Huntsville students want campus Chick-fil-A closed

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Some students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are calling for the campus Chick-fil-A restaurant to close after a company executive's comments caused an uproar in the debate over gay marriage.

WAAY-TV reports that members of UA Huntsville's Gay-Straight Alliance want the restaurant shut down.

GSA Founder and President Heather Shelton said having the restaurant on campus is not consistent with the university's anti-discrimination policy. She said the group plans to take up the issue with Sodexo, which operates the campus Chick-fil-A.

Another student, Adelle Sutton, disagrees. Sutton said Chick-fil-A is a Christian company, and that people should be respectful of everyone's opinions.

Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press this month that the Atlanta-based company was "guilty as charged" for backing "the biblical definition of a family."

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Information from: The Huntsville Times, http://www.al.com/huntsville

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