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| Memories Pizza has RE-OPENED! Customers fill it up, NO protesters |
| 2015-04-10 |
| [The Right Scoop] I was really afraid that the gay mafia would attack the re-opening of Memories Pizza with Molotov cocktails, but it sounds like they had a great opening with a lot of new customers and no protesters at all. Here's Rush Limbaugh talking about it: A northern Indiana pizzeria that closed after its owner said his religious beliefs wouldn't allow him to cater a gay wedding opened Thursday to a full house of friends, regulars and people wanting to show their support. "It's a relief to get going again and try to get back to normal," said Kevin O'Connor, owner of Memories Pizza. O'Connor closed the shop for eight days after comments by him and his daughter, Crystal, to a local television station supporting a new religious objections law. The law, which has since been revised, sparked a boycott of Indiana. O'Connor said the criticism hasn't changed his beliefs. He said gays are welcome in his restaurant in the small, one-traffic-light town of Walkerton, 20 miles southwest of South Bend, but that he would decline to cater a same-sex wedding because it would conflict with his Christian beliefs. "I'd do the same thing again. It's my belief. It's our belief. It's what we grew up on," he said. "I'm just sorry it comes to this because neither one of us dislike any of those people. I don't hold any grudges." Please also see today's Blossom Unains posting on Memories Pizza. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 ^ not likely |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-04-10 11:47 |
| #8 Al Sharpton would have used the $ to pay his back taxes! |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-04-10 11:13 |
| #7 I wonder what the other side would have done with the money if the tables were turned. Al Sharpton would have been there with his hand sticking out. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-04-10 10:15 |
| #6 Glad Memories Pizza is back in business and $842,000 wealthier to boot. There was an article somewhere that said they gave a lot of it away to charity. I wonder what the other side would have done with the money if the tables were turned. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-04-10 10:13 |
| #5 Chick-fil-A Part II Exactly P2K...If I'm a business, not a bad strategy to use the outrage and get funding...once the haters see that their actions only enrich their targets, it will stop |
| Posted by: Warthog 2015-04-10 09:54 |
| #4 Chick-fil-A Part II |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-04-10 09:28 |
| #3 Finaly, some backlash. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-04-10 08:22 |
| #2 The Army of Victimhood didn't show up? I'm surprised, I thought they were as much a nuisance as the Westboro Baptist folks. Glad Memories Pizza is back in business and $842,000 wealthier to boot. Besides, what self-respecting gay person would use a pizza parlor for a wedding? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-04-10 07:38 |
| #1 If gays want people to respect their beliefs they have to show respect to others. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-04-10 07:12 |