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Gay Couple Told Not To Return To East Texas Restaurant
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/ ^ | 05/30/2014 | Joe Gomez

Posted on 05/30/2014 7:17:41 AM PDT by massmike

A couple says they were told not to come back to a restaurant in East Texas because they’re gay.

In the town of Pittsburg, Texas, Big Earl’s Bait House and Country Store is an institution. So Collin Dewberry and his partner Kelley decided to have breakfast there. He says everything seemed to be going fine until they paid their check and were approached by their waitress on the way out.

“She told them the rules are on the door and it says ‘Welcome to Big Earl’s where men act like men, women act like ladies, no saggy pants and we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.’”

“And so I laughed and I asked what do you mean?” says Dewberry. “And that’s when she said to us… ‘to put it plainly, we don’t serve fags here.’”

Big Earl Cheney, the owner,says the reason Dewberry and his partner were asked not to return was because of their actions.

“What I saw was one of them half way under the table with his legs stretched out into the other guy’s lap. And he kind of looked really possum eyed at me as they say it in East Texas, he kind of looked at me like ‘uh-oh’.”

Cheney says he refuses to admit the couple back into his restaurant.

He continued, “I’m not gonna have people coming in here with their butt showing; I’m not gonna have people coming in here naked; I’m not gonna have people coming in here having sex on the tables.”

Dewberry maintains they were doing nothing wrong and were discriminated against.

“Nobody deserves to be treated disrespectfully at an establishment that just seconds ago accepted their money.”

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bigearls; diningout; homosexualagenda; possumeyed; texas
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To: Din Maker; humblegunner
"I'm 100% heterosexual, married with 3 boys. Now, I don't know your age and/or if you are from a different day and time, but, just so you know: 90% of heterosexual couples do things in this day and age that you would, no doubt, construe as "disgusting" and can transmit diseases. Just sayin'"

Refer to post #64.

Homosexual practices are, by their very nature, filthy and perverted. It isn't habitual among normal people to ingest feces or have anuses that are falling out.

121 posted on 05/30/2014 9:14:00 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: CatherineofAragon
They ate the breakfast so they were charged. No issue there.

The question is why they were served to begin with? If their actions were that obvious.

122 posted on 05/30/2014 9:14:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: massmike; Albion Wilde; bmwcyle

It may be unfair, but some people are still uncomfortable at the sight of two grown men playing footsie.


123 posted on 05/30/2014 9:15:01 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Of COURSE bacon is good for you!!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I don’t want to see a straight couple playing footsie in public, neither.


124 posted on 05/30/2014 9:16:01 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: humblegunner

So long as they don’t pimp the blogs right?


125 posted on 05/30/2014 9:19:04 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: Yogafist
where are my civil rights to act on my sexual attraction

Part of the plan

126 posted on 05/30/2014 9:22:47 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: massmike

A lot of people have been banned from entering a business. Should they all sue? Should cheaters not be banned from a casino?


127 posted on 05/30/2014 9:25:38 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Exactly how did they know these guys were homosexuals?


128 posted on 05/30/2014 9:27:01 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Din Maker

There is a good reason that STD’s dominate the male homosexual community. You can’t argue with facts. These myths that straight guys do it too, just won’t talk about it, is stupid.


129 posted on 05/30/2014 9:29:04 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It is pretty good and the people are nice.


130 posted on 05/30/2014 9:29:17 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: GeronL

I was kicked out of a Radio Shack at age 17 for running my own program on one of their computers. Should I have sued for discrimination against people who take the initiative?


131 posted on 05/30/2014 9:41:40 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Of COURSE bacon is good for you!!!)
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To: IYAS9YAS

I don’t mean anything.

I was merely posting a direct quote from a gay rights attorney.

Apparently, if these two wanted to sue somebody, they shouldn’t have picked a target in rural Texas.


132 posted on 05/30/2014 9:45:24 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah
I don’t mean anything.

Sorry, the "you mean" statement was directed at the liar lawyer you quoted, not you.

133 posted on 05/30/2014 9:51:51 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: raccoonradio

#3 was "What do you mean lets go smoke a fag?"

134 posted on 05/30/2014 9:58:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: IronJack
Then there’s always the option of serving the queers “saliva and mucus-enhanced” entrees ...

That's a felony of the second degree in Texas. If someone gets sick from it, it becomes a felony of the first degree. The other suggestions wouldn't result in litigation, whereas this one could/would.

135 posted on 05/30/2014 9:58:42 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: DoodleDawg
"The question is why they were served to begin with? If their actions were that obvious."

They didn't start with the PDA until they were seated and, presumably, having breakfast.

136 posted on 05/30/2014 9:59:40 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: Fuzz

Then consider me mentally disturbed. They spit in my face, I spit on their arugula. Or worse ...


137 posted on 05/30/2014 9:59:45 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: massmike
“Nobody deserves to be treated disrespectfully at an establishment that just seconds ago accepted their money.”

Actually, a LOT of people deserve to be treated "disrespectfully", regardless of whether they managed to actually pay their checks.

Someone should ask these two if they would defend a couple who had just paid their checks, and then pulled out cigarettes and started smoking in a non-smoking section.

Unfortunately, we are losing the battle over "actions" as "actions" are being equated with "being". So the argument that a person who IS black should be served has now been stolen to argue that a person who "DOES" something should be served.

138 posted on 05/30/2014 10:04:38 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: IYAS9YAS

All right, then. Don’t spit or hawk a lung oyster in their entree. Burn it. Oversalt it. Add some Tabasco to their ice cream. Oops! Accomplishes the same thing by “accident” and is not actionable.

Or don’t even. be that overt. Just make the food so lousy that even if they eat it, you’ll have proved your point. And if they don’t eat it, you’ve also won.


139 posted on 05/30/2014 10:07:39 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: IronJack

“Then consider me mentally disturbed.”

Will do.

“They spit in my face, I spit on their arugula. Or worse ...”

People spit in your face or is that a metaphor?


140 posted on 05/30/2014 10:07:49 AM PDT by Fuzz
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