A small-town, fay-owned pizza rtrant Indiana has aroed social media outrage after tellg a lol TV statn would support the state's recently passed relign law by refg to ter gay weddgs. The owners of Memori Pizza Walkerton, about 20 southwt of South Bend, said an terview wh ABC-57 that their Christian beliefs would prevent them om servg up pi at same-sex weddgs. "If a gay uple was to e and say they wanted to provi pizzas for a weddg, we would have to say 'No.' We are not discrimatg agast anyone. It is jt that is our beliefs," said Crystal O'Connor of Memori Pizza.
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- INDIANA PIZZA RTRANT SAYS IT WOULDN'T CATER A GAY WEDDG, SUPPORTS RELIG FREEDOM LAW
- INDIANA PIZZA PLACE FAC SOCIAL MEDIA HEAT OVER GAY WEDDG MENTS
- INDIANA PIZZERIA RAIS $500,000 AFTER SAYG WOULDN'T TER A GAY WEDDGINDIANA PIZZERIA RAIS $500,000 AFTER SAYG WOULDN'T TER A GAY WEDDG
- FUND RAIS $840,000 FOR MEMORI PIZZA AFTER ATTACKS OVER GAY MARRIAGE VIEWS
- INDIANA PIZZA SHOP THAT WON'T TER GAY WEDDGS TO CLOSE
- INDIANA PIZZA PLACE -- FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS AFTER REFG TO CATER GAY WEDDGS
- INDIANA'S 'NO GAY WEDDG' PIZZA PARLOR RAIS $842,592 FROM SUPPORTERS
INDIANA PIZZA RTRANT SAYS IT WOULDN'T CATER A GAY WEDDG, SUPPORTS RELIG FREEDOM LAW
Memori Pizza was among the first to volly support Mike Pence’s anti-gay Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act 2015 * indiana pizza gay *
Memori Pizza, the Walkerton, Indiana rtrant that gaed natnal attentn for suggtg they would refe to ter a gay weddg if ved to, has permanently closed. But the days leadg up to the origal act’s signg, the pizzeria entered the spotlight then when Memori -owner Crystal O’Connor told a lol news statn that “we would have to say no” to a gay uple if they requted pizzas for a weddg, a rponse fueled by the fact that they are “a Christian tablishment. But ultimately, the shop did end up terg at least one gay weddg celebratn, if advertently: One uple went viral September 2015 by announcg they chose to serve Memori’ pizzas after a same-sex vow renewal ceremony.
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INDIANA PIZZA PLACE FAC SOCIAL MEDIA HEAT OVER GAY WEDDG MENTS
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Mike Pence and wouldn't be willg to ter a gay weddg. Meanwhile, the lol police partment said pleted an vtigatn to a threat on Twter to "burn down" the owners of Memori Pizza Walkerton, Indiana, near the borr wh Michigan, told ABC News' South Bend, Indiana, affiliate WBND that they don't support gay marriage bee of their relig beliefs, addg that they would be willg to serve gay or lbian ctomers who e to their rtrant, jt not a weddg. “If a gay uple was to e -- like say, they wanted to provi them pizzas for a weddg, we would have to say 'no, '” Crystal O'Connor of Memori Pizza told WBND, llg the bs a "Christian tablishment.
" Pence has said his state also hop fd a way to clarify that s law do not enurage the Indiana law, O'Connor said, "I don't thk is targetg gays.
INDIANA PIZZERIA RAIS $500,000 AFTER SAYG WOULDN'T TER A GAY WEDDGINDIANA PIZZERIA RAIS $500,000 AFTER SAYG WOULDN'T TER A GAY WEDDG
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FUND RAIS $840,000 FOR MEMORI PIZZA AFTER ATTACKS OVER GAY MARRIAGE VIEWS
The operators of Memori Pizza Walkerton, Ind., received a barrage of onle cricism for their vow not to ter gay weddgs. * indiana pizza gay *
Say that they agree wh Governor Pence and the signg of the Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act and that they would refe to provi pizzas for gay weddgs. ET on Wednday, the rtrant's Yelp page had 243 reviews wh an average one-star ratg, cludg cricism of the owner's statements to WBND and imag of gay upl. "Another Yelp reviewer wrote, "No self-rpectg Gay uple is gog to serve pizza at their weddg, ever.
Co-owner Crystal O'Connor told a lol news statn that if a gay uple wanted to orr pizzas for their weddg, "we would have to say no.
INDIANA PIZZA SHOP THAT WON'T TER GAY WEDDGS TO CLOSE
" Miss O'Connor clarified her stance: "I do not thk 's targetg gays.
What they disagree wh is gay marriage. Memori Pizza ref to ter gay weddgs or celebratns.
In recent months, several bakeri across the untry have attempted to refe service gay people, but state legislatur have blocked the actns.
INDIANA PIZZA PLACE -- FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS AFTER REFG TO CATER GAY WEDDGS
Earlier this week, an Indiana bs owner anonymoly me forward to support Indiana's new "relig eedom" bill by admtg that he had always discrimated agast gay people.
By Lisa Maria Garza (Rters) - A small-town, fay-owned pizza rtrant Indiana has aroed social media outrage after tellg a lol TV statn would support the state's recently passed relign law by refg to ter gay weddgs.
"If a gay uple was to e and say they wanted to provi pizzas for a weddg, we would have to say 'No.
INDIANA'S 'NO GAY WEDDG' PIZZA PARLOR RAIS $842,592 FROM SUPPORTERS
As of Wednday afternoon, the pizzeria had over 1, 600 recent one-star reviews on Yelp that cricized s stance on gay marriage. A webse not affiliated wh the pizzeria was set up g the pany name as a doma and featurg a phallic-shaped pizza to be tered at gay weddgs.
A crowdfundg page support of Memori Pizza, the Indiana pizzeria that drew cricism this week for sayg wouldn't ter gay weddgs, has raised nearly $500, 000 24 hours. "On Tuday, one of the pizzeria's -owners told a lol news affiliate that "[i]f a gay uple me and wanted to provi pizzas for their weddg, we would have to say no. " Memori Pizza said they would ntue to serve gay ctomers that me to their store.
The remarks me after Republin Governor Mike Pence signed a ntroversial "relig eedom" law that crics said uld be ed by bs to jtify discrimatn agast gay or transgenr ctomers. An onle fundraisg effort has raised more than $840, 000 for an Indiana pizza shop hound by crics after one of s owners said she would cle to ter a gay weddg bee of her relig beliefs. "If a gay uple me and wanted to provi pizzas for their weddg, we would have to say no, " O'Connor, who scribed the bs as a "Christian tablishment, " told ABC57.