This summer, Purdue University, a public institution, announced plans to open a new residence hall in 2020, which would include a Chick-fil-A, after more than 3,000 students signed a petition to bring the franchise to campus.
However, a small minority of students and staffs, are trying to block it in order to curtail the right of other students. They're calling for the school to "promote inclusivity” by holding commercial ventures, such as the anti-LGBTQ fast-food restaurant, to the same standards as the university's policies and hiring process.
University Senate Leadership at Purdue University, which exercises the legislative and policy-making powers assigned to the faculty at the West Lafayette, Indiana, university, have proposed a measure that would hold the school's administration accountable for ensuring commercial ventures on the campus "uphold the same values and promote inclusivity with their policies, hiring practices and actions," according to the Journal & Courier. The measure will be put to a vote in October.
However, the measure intentionally did not name Chick-fil-A, which has donated billions of dollars to various anti-LGBTQ conservative and religious groups. It is a company owned by Christians who recognizes traditional marriage as Holy Matrimony, defined by God as a union of one man and one woman. That's it. They do not discriminate against anyone, all are welcome.
While the measure is expected to get a formal University Senate vote in October, fellow faculty members are unsure if it will have any influence in the university's decision to allow a Chick-fil-A on campus.
"I want to be sensitive to it," Rob Wynkoop, Purdue's director of service enterprises, told the Journal & Courier. "But it's something that students have called for for a long, long, long, long time. Student body presidents and their cabinets have actually run on that platform, to bring [Chick-fil-A] to campus."
Wynkoop added that the fast-food restaurant had already been on campus for a year. In 2018, Chick-fil-A opened a pop-up style location three days a week in a building on campus.
Meanwhile 3,416 students who signed the petition to bring Chick-fil-A permanently to the campus cheered the announcement.
However, a small minority of students and staffs, are trying to block it in order to curtail the right of other students. They're calling for the school to "promote inclusivity” by holding commercial ventures, such as the anti-LGBTQ fast-food restaurant, to the same standards as the university's policies and hiring process.
University Senate Leadership at Purdue University, which exercises the legislative and policy-making powers assigned to the faculty at the West Lafayette, Indiana, university, have proposed a measure that would hold the school's administration accountable for ensuring commercial ventures on the campus "uphold the same values and promote inclusivity with their policies, hiring practices and actions," according to the Journal & Courier. The measure will be put to a vote in October.
However, the measure intentionally did not name Chick-fil-A, which has donated billions of dollars to various anti-LGBTQ conservative and religious groups. It is a company owned by Christians who recognizes traditional marriage as Holy Matrimony, defined by God as a union of one man and one woman. That's it. They do not discriminate against anyone, all are welcome.
While the measure is expected to get a formal University Senate vote in October, fellow faculty members are unsure if it will have any influence in the university's decision to allow a Chick-fil-A on campus.
"I want to be sensitive to it," Rob Wynkoop, Purdue's director of service enterprises, told the Journal & Courier. "But it's something that students have called for for a long, long, long, long time. Student body presidents and their cabinets have actually run on that platform, to bring [Chick-fil-A] to campus."
Wynkoop added that the fast-food restaurant had already been on campus for a year. In 2018, Chick-fil-A opened a pop-up style location three days a week in a building on campus.
Meanwhile 3,416 students who signed the petition to bring Chick-fil-A permanently to the campus cheered the announcement.