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LiberalArkie

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Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:31 AM Apr 2015

Must-try Fayetteville club: The Cork and Keg. Haters not welcome.

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/04/18/must-try-fayetteville-club-the-cork-and-keg-haters-not-welcome


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Mike Carron's restaurant, The Cork & Keg, had only been open about seven weeks when Arkansas passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Some feel that that law, similar to the law that recently caused a major uproar in Indiana, would make it easier for businesses to turn away LGBTQ customers in the name of "religious freedom."
Even though they were a new restaurant just getting on their feet, Carron, his wife Virginia, and son Jaron were among those who felt that this bill could lead to discrimination in their home state. And they couldn't let that stand.

"Many who discriminate against the LGBT community, including some of the legislators that voted for this bill, say that being gay is a choice, which I personally do not believe," said Mike Carron when I spoke to him via Facebook. "I do know that discrimination in any form is a choice."

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Must-try Fayetteville club: The Cork and Keg. Haters not welcome. (Original Post) LiberalArkie Apr 2015 OP
Good one! A bumper sticker is born: Hatred & Bigotry Are Choices. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #1
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