Posted on 04/02/2015 9:48:09 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The pizza shop in Walkerton, Ind. — a small town of about 2,200 people about 20 miles south of South Bend — doesn’t look like the epicenter of a national controversy. The black-and-white linoleum and red booths are unassuming — the decor of any take-out joint anywhere in America. A Triple XXX Root Beer will set you back $2. It even has a piano — and a prayer suggestion box.
“Every day before we open the store, we gather and pray together,” reads a sign posted in the store, which also boasts numerous crosses, including one that says “Glorify the Lord.” “If there is something you would like us to pray for, just write it down and drop it in the box.”
But Memories Pizza — “a Walkerton mainstay,” according to local media, for more than a decade — is feeling the heat of a great debate about religious freedom and gay rights. Memories has been billed by a local ABC affiliate as the “first business to publicly deny same-sex service” after Gov. Mike Pence (R) signed the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law. Many feel the law, which advocates say is intended to protect religious freedom, will result in discrimination against homosexuals. . .
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$184,342
It has been really refreshing reading the comments associated with the donations.
One last bump for this afternoon... Donations now up to $185,097!!
ROTFLOL!!
He might be okay, has some of the right FB friends.
yes it is
A new take on Where Is Waldo. I guess one of them could be called Waldo I suppose. LOL
Thank you.
Yes. I looked for my comment, but there have been so many comments/donations since mine, it’s hard to keep up. That’s a good thing! :-)
“The first business to publicly deny same-sex service.”
They did no such thing. The woman simply said she supported the law, that she would serve homosexual customers, but she would not cater a homosexual wedding. No one has been denied service. So now a person cannot express an opinion about a hypothetical situation without fear of being attacked, threatened and possibly destroyed?
I feel terrible about what has happened to these people. In another way, I’m glad this sickening affair happened, because it shows the true face of what we are up against.
I thought it was suspicious but turns out that a conservative website launched it for them.
Yes it is.
$10K away from $200K and to think the initial goal was to raise 25K. What great thing this has turned out to be.
$190,000 + now
This has also exposed the Indiana legislature for the cowards that they are...
I have been having some fun with these crazies:
http://gawker.com/pizzeria-against-gay-weddings-shamed-and-threatened-int-1695221407
Can you imagine what is going through the minds of the owners of Memories Pizza right now?
I have a question. Did the pizza place state that they would not do a gay wedding because it was a gay wedding or did they state that they did not do weddings at all because they did not have the capacity?
Ahh hindsight.
She was asked a question about a hypothetical situation.
She should have stated to the reporter, “That’s a hypothetical scenario, or are you asking me to cater your homosexual marriage ceremony?”
Obviously she was set up, the reporter got what he wanted.
EXCEPT I’m sure he didn’t want to be the one that sparked this great outpouring of support for Christian’s rights!
BTW, I see all these pundits on TV saying no business has any right to refuse to do what any homosexuals ask them to do with their business.
What ever happened to the signs that used to be in many businesses that said “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone?”
The signs are still around, see link:
Thanks for taking one for the team :)
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