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SMU’s Chick-fil-A location, an ARAMARK operation, will be open to students and faculty alike at the start of the fall semester.
SMU’s Chick-fil-A location, an ARAMARK operation, will be open to students and faculty alike at the start of the fall semester. (Sidney Hollingsworth/The Daily Campus)
Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A, has been raising eyebrows with his recent statements on marriage equality.
SMU students are now beginning to wonder if and how his statements will affect the on-campus Chick-fil-A.
In one of his many anti-marriage equality statements, Cathy said, “we’re 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. And I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude that thinks we have the audacity to redefine what marriage is all about.”
The backlash is not just about his statements, but also the donations that followed.
After Cathy spoke his mind, Chick-fil-A held a