High school principal says he declined free Chick-fil-A lunches for teachers to support LGBTQ staff

A Louisiana high school principal has declined a donation of free lunches from Chick-Fil-A for teachers. According to Steven Corbett, principal of Lusher Charter High School in New Orleans, the school declined the free lunches out of empathy for the LGBTQ community. "We just thought it was important for us to be supporting our LGBTQ community and our staff," he said.The lunches were provided by the Louisiana College Football Foundation to support teachers. The organization instead brought teachers food from somewhere else.Corbett sent an email to staff explaining the decision and said the teachers would be provided another free lunch. "Any time an organization is anti-LGBTQ and has efforts to infringe upon their rights, we thought it was important to support and stand up for their community at this time," Corbett said. Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

A Louisiana high school principal has declined a donation of free lunches from Chick-Fil-A for teachers.

According to Steven Corbett, principal of Lusher Charter High School in New Orleans, the school declined the free lunches out of empathy for the LGBTQ community.


"We just thought it was important for us to be supporting our LGBTQ community and our staff," he said.

The lunches were provided by the Louisiana College Football Foundation to support teachers. The organization instead brought teachers food from somewhere else.

Corbett sent an email to staff explaining the decision and said the teachers would be provided another free lunch.

"Any time an organization is anti-LGBTQ and has efforts to infringe upon their rights, we thought it was important to support and stand up for their community at this time," Corbett said.

Watch the video above to learn more about this story.