“No Gays Allowed” Business Owner Learns There Are Consequences To Being A Hateful Bigot
Another antigay business owner has learned there are consequences to bigotry.
Earlier this week, Jeff Amyx hung a handwritten sign in the window of his Tennessee hardware store: “No Gays Allowed” in response to the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling. “The Supreme Court did not speak for me when they voted to make this legal, and I can’t accept it,” Amyx told his local news station.
After the story went viral, Amyx was hit with a storm of backlash. It started with angry phone calls and emails. “A lot of people have called and cussed me and said nasty things,” Amyx said.
Then a Facebook group was created calling for people to boycott the store.
But it took budget moving equipment company U-Haul dropping Amyx as a customer and demanding he take down its logo from his website for the small businessman to rethink his actions.
On Tuesday, Amyx replaced the “No Gays Allowed” sign with a more polite but no less ridiculous one: “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone who would violate our rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion.”
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of freedom of speech and freedom of religion,” you are violating THEIR rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion!
rocktivity
Or does that only work when conservatives are scolding progressives for their choices?
