A prs release om the Natnal Gay & Lbian Task Force addrsg Cracker Barrel's anti-gay policy and the LGBT muny's reactn to the discrimatn.
Contents:
- CRACKER BARREL BANNED AN ANTI-GAY PASTOR OM HOLDG AN EVENT AT S RTRANT
- “BIGOTRY WAS THE BLUE PLATE SPECIAL”: HOW CRACKER BARREL WENT OM ANTI-GAY TO ANGERG THE GOP
- CRACKER BARREL, ONCE ANTIGAY, CELEBRAT PRI AND THE HATERS FLIP
- [PRS RELEASE: CRACKER BARREL'S ANTI-GAY POLICY]
CRACKER BARREL BANNED AN ANTI-GAY PASTOR OM HOLDG AN EVENT AT S RTRANT
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In 1991, Cracker Barrel had a policy allowg managers to fire gay employe.
At least 11 gay and lbian employe were fired unr the policy. New York be the sixth state to bar gay & transgenr ‘panic’ fens for murr.
“BIGOTRY WAS THE BLUE PLATE SPECIAL”: HOW CRACKER BARREL WENT OM ANTI-GAY TO ANGERG THE GOP
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CRACKER BARREL, ONCE ANTIGAY, CELEBRAT PRI AND THE HATERS FLIP
” At least ne gay employe were fired, the New York Tim reported Febary 1991.
[PRS RELEASE: CRACKER BARREL'S ANTI-GAY POLICY]
The policy was attacked by gay rights activists.
Robert Bray, spokman for the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, said the policy was unprecented bee while other pani would try to disguise termatn of gay employe, Cracker Barrel “dified and stutnalized bigotry and discrimatn.
” By March 1991, founr Dan Evs had apologized and said the pany had gotten rid of the policy, though Cracker Barrel’s board would not vote to ban discrimatn agast gay employe until 2002. "My brother is gay.