Cracker Barrel for Gay Pri
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CRACKER BARREL FOR GAY PRI
"My brother is gay. Gav Newsom and the gay muny.
” At least ne gay employe were fired, the New York Tim reported Febary 1991. The policy was attacked by gay rights activists.
CRACKER BARREL, ONCE ANTIGAY, CELEBRAT PRI AND THE HATERS FLIP
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. 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. In 1991, the Cracker Barrel rporatn fired several LGBTQ+ staff members, sayg would no longer employ anyone om the gay muny.
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. In the early 1990s, the cha me unr fire for a policy that barred gay people om beg hired. It also was acced of dismissg several gay employe, the New York Tim wrote.