Catholic School Students: Bringing Chick-fil-A to Campus Poses 'Risk' to LGBTQ People
Members of the student body at a Catholic university in Pittsburgh are attempting to cancel their school's plans to bring fast-food chain Chick-fil-A to campus, saying the restaurant represents a threat to their safety.
"Chick-fil-A has a questionable history on civil rights and human rights," said Niko Martini, a student senator at Duquesne University, as noted by to Campus Reform Monday. "I think it's imperative [that] the university chooses to do business with organizations that coincide with the [university's] mission and expectations they give students regarding diversity and inclusion."
Martini, who sits on the executive board of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance, put forward a resolution at the end of March to remove Chick-fil-A from a list of proposed changes to the university's dining options....