Indiana Pizza Shop 1st to Publicly Say It Would Deny Same-Sex Service
See video interview here: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/video/indiana-pizza-shop-1st-publicly-deny-sex-service-30045017
After this aired, loads of online articles came up insisting these people denied a gay wedding and they have now closed their doors because of threats of violence against and threats that their business would be burned down and threats against them and their family.
They even stated straight out they would never deny service to gay patrons, but would only if asked refuse to cater a gay wedding (as if anyone would ask a pizza shop to cater a gay wedding)
Anyway you should see the mess on their yelp page here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/memories-pizza-walkerton
The blaze put up a gofundme page for people to support the resturant owners in light of this and its already received over 50 thousand in donations:
Memories Pizza in Indiana Gets Thousands in Donations After Saying It Won't Cater Gay Wedding
After seeing the comments on yelp is pretty clear that there are a lot of very disturbed liberals and gays out there.
Check out their yelp page for yourself, the gays that cry bullying and intolerance are the biggest bullies and biggest intolerant people ive ever seen.
This by the way is also a christian business who had a box set up inside for prayer requests and has been open 9 years in a town of 2200 (we know that is why this place was targeted to trash first)
Keep on keepin on gaystopo, your harming your own cause. The more you cry bully while being one, the more people STOP supporting gay marriage, so have at it.
Update - the go fund me page has raised over 250,000!
What happened to "we just want to be left alone to live our lives" it now "you will support ME or lose your life and business/livelyhood"
Sick - the comments and pics on their review page are sick and come from losers who have never eaten there, or ever set foot in there. They have even posted porn pics there of gays that keep being removed.
See video interview here: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/video/indiana-pizza-shop-1st-publicly-deny-sex-service-30045017
After this aired, loads of online articles came up insisting these people denied a gay wedding and they have now closed their doors because of threats of violence against and threats that their business would be burned down and threats against them and their family.
They even stated straight out they would never deny service to gay patrons, but would only if asked refuse to cater a gay wedding (as if anyone would ask a pizza shop to cater a gay wedding)
Anyway you should see the mess on their yelp page here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/memories-pizza-walkerton
The blaze put up a gofundme page for people to support the resturant owners in light of this and its already received over 50 thousand in donations:
Memories Pizza in Indiana Gets Thousands in Donations After Saying It Won't Cater Gay Wedding
Donations are pouring in for operators of a pizza restaurant in Indiana driven into hiding by angry protests and threats after they said they would refuse to cater a gay wedding.
The owners of Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana, near the border with Michigan, told ABC News' South Bend, Indiana, affiliate WBND that they don't support gay marriage because of their religious beliefs. Co-owner Crystal O'Connor said the restaurant, a "Christian establishment," would be willing to serve gay or lesbian customers who walk in, just not a wedding.
“If a gay couple was to come in -- like say, they wanted us to provide them pizzas for a wedding, we would have to say 'no,'” O'Connor told WBND.
The comments came after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was recently signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence that prohibits state and local government from "substantially" burdening someone's religious beliefs without a "compelling" interest. Legislators today are debating a change to the law that would prevent businesses from discriminating based on sexual orientation or other factors.
Since the restaurant's story went viral this week, supporters and critics have flooded the Internet. Critical online comments have swamped the restaurant's Yelp page and the local police department said it completed an investigation into a threat on Twitter to "burn down" the restaurant.
"We encourage all to follow Indiana laws and statutes," assistant chief of police Charles Kulp said in a statement on Wednesday. "We ask that all frustrations and rebuttals with Memories Pizza’s recent media statements remain within the law."
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page launched on Wednesday to support the restaurant had raised $226,000 as of Thursday afternoon. Lawrence Jones, a contributor to the show "Dana," hosted by Dana Loesch on Glenn Beck's TheBlaze, started the fundraising page to coincide with O'Connor's phone interview on the show Wednesday.
"This is us as America," Jones told ABC News. "When Americans are attacked for their voice, we get behind that. We created this GoFundMe and our hope is to raise as much money, to give them every penny so they can survive."
n her interview with The Blaze, O'Connor reiterated her stance that she would serve "anyone that walked in that door, even gays," but that she did "not condone a [gay] wedding."
“I don’t know if we will re-open, or if we can, if it’s safe to re-open,” O’Connor said, according to TheBlaze.com. “We’re in hiding basically, staying in the house.”
The O'Connor family, which WBND said has owned Memories Pizza for nine years, did not respond to ABC News' requests for further comment. The phone went unanswered at Memories Pizza when ABC News called.
Kulp said the department completed an investigation into a comment on Twitter that stated, “Who’s going to Walkerton with me to burn down Memories Pizza." That Twitter account for a high school coach no longer exists.
The department submitted a report to the St. Joseph County Prosecutors office "for possible charging of harassment, intimidation, and threats," Kulp wrote in his statement.
The prosecutor's office told ABC News this morning that it was still reviewing the police report.
The Concord Community Schools district said the coach of the high school, about 38 miles away from the restaurant, was suspended without pay pending a district investigation.
"That feed is followed by many Concord High School students, including athletes on her teams," the district said on its website. "The promotion of illegal and violent conduct by one of its employees is a serious matter that Concord Community Schools must address and appropriately discipline."
Due to threats on the restaurant, Kulp tells the South Bend Tribune that patrols of the business “will go on as long as threats continue to be made."
After seeing the comments on yelp is pretty clear that there are a lot of very disturbed liberals and gays out there.
Check out their yelp page for yourself, the gays that cry bullying and intolerance are the biggest bullies and biggest intolerant people ive ever seen.
This by the way is also a christian business who had a box set up inside for prayer requests and has been open 9 years in a town of 2200 (we know that is why this place was targeted to trash first)
Keep on keepin on gaystopo, your harming your own cause. The more you cry bully while being one, the more people STOP supporting gay marriage, so have at it.
Update - the go fund me page has raised over 250,000!
What happened to "we just want to be left alone to live our lives" it now "you will support ME or lose your life and business/livelyhood"
Sick - the comments and pics on their review page are sick and come from losers who have never eaten there, or ever set foot in there. They have even posted porn pics there of gays that keep being removed.