Saturday, July 4, 2015

Tennessee hardware store posts ‘No Gays Allowed’ sign

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 Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies in Grainger County, Tennessee, is making national headlines after posting a "No Gays Allowed" sign in the storefront window following the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. (WBIR)

A small hardware store in East Tennessee is making national headlines after posting a “No Gays Allowed” sign in the storefront window following the Supreme Court’s decision allowing same-sex marriage.

Jeff Amyx, a baptist minister who owns Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies in Grainger County, said he added the controversial sign in order to stand up for his religious beliefs.
 
“They gladly stand for what they believe in, why can’t I? They believe their way is right. I believe it’s wrong,” Mr. Amyx told a local NBC affiliate. “But yet I’m going to take more persecution than them because I’m standing for what I believe in.”

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 4, 2015 at 10:21 PM

    Now that is cheeky. Good for this hardware store owner. Defiance!

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  2. UnknownJuly 4, 2015 at 11:30 PM

    Damn right!

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    1. Brock TownsendJuly 5, 2015 at 10:22 AM

      I've never understood the big deal about someone not wanting your business as I would simply go elsewhere without the bat of an eye or remembrance of the event.

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