Letter to the Editor: Kicking Chick-Fil-A Off Campus Would Amount To Censorship
To the Editor: I am not one to stand up for an organization like Chick-Fil-A. The statements of their CEO and the contributions of their company to homophobic groups are outrageous. But that cannot be the basis for a decision to remove their small franchise from Emory’s campus. We are better than that. Emory Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair said it best: “freedom of expression and an open exchange of ideas are central tenets of the Emory community”. Do many Emory students agree with me that the Chick-fil-a CEO is wrong? Yes. Do some feel outraged enough to not…
Letter from LGBT Alumni Regarding Chick-fil-A
August 23, 2012 Dear President Wagner: As alumni of Emory University, we would like to formally request that the Chick-fil-A company be removed from our beloved campus. Chick-fil-A’s ideology of hate and intolerance is not compatible with our University Mission Statement. Judging by the homophobic words and actions of top Chick-Fil-A executives, and the $2 million donated by the company to homophobic organizations in 2010 alone, it is clear that Chick-Fil-A does not represent the values embraced by the Emory University community, and allowing such an organization to continue to operate on our campus runs counter to the spirit of…
Our Opinion: Chick-fil-A Must Go
Chick-fil-A President and COO Dan Cathy made national headlines this past July when he expressed his views on same-sex marriage. In an interview on “The Ken Coleman Show,” a independently-syndicated talk radio show, Cathy said “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.’” He continued by stating, “I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.” Almost immediately, Cathy’s comments sparked…
