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brooklynite

(94,725 posts) Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:06 AM Apr 2015

Yelp reviewers rip Indiana pizza shop that endorsed 'religious freedom' law

Source: Politico

On Tuesday, the proprietors of Walkerton’s Memories Pizza praised Gov. Mike Pence for protecting religious freedom and said they would chose not to serve their pies at any same-sex weddings.

“If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no,” Crystal O’Connor, whose family owns Memories Pizza, told ABC57.

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As the story circulated online, Yelp reviewers immediately took to the restaurant ratings website to give the pizza shop some colorful reviews.
“They have a great pizza. It’s the intolerance special with toppings of hate, bigotry, stupidity, and old fashioned beliefs,” one review by “Jarrett J.” of Sydney, Australia said.

I think it's time for someone to force the issue: have someone get an order refused on religious grounds, take them to Court and either have the law overturned or prove it's the catalyst for discrimination that Pence denies it is.

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Yelp reviewers rip Indiana pizza shop that endorsed 'religious freedom' law (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2015 OP

Unfortunately, Chik-Fil-A demonstrated that there's money in gay bashing. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #1

Chik-fil-a never refused service to anyone... brooklynite Apr 2015 #2

True, but their CEO's anti-gay stance created a helluva lot of business. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #4

Local mom and pop pizza place is not bigot chicken. AllyCat Apr 2015 #3

I hope you are correct. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #5

As much as I support local businesses, and the concept of keeping business revenue local, Aristus Apr 2015 #8

+1000. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #10

Irish pizza offends my core religious beliefs. nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #6

There is no question that what they said was stupid, insensitive and wrong. R Merm Apr 2015 #7

Gay porn? arcane1 Apr 2015 #9

Yelp cleaned it up.. It is Tuesday Apr 2015 #11

Glad they cleaned it up, but it was there when I looked. R Merm Apr 2015 #12

Cue the usual suspects Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #13

No gay couple would be so crass as to roody Apr 2015 #14

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

1. Unfortunately, Chik-Fil-A demonstrated that there's money in gay bashing.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:08 AM

Apr 2015

brooklynite

(94,725 posts)

2. Chik-fil-a never refused service to anyone...

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:14 AM

Apr 2015

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

4. True, but their CEO's anti-gay stance created a helluva lot of business.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:17 AM

Apr 2015

Indiana has taken it a step further. Hopeful, they have walked off the edge of the plank and into the abyss.

AllyCat

(16,218 posts)

3. Local mom and pop pizza place is not bigot chicken.

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:16 AM

Apr 2015

The baker that refused to make a cake for a gay couple's wedding is out of business. I think little places are going to falter under this. And they employ more people overall, I would guess, than a big chain like pro-birth/anti-woman Domination Pizza. Tolerant businesses are likely to flourish. I just don't think we can apply Bigot Chicken philosophy to this. But it is all unfolding yet.