Chick-fil-A resolution prompts debate
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers debate over a possible Chick-fil-A on the university campus.
- The News-Letter reported that a proposal about allowing Chick-fil-A on campus was debated at an SGA meeting, following a resolution opposing current and future Chick-fil-A development plans on and near campus.
- The paper reported that Andrew Guernsey asked whether “social conservatives” were welcome on campus and urged the SGA to “do nothing about a hypothetical Chick-fil-A,” calling the resolution discriminatory.
- The article says John Hughes argued that Chick-fil-A’s donations supported groups connected to anti-LGBT laws, while John Kuhn said the business treated people equally and opposed the resolution.
- The reporter writes that Janice Bonsu said the SGA was not voting to ban Chick-fil-A and could not do so; the meeting ended with an 18–8 vote to support exhausting other options before Chick-fil-A came to campus.