Indiana pizzeria rais $500,000 after sayg wouldn't ter a gay weddg - The Verge

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• INDIANA PIZZA RTRANT SAYS IT WOULDN'T CATER A GAY WEDDG, SUPPORTS RELIG FREEDOM LAW
• INDIANA PIZZA SHOP THAT REFED TO TER GAY WEDDGS CLOS, YEARS AFTER GOFUNDME TO SAVE
• 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 PIZZA SHOP WON'T SERVE GAYS, OWNER SAYS 'WE'RE NOT DISCRIMATG AGAST ANYONE'
• 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
• INDIANA PIZZA JOT THAT SAYS IT WILL REFE SERVICE TO GAY WEDDGS FORCED TO CLOSE, WEBSE GETS HACKED
• INDIANA PIZZERIA THAT REFED TO TER TO GAY WEDDGS SHUTS DOWN
• MEMORI PIZZA IN INDIANA RECEIV DONATNS AFTER BACKLASH OVER GAY WEDDGS STANCE

INDIANA PIZZA RTRANT SAYS IT WOULDN'T CATER A GAY WEDDG, SUPPORTS RELIG FREEDOM LAW

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. 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.

INDIANA PIZZA SHOP THAT REFED TO TER GAY WEDDGS CLOS, YEARS AFTER GOFUNDME TO SAVE

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. Memori Pizza Walkerton, Indiana has shuttered s doors for good, years after ntroversy over their refal to ter gay weddgs.

The shop shut down temporarily 2015 after facg backlash om an terview wh owner Kev O'Connor, who told a lol televisn statn that while gays are wele his rtrant, he would not ter a gay weddg due to his Christian beliefs. Jon said the fund even received donatns om LGBT supporters, addg, "A lot of people the gay muny are upset, but then there are a lot of people the gay muny who gave to this e of eedom. 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.

INDIANA PIZZA SHOP THAT WON'T TER GAY WEDDGS TO CLOSE

Crystal O'Connor, the -owner of Memori Pizza, told WBND-TV she would serve a gay or non-Christian uple at the rtrant, but would not ter a same-sex upl ments rulted a flood of threats agast the bs on Yelp and Twter. "If a gay uple was to e , like say, they wanted to provi them pizzas for a weddg, we would have to say 'no, '" O'Connor told the ments have sparked bate on Twter wh some fendg the owners' right to exercise their relig others potg out the discrimatory nature of the @MaryBowerman on Twter.

After Refg to Cater Gay Weddg. Kev O’Connor tells TMZ he's had to temporarily close his bs after he told a reporter he would refe to ter a gay weddg unr Indiana's new Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act. O'Connor wants to clear up one thg: He says he would never ny service to gay people his rtrant.

However, due to his relig beliefs, he do not believe gay marriage... What gay weddg would hire a pizza place to ter? 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.

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

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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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.

INDIANA PIZZA SHOP WON'T SERVE GAYS, OWNER SAYS 'WE'RE NOT DISCRIMATG AGAST ANYONE'

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.

“If a gay uple me and wanted to provi them pizzas for a weddg, we would have to say no. The O’Connor fay claims their Christian beliefs prevent them om terg to gay ctomers, but they don’t thk ’s discrimatn.

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

“I do not thk is targetg gays, personally.

The homepage now has a rabow-lored background, says, “Call to ter your gay weddg! A quote at the bottom alongsi Crystal O’Connor’s picture now says, “I love the gays.

Kev O’Connor said that while he don’t md gay people g to his rtrant to eat, he don’t believe gay marriage so he n’t have people who attend such a ceremony eatg his pizzas, reports Bs Insir.

INDIANA PIZZA JOT THAT SAYS IT WILL REFE SERVICE TO GAY WEDDGS FORCED TO CLOSE, WEBSE GETS HACKED

The rtrant's owners refed to ter gay weddgs over relig beliefs. An Indiana pizzeria that refed to ter to gay weddgs has shut down. Several months later, the pizzeria accintally tered a gay weddg and now, three years later, seems the rtrant has fally shut for good.

INDIANA PIZZERIA THAT REFED TO TER TO GAY WEDDGS SHUTS DOWN

Anti-Gay. Gay.

MEMORI PIZZA IN INDIANA RECEIV DONATNS AFTER BACKLASH OVER GAY WEDDGS STANCE

An Indiana pizzeria unr fire for sayg would refe to ter a gay weddg shut down on Wednday after s owners said they received threateng msag. The pizzeria ma natnal headl this week when s owners lled the bs a "Christian tablishment" and said the state's ntent Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act would allow to refe to make pizzas for a hypothetil gay weddg. Earlier the day, Memori -owner Kev O'Conner said he would serve a gay ctomer his store, but wouldn't provi pizzas for a gay weddg.

"They choose to be homosexual.