By Zanub Saeed
Online petitions have been set up to remove Chick-fil-A stores from Kansas universities after the controversial statement made by the company's president, Dan Cathy, opposing same sex marriages.
Two different universities, Wichita State University and University of Kansas both set up petitions saying they wanted the removal of the store from their campuses, reported the Kansas City Star this week.
"Right now we are waiting and seeing what comments are coming in," Mark Reid, director of public affairs for KU Memorial Unions, told the Kansas City Star. "We are two years out with the end of our contract with Chick-fil-A right now. We are at a wait-and-see approach, talking to people on campus and off."
Cathy told the Baptist Press last week that Chick-fil-A only believed the traditional Christian marriage system, which of course only consists of a male and female marrying, and admitted he was "guilty as charged" of being against any other kind of marriage union. He said he only supported the "biblical definition of the family unit" when asked about the company's policies.
Katelyn Delvaux, a WSU graduate student, set up one petition, which as of Thursday afternoon received 450 signatures to have Chick-fil-A removed.
WSU said in its statement that "the university has no reason to believe that anyone has been refused service at Chick-fil-A on campus for sexual orientation or any other factor involving discrimination. If WSU receives information that someone served on campus has been discriminated against, the university would work with Sodexo to review and address the situation."
James Castle, a 2012 KU grad, began his own petition, which has received well over 1,600 signatures demanding the removal of Chick-fil-A from their campuses, reported the Kansas City Star.
This is not the first protest, as major cities like Boston and Chicago stood firmly against Chick-fil-A's beliefs, so much so that the mayor of Boston will ban the opening of any of the stores in the city.
