Current Events > So it begins: Hardware store hangs 'No Gays Allowed' sign following SC decision.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-gays-allowed-hardware-store-emboldened-supreme-court-cake-ruling-hangs-discriminatory-sign-000218831.html

Following the Supreme Courts 7-2 ruling in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, an East Tennessee business owner is celebrating by reposting a sign that reads, No Gays Allowed.

Jeff Amyx, a Baptist minister and owner of Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies, originally posted the sign in 2015 when SCOTUS ruled to permit same-sex marriage across the country. Amyx claims that gay and lesbian couples are against his religion.

Following the ensuing backlash, Amyx took the No Gays Allowed sign down and replaced it with a sign reading, We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone who would violate our rights of freedom of speech & freedom of religion, according to USA Today.

The business owner told WBIR that he was celebrating a win following the recent court ruling and hung the sign again. He has no plans to take it down. Christianity is under attack. This is a great win, dont get me wrong, but this is not the end, this is just the beginning, Amyx said. Right now were seeing a ray of sunshine. This is happy days for Christians all over America, but dark days will come.

What did you expect would happen??
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Fair play , I wouldn't let them around my kids
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lol theyre gonna regret that. People are seriously mistaking the ruling.
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People are free to do what they want. Dont like that hardware store? Instead of hopping on Twitter and bitching, go to a different hardware store.
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BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want.

Discrimination based on sexuality is still illegal.
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BLAKUboy posted...

BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want.

Discrimination based on sexuality is still illegal.

And they dont care.

M_Live posted...

How would you feel if it said "No blacks allowed?" Or "No whites allowed?" Jfc

I wouldnt care because I would not go to that store.

Barenziah Boy Toy posted...

And what happens if gay discrimination spreads to other hardware stores?

More inspiration for other entrepreneurs to open up their own stores with their own rules.
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BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want. Dont like that hardware store? Instead of hopping on Twitter and bitching, go to a different hardware store.

And what happens if gay discrimination spreads to other hardware stores?
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BlueJester007 posted...

Instead of hopping on Twitter and bitching, go to a different hardware store.

They can still do both.
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BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want. Dont like that hardware store? Instead of hopping on Twitter and bitching, go to a different hardware store.

How about both. Shame them with negative publicity. They can be bigots but the world will know that theyre bigots.
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imagine being so insecure that you are too scared to sell a hammer to a gay person.
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Their loss.
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BlueJester007 posted...

And they dont care.

They will when they get hit with a lawsuit.

OmegaPillow posted...

Fair play , I wouldn't let them around my kids

Don't want your kids to catch the gay?
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OctilIery posted...

BlueJester007 posted...

And they dont care.

They will when they get hit with a lawsuit.

Probably.
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They're going to lose the coveted lesbian demographic.
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lww99 posted...

OmegaPillow posted...

Fair play , I wouldn't let them around my kids

Don't want your kids to catch the gay?

Don't respond to him
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How is being a bigot winning the Christians are under attack war?
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Just making it even easier for Home Depot to continue to make local hardware stores extinct.
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Barenziah Boy Toy posted...

What did you expect would happen??

Next I expect them to lose business, start dealing with vandalism, and ultimately be able to do nothing to stop them because gayness isn't some patch you wear on your sleeve.
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What always blows my mind is, people that fornicate before marriage are also against his religion. Why do they only restrict the ban to gays? Why don't they also say no fornicators allowed? Or people that live together that aren't married?
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I'm going to open up a hardware store and bar Christians from my business, see how long it takes for them to get triggered.

spanky1 posted...

What always blows my mind is, people that fornicate before marriage are also against his religion. Why do they only restrict the ban to gays? Why don't they also say no fornicators allowed? Or people that live together that aren't married?

Or people who have gotten divorces. Yeah I've seen plenty of people who state that gays are destroying marriages and yet they did the very thing that actually broke up their marriage. It's so hypocritical.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

I'm going to open up a hardware store and bar Christians from my business, see how long it takes for them to get triggered.

Thats really all this X is banned crap is: Trolling.

And boy howdy do people take the bait - and in the process of taking the bait, contribute to the Streisand Effect where they give more attention to something they hate.
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Bloodychess posted...

Barenziah Boy Toy posted...

What did you expect would happen??

Next I expect them to lose business, start dealing with vandalism, and ultimately be able to do nothing to stop them because gayness isn't some patch you wear on your sleeve.

Or even better, after you finish buying what you want offhandedly mention your boyfriend is waiting in the car. :v
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TheVipaGTS posted...

imagine being so insecure that you are too scared to sell a hammer to a gay person.

Theyre afraid of getting nailed
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Hating gays only has to do with your beliefs in the sense than you are a prejudiced piece of shit. Next he'll be putting up a blacks only water fountain. Hopefully this asshole gets chased out of town.
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They're going to lose business and the stores that don't discriminate will gain business. Sounds like a good thing. The free market actually punishes people financially who choose to indulge in their discriminatory views
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Why do these things only happen during Pride month? It's like they're daring Pride and Gemini Season to spitroast them in court and on social media. Sure, spitroasting is amazing, but it's got to be embarrassing to be this thirsty.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

They're going to lose business and the stores that don't discriminate will gain business. Sounds like a good thing. The free market actually punishes people financially who choose to indulge in their discriminatory views

In a redneck town? People would have to drive an hour to Home Depot. Of course Home Depot could be smart and move into the town right now.
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BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want. Dont like that hardware store? Instead of hopping on Twitter and bitching, go to a different hardware store.

Might as well say it's ok to openly advertise "we refuse to do buissness with <insert group> people"
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Oh, this guy again who runs the Gay Bar.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

They're going to lose business and the stores that don't discriminate will gain business. Sounds like a good thing. The free market actually punishes people financially who choose to indulge in their discriminatory views

Plenty of people have been rewarded for their discriminatory views. Free Market is not a force for good. It's chaotic-neutral.
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Sad thing is that won't cause them to lose any business whatsoever

Looks like someone didn't read the actual supreme Court opinions from the case
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Axiom posted...

Sad thing is that won't cause them to lose any business whatsoever

I mean, he literally pulled this exact same stunt three years ago and he's still in business.
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BLAKUboy posted...

Axiom posted...

Sad thing is that won't cause them to lose any business whatsoever

I mean, he literally pulled this exact same stunt three years ago and he's still in business.

Lol I'm not surprised. It's literally bum fuck nowhere TN

@OmegaPillow posted...

Fair play , I wouldn't let them around my kids

Luckily that's not something you'll ever have to worry about
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Here's the issue.

Yes you can shop at a different store. But what if enough local places say "No Gays Allowed". Then what?

Drive out of town to do your shopping?

BigSLM1993 posted...

Here's the issue.

Yes you can shop at a different store. But what if enough local places say "No Gays Allowed". Then what?

Drive out of town to do your shopping?

We kind of lived through that problem with regard to race once. No idea why people are ok going back to that...
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I'd honestly like to get this kind of stuff out in the open so I can know which stores to avoid shopping at. I don't see how putting a sign like that up will be good for business
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I'd honestly like to get this kind of stuff out in the open so I can know which stores to avoid shopping at. I don't see how putting a sign like that up will be good for business

you'd be surprised how many homophobes and racists exist
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Their yelp page is directly linked to in the article and under attack.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

imagine being so insecure that you are too scared to sell a hammer to a gay person.

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BLAKUboy posted...

BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want.

Discrimination based on sexuality is still illegal.

Not everywhere.
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Enjoy losing sales I guess?
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Howl posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want.

Discrimination based on sexuality is still illegal.

Not everywhere.

Everywhere.

OctilIery posted...

Howl posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

BlueJester007 posted...

People are free to do what they want.

Discrimination based on sexuality is still illegal.

Not everywhere.

Everywhere.

So is the store owner admitting to a crime ?
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