Chick-fil-A top choice with students for new restaurant at college. But school officials say no way.
Chick-fil-A was the top choice among students at New Jersey’s Rider University for a new restaurant on campus. But Rider officials reportedly looked past the survey and nixed Chick-fil-A because its “corporate values have not sufficiently progressed enough to align with those of Rider.” (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)
Chick-fil-A was the top choice among students at New Jersey’s Rider University for a new restaurant on campus, according to Campus Reform, which cited a student survey from last spring.
But despite students’ collective desire, Rider officials looked past the survey and nixed Chick-fil-A because “their corporate values have not sufficiently progressed enough to align with those of Rider,” Campus Reform added, citing a Nov. 1 email from the school to students the outlet obtained.
Rider officials added that the decision was part of an effort to “promote…inclusion for all people,” Campus Reform said.
Chick-fil-A has long faced opposition from leftists due primarily to ownership’s support for traditional marriage and corporate values with a decidedly Judaeo-Christian emphasis, such as staying closed on Sundays.
