By Codi Oehlerking

In July, Chick-fil-A made an announcement that came as a shock to many of its customers. President of the company Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press that the company does in fact support traditional families. Meaning, he supports man-to-woman marriage versus woman to woman or man to man marriage.

This simple statement causes uproar between customers.“It’s not a shock to me at least that he said no, that he was against gay marriage,” senior Jackie Noto said. “You’re asking a guy who’s clearly religious and clearly a Christian what his beliefs are about gay marriage.”

Many gay rights activists are saying that they will never eat at a Chick-fil-A restaurant ever again, while other people are saying that Cathy’s personal viewpoint shouldn’t affect the business of a multimillion dollar company. Yet, some people are even trying to get Chick-fil-A restaurants banned in the city of Chicago.

“He doesn’t ban anyone who is gay from the restaurant. I feel like a lot of people don’t understand that and this is just his stance on gay marriage,” Noto said.

In response, former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee organized “National Chick-fil-A day” on Aug. 1 to support Cathy and his businesses. More than 63 thousand supporters gathered at Chick-fil-A on this day, causing many of the restaurants to actually run out of food.

However, the organization of this day still made some enemies for Chick-fil-A.

“The fact that they’re rallying all these people and getting support despite the fact if their food is any good is very off putting” senior Grace Allen said, who plans on never eating at a Chick-fil-A restaurant.

In the end, most students believe that a decision to eat at a specific restaurant should be about the type and quality of the food they serve, not the president’s social viewpoints.

Abiding to the fact that like many other Americans, despite what one person thinks, senior Kentu Sa-Vage is going to continue eating at Chick-fil-A restaurants.

“I’m not going to let one person that works in one of their main companies sway my decision in what I decide to eat,” said Savage.