Florida pastor wrote anti-gay remark on restaurant bill ...

[left-of-center2012]

Florida pastor wrote anti-gay remark on restaurant bill; shoved it down woman’s blouse.

A man, 62-year-old Frederic Sterry Smith, has been arrested after a disturbing homophobic incident at a restaurant in St. Augustine, Fla. When it was time to pay the bill, he apparently decided to use the moment to express his feeling towards gay people. Instead of leaving his waiter the customary 15-20% of the total value of the bill, Smith wrote on the receipt- (that he would have tipped) “if the waiter wasn’t gay.” He left nothing for a tip.

The male server showed the receipt to his manager, who confronted Smith and asked him if he’d really written that. He said that he had, and from then his actions turned even more erratic: He grabbed the bill from the manager. Smith then proceeded to grab the manager's collar, pulled it open, and stuffed the check down her blouse, the police report said. As he did, his hand touched her breast, the manager and a witness told investigators. Smith then got into a car and drove off.

Smith became aggressive after police tracked him down, an hour later. He became verbally abusive and angry, the paper reported, and he also denied touching the manager. "I can say whatever I want, to whoever I want!" he told police, the report stated.

Smith, who is listed as a minister and the president of an "evangelical hands-on ministry” was released from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office jail the following day. Bond was set at $500.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-florida-pastor-homophobic-note-frederic-sterry-smith-20190802-kalvxyz3nnfchm2b5wuxampm2q-story.html

[murielm99]

1. Erratic behavior.

I wonder if he is experiencing mental health problems.

[Zambero]

2. Well we know what the "hands on" part refers to

This psycho must have been a contender for "grumpy prisoner of the day" while being incarcerated. Hopefully they'll be saving a spot for his "triumphant return".

[gibraltar72]

3. As a recovering Evangelical I am neither shocked nor surprised.

[lpbk2713]

4. Do your preaching from the pulpit.

Cheap effen bastid.

[dhill926]

5. that's assault...

lock the fucker up...

[sinkingfeeling]

6. He must believe he has an Article II like Kremlin Don.

[marble falls]

7. Only $500 bond on a sexual assault!!!