anti-LGBTQ policies or teachings. These include the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. https://nonprofitquarterly.org...fter-vowing-to-stop/

I don't care either way, but we should have our facts straight.

Hmmm...this is making me hungry...think I'll run out and get me a CFA sandwich right now.

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by Russ59:


Cal Poly will not remove Chick-fil-A from its San Luis Obispo campus, despite renewed calls to do so by faculty and students who criticize the company’s public and vocal support for anti-LGBTQ groups and causes.

Lies. Complete lies.

The CFA owner gave his OPINION like ONCE about marriage and these leftists have twisted that into "public and vocal support for anti-LGBTQ groups and causes".

They can't even lie right!

That's not true. They have donated money to organizations with anti-LGBTQ policies or teachings. These include the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. https://nonprofitquarterly.org...fter-vowing-to-stop/

I don't care either way, but we should have our facts straight.

Well, we do need to raise awareness for most of those mental disorders

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That's not true. They have donated money to organizations with anti-LGBTQ policies or teachings. These include the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. https://nonprofitquarterly.org...fter-vowing-to-stop/

I don't care either way, but we should have our facts straight.

I’ve donated to the Salvation Army. Does that make me a public and vocal supporter of anti-LGBT rights too?

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Student, faculty and community groups say they want to remove the restaurant because the company’s values are contrary to those of Cal Poly,

A very accurate statement. The students, faculty, and community groups are highly fascist, hateful, and non-inclusive, while Chik-Fil-A on the other hand is quite the opposite.

I really wish a college president would just come out and tell students..."Shut up, stop whining, and get to class", and faculty..."Since you get your paycheck from the school, and I run it, shut up, get to class, and that will be the end of this topic. Got it?".

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Originally posted by zipriderson:


That's not true. They have donated money to organizations with anti-LGBTQ policies or teachings. These include the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. https://nonprofitquarterly.org...fter-vowing-to-stop/

I don't care either way, but we should have our facts straight.

I’ve donated to the Salvation Army. Does that make me a public and vocal supporter of anti-LGBT rights too?

Sure...In the mentally defective mind of a leftist. Heck, if you walked by a Salvation Army kettle and shared a pleasant comment with the person ringing the bell, you'd likely be branded a hater.

We're no longer dealing with people who function rationally or intelligently anymore. These people are insane.

Salvation Army: I have never heard been made aware of any boycott/argument/protest of the Salvation Army. These nincompoops just can't stand to see anyone enjoy life, be happy, etc. everyone must be brought down to their level of misery.

The beliefs of the Cathy family do not intrude on anyone else's beliefs except on the point of wanting chicken nuggets on Sunday.

I always remark to my wife that when we see the local franchise owner, he is always smiling. He has a great product, and it is well run. He remembers us from his original shopping mall location. He cares about his business and it shows why Chick fil A's system works so well. From the depictions by the sourpusses, there is a checkpoint at the doors before you can place an order. Pearl clutching at its best......

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Originally posted by zipriderson:


That's not true. They have donated money to organizations with anti-LGBTQ policies or teachings. These include the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. https://nonprofitquarterly.org...fter-vowing-to-stop/

I don't care either way, but we should have our facts straight.

I’ve donated to the Salvation Army. Does that make me a public and vocal supporter of anti-LGBT rights too?

In the eyes of many lefties, yes.
We live in a world of warped views, up is down and down is up. Simply a whisper of like, appreciation or, acknowledgement is enough to implicate somebody versus whatever grievance said group is braying about. It's insane...

Love me some hate Chicken. Had some hate breakfast there this morning. The meal took longer than usual to come out, so they even gave me a free coupon to come back for a free meal. Now that is service.