“The decision tonight was based on all of the student feedback we've been receiving,” the Northeastern Student Government Association said on Twitter, adding in a later re-tweet that: “Student concerns reflected CFA's history of donating to anti-gay organizations.” 
 
 The college's student newspaper, the Huntington News reported that the restaurant chain, one of several vendors in the midst of finalizing contract negotiations with Northeastern, had planned to open in the school's student center following renovations there. The newspaper reported earlier that a petition opposing the eatery's plans had gained some 300 signatures. 
 
 The Equality Matters website reported that the Atlanta-based company's charitable arm, WinShape, has donated millions to anti-gay causes in recent years. 
 
 "Based on the outcome of Monday night's senate resolution, Chick-fil—A will not be part of the group of vendors considered for the renovation of the student center," Northeastern said in a statement. 
 
 “We are proud of the decision that affirms our university’s commitment to be an inclusive, diverse community that is respectful of all," college spokeswoman Renata Nyul said in another statement. 
 
 Northeastern senior Taylor Cotter, a member of the college's student Senate, said she had been urging the school to end negotiations with Chick-fil-A since she learned of the plan more than a year ago. 
 
 The 22-year-old journalism major said opponents were able to raise awareness about the fast-food chain in recent weeks. 
 
 "I'm very excited and really, really surprised this is the decision [the university's administration] come to," she said. "We didn't expect them to cut the contract with Chick-fil-A. 
 
 "If this had come to our campus, the university would have had to admit that tuition money was, as the end of the day, going to anti-gay and hate-filled organizations, and I don't think they wanted that," she added. 
 
 Northeastern is the latest college campus to raise concerns about the company. The issue has also arisen at New York University, Marshall, and Duke, among other places. 
 
 The company did not respond to several requests for comment today. 
 
 In an interview last month with The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy defended the company and said he was not "anti-anybody. ... Our mission is to create raving fans." 
 
 The chain has two outlets in Massachusetts: at the North Shore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. 
 
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 Company president Dan Cathy said this week that his company is “guilty as charged.” 
 
 In an interview with the Baptist Press, Cathy said Chick-Fil-A is “very much supportive of the family - the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.” 
 
 The chain, founded in 1946 by Cathy’s father, S. Truett Cathy, donated a total of $2 million to anti-gay groups including the Marriage & Family Foundation and the Family Research Council in 2010, according to Business Insider. 
 
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 Chick-Fil-A gave another $2 million to many of the same organizations in 2009. 
 
 The donations, made through the company’s charity organization, WinShape, prompted Boston’s Northeastern University to scrap plans for a Chick-Fil-A on its campus earlier this year. 
 
 Despite a corporate statement declaring that the purpose of Chick-Fil-A is “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us,” Cathy told the Baptist Press that it isn’t a Christian business. 
 
 Christianity “is about a personal relationship,” he said. “Companies are not lost or saved, but certainly individuals are. But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles.” 
 
 abartkewicz@nydailynews.com
– If you've been pining for Chick-Fil-A but don't want to support its president's anti-gay stance, rejoice: The company no longer donates to the most controversial groups opposing gay marriage, and hasn't since 2011. Rather, the company "focuses on youth, education, marriage enrichment, and local communities," says Campus Pride. The national LGBT campus organization looked at tax documents for Chick-Fil-A's philanthropic WinShape Foundation to make the determination, CNN reports. However, Chick-Fil-A does still donate to some groups that are against gay marriage—just not the most divisive ones. Despite all the uproar that ensued after company president Dan Cathy said last year that he supported traditional marriage, Chick-Fil-A continues to grow: Sales were up 14% in 2012 over a year prior, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, and the chain opened 96 new stores.