(CNN) Sen. Lindsey Graham this week injected himself into a dispute at the University of Notre Dame, where some students briefly opposed an effort to open a Chick-fil-A over its owners' religious positions, in the Republican senator's latest effort to seize upon a culture war issue to score points with his party's base. "It's disappointing to hear some ND students and faculty want to ban Chick-fil-A from doing business on campus because they disagree with the values held by the Chick-fil-A founders," Graham argued. He then declared, "I want everyone in South Carolina and across America to know I have Chick fil-A's back. I hope we don't have to, but I will go to war for the principles Chick fil-A stands for." In a letter to the editor published July 1 in the student newspaper The Observer , two students opposed Chick-fil-A's addition to Notre Dame's campus largely due to its "long history of antagonism toward the LGBTQ+ community" and past donations of "significant sums to groups that oppose LGBTQ+ rights."

Source: CNN July 16, 2021 13:52 UTC