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Students at Catholic college protest planned Chick-fil-A over founder’s Christian view of marriage

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Some college students at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University are claiming, like Chicken Little , that the sky is falling. Sadly, given these crazy times, that’s no longer really news. We’ve seen a steady stream of reports about scholars being driven off campus by mobs of triggered students, of speakers being disinvited or losing announced awards because of their Judeo- Christian beliefs —all in the name of tolerance, diversity, and “safe spaces”! Truly, though, the kerfuffle at Duquesne shows what we’re up against. In March the university announced that the popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A would be opening in the Catholic school’s main food court. Instead of cheers for a company that donates generously to charity and makes a great chicken sandwich, the decision brought jeers from some students, who claimed this would put their “safe place … at risk.” One leader of a gay student group said Chick-fil-A has “a questionable history on civil rights and human rights.” A petition

True marriage supporters ‘not welcome’ in New York: councilman

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NEW YORK,  – A New York City councilman has effectively told traditional marriage supporters they are “not welcome” in the Big Apple. In response to  Chick-fil-A’s proposed plans  to expand their business and set up restaurants in several locations, including New York City, Councilman Daniel Dromm   told the  Huffington Post  that the fast-food chain would not be welcome in the most populous city in the country. Councilman Daniel Dromm “We don’t need bigots coming to New York City,” Dromm told HuffPost . “They are not welcome here unless they can embrace all of New York’s diverse community, including the LGBT community .” Chick-fil-A made national headlines in 2012 when CEO Dan Cathy   voiced his belief in traditional marriage .  His remarks sparked  scathing reactions  from  pro-homosexual politicians and the homosexual lobby. Despite the onslaught of pro-homosexuality antagonism, the fast-food chain received an  even larger outpouring of support  after the incident, in

Chick-fil-A CEO: I still oppose gay ‘marriage’ but won’t be too vocal about it

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ATLANTA, GA , March 20, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – After two years of battering by homosexual activists and the mainstream media over his opposition to same-sex “marriage,” Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy says he remains committed to the Christian definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman, but has decided not to be vocal about it. “I think the time of truths and principles are captured and codified in God’s word and I’m just personally committed to that,” Cathy told the  Atlanta Journal-Constitution . “I know others feel very different from that and I respect their opinion and I hope that they would be respectful of mine.” Cathy, 61, set off a firestorm of controversy in 2012 with remarks to a Baptist publication in which he said he was “guilty as charged” for supporting the traditional family. “We are very much supportive of the family—the biblical definition of the family unit,” Cathy  told  the  Baptist Press . “We are a family-owned business , a fam