(LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J.) — Students at a private university in New Jersey can eat more chicken as long as it’s not Chick-fil-A.
Rider University removed the restaurant from a survey asking students what restaurants they would like on campus, “based on the company’s record widely perceived to be in opposition to the LGBTQ community.” The fast-food chain was included in previous surveys.
Chick-fil-A has supported Christian values. Its corporate purpose is “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us.”
Chick-fil-A says it has “no policy of discrimination against any group.”
Rider says it understands some may view the decision as a “form of exclusion.” But the school says it wanted to be “faithful to our values of inclusion.”
The university plans to hold a campus forum on the issue.
