An Arizona pizzeria is threatening to ban state lawmakers for passing a bill allowing shopkeepers to refuse to serve gays on religious grounds.
Rocco DiGrazia, the owner of Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria, reports that “customer approval has been ‘overwhelming'” according to NBC News.
“One lady called and said she would never eat here again, but that’s been dwarfed by the 500 or so calls in the other direction,” said Evan Stevens, manager of Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria in Tucson.
The pizzeria entered the debate by posting a Tweet and Facebook post that said he reserved the “right to eject any State Senators we see fit to kick out.”
As a longtime employer and feeder of the gay community, Rocco's reserves the right to eject any State Senators we see fit to kick out…
— Rocco's Pizzeria (@tucsonpizza) February 20, 2014
Later they added a sign to the store, adding a photo to their Twitter and Facebook pages as well:
Funny how just being decent is starting to seem radical these says. pic.twitter.com/ygZcMDlgEX
— Rocco's Pizzeria (@tucsonpizza) February 21, 2014
You can find Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria online here, and on Facebook and Twitter.
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