Lesbian Coach Who Called For Burning Down ‘Memories Pizza’ Fired
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Jessica Dooley asked, via Twitter, for others to join her in response to the owners’ stand for traditional marriage
The
superintendent for northern Indiana’s Concord Community Schools
confirmed that the school district fired coach Jessica Dooley, who
asked, via Twitter, for others to join her in burning down Memories
Pizza in response to the owners’ stand for traditional marriage.
As reported by Western Journalism, the owners, Crystal (pictured above) and Kevin O’Connor, could not have anticipated experiencing a local news reporter’s questions about Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
ABC57 reporter Alyssa Marino asked Crystal whether their pizza shop, hypothetically, would cater a gay wedding. She said, “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no.”
Crystal’s father, Kevin, added, “That lifestyle is something they choose. I choose to be heterosexual. They choose to be homosexual. Why should I be beat over the head to go along with something they choose?”
The owners told the reporter they would be glad to serve anyone in their restaurant, including homosexuals; but they did not want to participate in a gay wedding.
The O’Connors’ responses were apparently more than Concord High
School coach Jessica Dooley could handle. She took to her twitter
account and wrote: “Who’s going to Walkerton, IN to burn down
#memoriespizza w me?” The town is located less than an hour away from
the school district.
The school district suspended Dooley the next day. A few days later, Concord Communities School posted the following statement on its website condemning Dooley’s tweet:
Due to threats (like the one from Dooley) and other forms of harassment, the O’Connors closed Memories Pizza and, at the time, were not sure when or if they would re-open. Nearly 30,000 people contributed to a fund set up “to relieve the financial loss endured by the proprietors’ stand for faith.“ The initial goal of $25,000 was eclipsed in less than three hours, and the effort ultimately raised over $840,000 in three days.
The O’Connors reopened Memories Pizza on April 10, eight days after they had closed it.
h/t: Breitbart
As reported by Western Journalism, the owners, Crystal (pictured above) and Kevin O’Connor, could not have anticipated experiencing a local news reporter’s questions about Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
ABC57 reporter Alyssa Marino asked Crystal whether their pizza shop, hypothetically, would cater a gay wedding. She said, “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no.”
Crystal’s father, Kevin, added, “That lifestyle is something they choose. I choose to be heterosexual. They choose to be homosexual. Why should I be beat over the head to go along with something they choose?”
The owners told the reporter they would be glad to serve anyone in their restaurant, including homosexuals; but they did not want to participate in a gay wedding.
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As an educational institution, Concord Community Schools believes that the exchange of differing ideas, concepts, and principles is a valuable and meaningful part of the educational process. It is not necessary that everyone agree with every idea offered. It is, however, both critically important and absolutely necessary that the expression of any idea comport with the minimum expectations established by federal and state laws. The active promotion of illegal violence cannot be permitted.Following the tweet, Walkerton Police opened an investigation, and then forwarded the case on to county prosecutors for review.
Due to threats (like the one from Dooley) and other forms of harassment, the O’Connors closed Memories Pizza and, at the time, were not sure when or if they would re-open. Nearly 30,000 people contributed to a fund set up “to relieve the financial loss endured by the proprietors’ stand for faith.“ The initial goal of $25,000 was eclipsed in less than three hours, and the effort ultimately raised over $840,000 in three days.
The O’Connors reopened Memories Pizza on April 10, eight days after they had closed it.
h/t: Breitbart
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