Posted on 04/02/2015 10:05:33 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Memories Pizza owner Crystal O’Connor previously said, “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no”
Memories Pizza, the Indiana restaurant that temporarily closed on Wednesday due to backlash resulting from its public refusal to cater same-sex weddings, has had a major reversal of fortune.
Over 3,600 people have banded together to “relieve the financial loss endured by the proprietors’ stand for faith” and raised a total of $108,555 in just 17 hours through crowdfunding site GoFundMe.
Memories Pizza, “a proud Christian establishment,” took the national spotlight on Wednesday after owner Crystal O’Connor told a local ABC affiliate “we would have to say no” to a gay couple if they asked to buy a large number of pizzas for their wedding.
The business, however, said if a gay couple stepped into the restaurant, they wouldn’t be denied service — although, it’s likely gay patrons will avoid making memories at Memories all together. . .
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Over $500,000 now
And after all this, if they cave and reverse their stand and “evolve” in their beliefs as many Christians have, then they will lose much, much more than their business or their life.
Nobody, no business should be forced to cater to sex offenders, period. This isn’t justice, this is tyranny.
All of us are beginning to see why these perverts were, and should have been, kicked to the closet. Even the muslims, have this one right.
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