Posted on 10/25/2018 9:31:19 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
The Pittsburgh Public Schools board of directors voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a resolution opposing Chick-fil-A as the new corporate sponsor for the Pittsburgh Kids Marathon and Kids of Steel program.
The resolution prohibits official participation by any district employee, as well as the promotion of the Kids Marathon and Kids of Steel programs at schools by district employees.
The family-owned, privately held restaurant company has expressed views contrary to and in conflict with the districts non-discrimination policies, the school board resolution said.
Marathon organizers Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. in late September announced a three-year title partnership with Chick-fil-A, starting in 2019, for the Kids Marathon. The company will also sponsor the Kids of Steel program.
Chick-fil-A corporate leadership has been criticized for comments about same-sex marriage, as well as for making donations to socially-conservative organizations.
Earlier this month, an online petition started by a Pittsburgh-based consultant circulated to protest the selection of Chick-fil-A as a sponsor for the companys extreme anti-LGBTQ beliefs.
The petition, started by Jodi Hirsh, the co-founder and principal consultant at Sequal Consulting, calls the partnership unacceptable, damaging and offensive.
The petition had 1,217 signatures as of Thursday.
Pittsburgh City Council members have also asked that the marathon remove Chick-fil-A as a title sponsor. Chick-Fil-As sponsorship of an event designed to encourage healthy living represents a significant setback for Pittsburgh as we continue our work to build a more progressive and welcoming city for all people regardless of whom they are or who they love, council members wrote in a letter signed by all nine. Most importantly, its sponsorship sends the wrong message to LGBTQIA+ children and families who face psychological abuse and experience the effects of bullying at disproportionate rates.
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Amen!
We were told these days would come upon us and here they are!
Chick-fil-A can run newspaper ads and television ads instead of being featured inside of local schools. Who need to stick to teaching learning instead of forced imposition of individual teachers’ private political values on a captive audience of little children
The Republican Party is so weak in the City of Pittsburgh that they don’t even bother to field candidates for most offices. Indeed the real battles take place in the Democrat Primaries and not the General Election.
You can probably get onto the Republican ballot if you can find ANYONE to sign your petition.
Diversity, inclusion, and tolerance.
Queer bullies at it again.
Fine. Saves CFA money.
This is why Pittsburgh kids are so screwed up....the Schools board are all far left..
This will reduce CFA’s profit per store to only $14,000 per day. Not sure they can survive this.
Ignorant A..hole?
cowardly and pathetic.
I wish people would just stand up to the NAZI groups who demand to have their way all the time
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