Comments on: Chick-Fail-A: Sundays And Minds Closed At Delicious-Yet-Intolerant Chicken Chain

By: Beyond the Village: The Upper East Side · NYU Local

Beyond the Village: The Upper East Side · NYU Local — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:07:26 +0000

[...] soft in the middle and crispy on the edges, surpass those from Chic-Fil-A and they skip on the “anti-gay agenda.” True to its name, the restaurant has hung many representations of melons on its walls – but [...]

By: NYC Tip: Wear Flannel · NYU Local

NYC Tip: Wear Flannel · NYU Local — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:35:54 +0000

[...] NYU Local,” you say after looking up from stuffing your face with homophobic fried chicken, “only hipsters wear flannel. I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing that!” Well, hypothetical [...]

By: Fried Chicken Without The Anti-Gay Agenda · NYU Local

Fried Chicken Without The Anti-Gay Agenda · NYU Local — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:49:48 +0000

[...] over Chick-fil-A’s financial contributions to anti-gay groups has resurfaced here at NYU. Though many other schools boycotted the fast food chain, participation at NYU was [...]

By: John Anderson

John Anderson — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:50:55 +0000

Thank you for this article. I will not be eating there.

By: Nikki S.

Nikki S. — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:40:34 +0000

I don’t like Chic-Fil-A anyways. There’s nothing great about it in my opinion. We don’t have it back home and I don’t really feel like I’m missing out on anything by not eating their chicken or other products. The waffle fries are pretty good I’ll give them that.

By: DJ Sharon

DJ Sharon — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:32:44 +0000

Chick-Fail-A?

you’re clever

By: Tyler Kochanski

Tyler Kochanski — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:55:13 +0000

what Abe said

By: Hilary G

Hilary G — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:54:45 +0000

Thanks for putting this information out there. Lots of students at NYU would not choose to support such a franchise if they knew their money was going to oppressive efforts. I think it’s important to remember that the “free market” isn’t exactly deciding what NYU students eat, the university grants concessions to corporations to sell food to students on campus, and assuming that students have any say at all in the decisions the university makes (which is allegedly the case, i’m told) we should be making informed decisions and, if we choose, we are well within our rights to pressure the university to get rid of the franchise.

By: Kyle Zinn

Kyle Zinn — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:42:41 +0000

Two comments,

1. “Christian first, anti-gay second”

So everything that is Christian is anti-gay? How about the thousands of churches who are open and accepting of gays, or the hundreds more that are ran by openly gay clergy? There’s a huge array of beliefs on homosexuality under the umbrella of Christianity, and to create such a causality is either ignorant or intentionally misleading. There are plenty of of Christian organizations that are providing great services to society without having any influence or opinion on the the topic of homosexuality. Should we also boycott anyone who supports Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, World Vision, AA.. etc?

2. I’m with Abe. Let the free market decide. The owner of a business can give any money to whoever they see fit, and we all have the choice to patronize them or not. If a large enough percentage of consumers chose not to support the business based on its ideological divestitures, then that company will fail to be profitable, and therefore will be unable to further support the cause in question. I don’t see why a group of students (presumably smaller than the aforementioned percentage) lobbying to the administration is in any way democratic, free, or fair.

By: Abe Gutierrez

Abe Gutierrez — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:40:16 +0000

So the don’t eat the damned chicken and get on with it. No one is forcing you to eat it, and if you don’t support the mindset behind Chik-Fil-A, well then less waffle fries for you. Boycotting Chik-Fil-A would be dumb, as there are plenty of people here at NYU as well that do not support gay marriage, and should not be penalized for being the minority. It isn’t too difficult to do, and while I realize I am probably going to be attacked via the following comments, I stand by my decision. Let those of us who don’t care about Chik-Fil-A’s ideology eat what we want, and those of you who don’t support the organization have a myriad of options at other dining halls, as well all over the city. Don’t ruin it for everyone else.