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"The debate is on and heating up as to whether to remove a Chick-fil-A restaurant from the University of New Mexico.The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico passed a resolution last week to try and have the restaurant removed from the Student Union Building. On Wednesday afternoon, they will present that resolution to the SUB board along with other university officials.The students tell Action 7 News the restaurant is a threat to homosexual students and that it is being used as hate speech.The problems began after Chick-fil-A's CEO made controversial comments regarding homosexual lifestyles in 2012. Multiple protests have been held at Chick-fil-As nationwide protesting the franchise, including at UNM's main campus.Damon Hudson, a senator for ASUNM, said that if any student feels disenfranchised in college, something needs to be done about it.\"A chicken sandwich isn't worth that,\" he said.The Chick-fil-A location in the SUB, however, is not owned or managed by Chick-fil-A proper. It is operated under a company called Chartwell's, a franchise of its own that manages almost all of the restaurants in the building. Employees who work for Chartwell's do not abide by Chick-fil-A's policies.They sent Action 7 News a statement, saying in part:\"Chartwells rejects any form of discrimination and has clear and strong policies that embrace diversity, inclusion and respect in the workplace. We have zero tolerance for any behavior that is contrary to these values. Chartwells has a Zero Tolerance Discrimination and Harassment Policy, which enforces compliance with federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination or harassment based on sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, color, disability, age, pregnancy, national origin, veteran status or any other unlawful factor.\"In addition, they promise that their company does not share the same values\u00A0as Chick-fil-A's CEO.The students representing the ASUNM say that regardless of who is operating the restaurant, it's the name that is doing the damage. They say that the university is skewing surveys to make it look like students want the restaurant there. In addition, while the university and Chartwell's says Chick-fil-A's sales are up recently, the students simply don't believe that.So far, UNM says multiple parents have written and called threatening to pull their kids out of the institution if Chick-fil-A is removed.The meeting is planned for Wednesday at noon on campus. The SUB board, who will make the final decision as to whether the restaurant will be removed or not, would not comment but said it is possible a decision could be made as early as today."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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