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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, 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.

INDIANA PIZZA PLACE FAC SOCIAL MEDIA HEAT OVER GAY WEDDG MENTS

• Indiana pizzeria that volly opposed gay marriage has closed [Takeout]• Walkerton pizzeria once at center of natnal ntroversy has now closed [SBT]• Why Yelp Emerged as a Se for Social Prott [E]. 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. They choose to be homosexual.

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

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.

" Miss O'Connor clarified her stance: "I do not thk 's targetg gays. What they disagree wh is gay marriage.

FUND RAIS $840,000 FOR MEMORI PIZZA AFTER ATTACKS OVER GAY MARRIAGE VIEWS

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 SHOP THAT WON'T TER GAY WEDDGS TO CLOSE

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. 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.

INDIANA PIZZA PLACE -- FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS AFTER REFG TO CATER GAY WEDDGS

"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.

INDIANA'S 'NO GAY WEDDG' PIZZA PARLOR RAIS $842,592 FROM SUPPORTERS

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. Mike Pence signed a bill Thursday clarifyg that the law don't allow bs to refe servg gay people or other mory groups. A fay-owned Indiana pizza shop that was forced to close s doors after the owners said they would not ter a gay weddg bee of their relig beliefs, is now rakg thoands of dollars om owners of Memori Pizza Walkteron, Ind., beme one of the first pani to say they uld e the newly passed "relig eedom" law to refe service to same-sex upl.