Posted on 08/11/2017 4:20:09 AM PDT by Kaslin
An Atlanta gym owner is making no apologies after his ban on police officers and members of the military caused a local backlash.
The controversy started when passersby noticed a sign posted in front of EAV Barbell Club in the city’s East Atlanta Village neighborhood and brought it to the attention of local NBC affiliate WXIA.
“Do whatever the f— you want, correctly, except crossfit cultism. No f—g cops,” the sign reportedly read.
The gym’s owner, Jim Chambers, said he took the sign down and regretted the profanity, but the policy still stands.
“We’ve had an explicitly stated ‘No Cop’ policy since we opened, and we also don’t open membership to active members of the military,” he told NBC.
Mr. Chambers, who is white, said the people who work out at his gym typically belong to minority groups and feel uncomfortable in the presence of law enforcement.
“We wanted one space that was just a little different. It’s not an aggressive, hetero-jock space that’s dominated by cops and soldiers,” he said. “It’s a place where you’re safe from that.
“And we don’t want to make police stronger so that they can hurt people more efficiently,” the gym owner added. “It’s not a personal thing, but if you put that uniform on, and quite honestly I view that as an occupying enemy army.”
Mr. Chambers said his gym has never and will never require police assistance.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Police Department told NBC that the gym’s policy wouldn’t stop them from responding to an emergency there.
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Is it the gym owner’s religious belief that law enforcement is an offense against God, or that soldiers are an abomination? Does his bible say so in those exact terms?
The bakers’resistance to queers is rooted in First Amendment “free exercise” principles. They’re religious at the core. This bigot can make no such claim, not with any degree of credibility.
Bingo.
Dictionary.com provides the following word origin for “gymnasium”:
C16: from Latin: school for gymnastics, from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein to exercise naked, from gumnos naked
Wonder his reaction and anyone who supports him if another gym owner said ‘This is not a ‘submissive, homo-jock space’ and banned a group that fits.
I support his right to do this. I hope anyone who agrees with him would support other types of discrimination by business owners.
He looks like he has done some time in the big house himself-what a hateful stupid loser....
No, future lawsuit. If “law” can be the primary weapon of the left, it’s time to use it against them as well.
The gym owner is a snowflake. He feels threatened by real men.
Translation: I am a homo commie and this is my safe space!
Because there are no gay or women cops or soldiers
“He looks like he has done some time in the big house himself.....”
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That’s the first thing I thought when I saw his picture.
So it is a pink ass, pansy juice bar for sissies and crybabies?
Does it have 3 lb training weights with tiny sparkly ribbons on them for the really, weally scawy boys wif big muscles?
Spit...
I bet when this guy’s body produces the slightest bit of testosterone he freaks out and gets diarrhea.
“Meanwhile, the Atlanta Police Department told NBC that the gym’s policy wouldn’t stop them from responding to an emergency there.”
It may take a day or two tho.
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This gym will probably be out of business by this time next year. A cursory glance at this guy tells me he opened his own gym because no body else would hire him. If I can see tattoos on a person wearing causal business attire, I won’t hire them. Just ain’t gonna happen.
Plus, it’s going to be really heavy to carry out of the gym.
Homo lefty.
If I were a local cop, I wouldn't even patrol near his business.
I hope some thugs rob the place.
so it IS a homo gym. got it.
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