Tennessee Senator Thrown Out of Restaurant for Antigay Stance

[William769]

A restaurant has refused to serve Stacey Campfield, the antigay Tennessee state senator leading the charge behind the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, due to his recent string of homophobic comments.

The Knoxville eatery Bistro at the Bijou has received an outpouring of support on its Facebook page after posting that it had asked Campfield to leave after showing up for brunch.

Aside from Campfield’s backing of the bill, which would prohibit any teacher from referencing homosexuality from kindergarten through eighth grade, the senator made a slew of antigay comments during an interview this month with XM Satellite Radio’s Michelangelo Signorile.


http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/01/30/Tenneessee_Senator_Thrown_Out_of_Restaurant_for_Antigay_Stance/

[dickthegrouch]

1. Given that waiting is a stereotypically gay profession

Maybe we can starve the bigots into a more compassionate frame of mind

[DURHAM D]

7. "Waiting is a stereotypically gay profession" ?

Really? That's it? That is the best we can do?

[beyurslf]

8. It is?

[Occulus]

9. Stereotypically, yes.

It's only occasionally true, but when it is, it's a.... 'staffing trend'.

ba-da-tsss

I do happen to know of at least two restaurants in town that have a large number of gay men as servers, though, so I can see where the stereotype comes from.

[Fearless]

2. Well if I'm ever in TN I know where I'm eating!

[closeupready]

3. K&R

nt

[MarkCharles]

4. Let's hope that the entire family are thrown out of grocery stores from..

now on, and folks like this starve to death.

Just a fantasy. Sorry.

[Initech]

6. Ha ha, I love it.

The only way to make a bully respect you is to flat-out kick his ass. He got what he deserved.