School bans 'offensive' Chick-fil-A sandwiches

Feathers have been ruffled at California’s Ventura High School, where the principal this week banned the football booster club from selling Chick-fil-A sandwiches over fears that people might be offended. What, pray tell, could people find offensive about a plump juicy chicken breast tucked between two buttered buns? Were English teachers put off by the restaurant chain’s grammatically challenged bovine pitchmen? Did the waffle fries and banana pudding milkshakes exceed the nutritional limits deemed acceptable by the federal government? The answer, dear readers, is no. It seems Principal Val Wyatt’s ban has less to do with poultry and more to do with politics. “With their political stance on gay rights and because the students of Ventura High School and their parents would be at the event, I didn’t want them on campus,” Wyatt told the Ventura County Star. It was a sentiment supported by Trudy Tuttle Ariaga, superintendent of the Ventura Unified School District. “We value inclusivity and diversity on our campus, and all our events and activities are going to adhere to our mission,” Ariaga told CBS News in Los Angeles. This is a classic example of those preaching inclusivity and diversity being the least inclusive and diverse of all...more