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
Cracker Barrel ed to ban gay employe. Now is brgg "The Front Porch to PRIDE" * cracker barrel anti gay *
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
In 2013, the cha buckled unr prsure after pullg Duck Dynasty products om s gift shop bee a st member of the realy TV show had ma homophobic remarks a GQ terview. ” At least ne gay employe were fired, the New York Tim reported Febary 1991. 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.
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CRACKER BARREL, ONCE ANTIGAY, CELEBRAT PRI AND THE HATERS FLIP
Cracker Barrel has received wispread praise across social media this week for banng a pastor who has promoted the killg of gay people om holdg a church meetg at s rtrant. ” He has also prevly stated that they should be executed by the ernment bee homosexualy is a “pal crime. ”The move to ban Frts and his church is pecially notable given Cracker Barrel's past actns taken agast s own gay employe.
[PRS RELEASE: CRACKER BARREL'S ANTI-GAY POLICY]
In the 1990s, the cha fired several staffers after they rmed the cha that they intified as gay or asked about s past relatnship wh the gay muny, Esbar acknowledged that the brand had evolved recent years.
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