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. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
$146,000 and steamrolling upward. Wish the Freepathon went as fast.
like a freeper asked last night, that fundraiser might not be run by someone related to the pizza place
Good for them. I hope the homo Nazi’s have made this family millionaires. And driven Christians together to finally fight back.
“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.”
Well, now we know why the out-of-town news team picked that restaurant to cover.
How about the link to the FUND ME page?
“Many feel the law, which advocates say is intended to protect religious freedom, will result in discrimination against homosexuals. . .”
Difference is, the Constitution protects Religion, but it says nothing about gays having the right to hijack and extort private businesses...
I think a few of us should go “shop” for a gay venue and do the same. How about walking into a known gay bar with a T-shirt that says homosexuality is a sin. Think you’ll get served a drink?
http://www.gofundme.com/MemoriesPizza
Take that, GayStapo!!
The fundraiser is explained on the Go Fund Me page...set up by Dana Losch and some of her associates at The Blaze...one of those associates also works with James O’Keefe.
The person doing it is a contributor at The Blaze and has run for office in Texas. Pretty sure the money will get to the right place. Family has already thanked contributors in a news report.
WooHoo!!
Funny that the media is ignoring the ‘Go Fund Me’ angle to this story.... /s
2008 - Hope and Change
2015 - Queer good, Religion bad
The Anti-Heterosexual group is angry that this girl has an opinion
I went to gofundme and just ordered a Memories large pepperoni pizza.
Sounds great! My only question is, who is this guy who set it up, “Lawrence Billy Jones III”?
Started by Lawrence Billy Jones, III. He writes for The Blaze. His FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/lbjones21/about
And he’s black.
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