Posted on 04/20/2016 6:33:26 PM PDT by Morgana
AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — An Austin pastor says a cake he ordered from Whole Foods last Thursday had a homophobic slur written on the top when he received it.
The attorney for Pastor Jordan Brown says he ordered a cake from the Whole Foods store on Lamar Boulevard with the personalized message "Love Wins," but when he received it said "Love Wins F--."
"As a 30-year-old openly gay pastor, I have had to face years of discrimination and judgement for something that I had no control over," Brown says. He explains, that trauma resurfaced Thursday with the incident involving the cake.
In a YouTube video, Pastor Brown says he didn't realize what it said until he got into his vehicle. In the video he shows the box containing the cake was still sealed. Brown says when he told store management what happened they said their employee did not do it and no action would be taken.
Brown's attorney, Austin Kaplan, says after reaching out to the Whole Foods corporate office and receiving no substantive response for more than three days, they filed a lawsuit. "We had no choice but to do this because Whole Foods did not respond when we alerted them about the situation," says Kaplan.
"Pastor Brown never asked for this to happen. He continues to be overwhelmed by the feelings of pain, anguish, and humiliation because of this incident," says Kaplan. "He frequently shopped at Whole Foods, which makes this all the more shocking and disappointing. What really concerns him is knowing that unless some action is taken, this kind of thing could happen again, and that someone else might have to go through a similarly excruciating experience."
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A $harpton with lighter skin.
Andrew Shaw.
Sorry. My old brain got the wrong Andrew.
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