Chick-fil-A to stay at UNM

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From the state legislature to the campuses of New Mexico’s colleges, the battle over Christian values and same sex relationships continues come to the forefront. Once again Chick-fil-A finds itself at the center of this controversy. KRQE filed this report.

UNM controversy: Chick-fil-A can stay

The Albuquerque Journal is reporting that students who said the presence of Chick-fil-A made them feel unsafe lost a battle to abolish the fast food chain from campus.

The Student Union Building board, comprised of students, faculty and staff, struck down a motion to remove Chick-fil-A from the SUB at a meeting Wednesday. The vote was 8 to 3.

It was a packed meeting with wall-to-wall students looking to flap their wings on a touchy restaurant debacle.

“Students started expressing to me they felt unsafe to go into their own campus union building,” Sen. Miquela Ortiz of the Associated Students of UNM said. “When they said they felt uncomfortable on campus, I felt it was an issue that I should bring up.”

Ortiz sponsored a resolution to boot the food vendor off the university’s campus.

The issue came up in September, when a group from the school’s LGBTQ Resource Center asked the SUB board to remove the eatery and launched an online petition, president Rebecca Vanucci said. Chick-fil-A made headlines last summer after making donations to anti-gay political groups, which the organization says it no longer does.

KOB TV 4 reported on the attempted removal last week with this story.

Christian based businesses continue to come under fire for taking biblical stands. In many cases Christians are taking such a beating in the main stream press that many like football player Tim Tebow are being forced to soften their positions on fundamental issues.

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