Marcus Bachmann Refused Service in Indiana, Store Owner Assumed He Was Gay

[Lost-in-FL]

http://conservativefrontline.com/marcus-bachmann-refused-service-in-indiana-store-owner-assumed-he-was-gay/

INDIANAPOLIS – Marcus Bachmann, husband of former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, unwittingly became the first public face of Indiana’s newly-enacted Religious Freedom Restoration Act, after being refused service at a dress boutique because the store owner assumed he was gay.

The Bachmanns were visiting the state capitol on Thursday to lend their support to embattled Gov. Mike Pence when the incident occurred. Dorothy Holtz, owner of Dotty’s Dress Den described what happened.



“I didn’t think anything was out of the ordinary at first,” said the 59-year old self-described “devout Christian citizen,” although I don’t usually have men come in by themselves. He was very polite but the more he spoke, the more I thought he was different.”

Holtz began to suspect that Bachmann was “perhaps a homosexual man”, and because it is now within her rights to refuse service based on religious beliefs, informed Bachmann she would be unable to serve him, and asked him to leave.

[leftofcool]

1. Tell me this is not satire, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!

[Lost-in-FL]

3. I'm sorry. I think it is. nt

[leftofcool]

7. Damn! Unless it is the Onion, it is so hard to tell.

[pugetres]

2. Satire piece :)

The story originates with the National Report which is a satire site.

It did make me giggle reading it though.

[Nye Bevan]

4. Poor satire with a whiff of homophobia.

Lots of pale imitations of "The Onion" out there.

[montanacowboy]

5. OMG

couldn't happen to a nicer guy! baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I can hardly believe this is true, but wow, chickens coming home to roost in spades

Howya like it Marcus? You frigging ASSHOLE?????????????????

[uppityperson]

6. Good satire is indistinguishable from reality. Thanks for the

laugh

[MADem]

8. Satire, but except for a few OTT quotes, it isn't that far off from his reality!

This one is funny, too, in a "recoil in horror" kind of way:

http://nationalreport.net/george-zimmerman-announces-2016-presidential-bid/

[Shrike47]

15. Zimmerman doesn't meet the age requirement.

[tanyev]

9. That does bring up an interesting issue, though.

I guess business owners are now free to discriminate merely on the suspicion that someone is gay. It would be ironic if some big shot in GOP or evangelical circles was refused service because they had some trait that pinged the gaydar of a business owner who was eager to start discriminating for Jesus.

[marym625]

18. cracker barrel fired everyone in every store

That they thought was gay, even when they knew they weren't. So I am sure the good, Christian and every other religious person that believes homosexuality is wrong, will act on the same manner

[dflprincess]

10. Michelle once said that Marcus picks out all her outfits and that

he has "fabulous" (yes, that's the word she used) taste.

Made real easy for me to nearly fall for this story.

[Oneironaut]

11. My first thought was "Terrible fake," but then I realized that this is satire.

[iandhr]

12. Good satire.

I thought is was real.

[geomon666]

13. Damn, why couldn't this be real?

This is the kind of shit that needs to happen to put a huge public face on this religious militant law.

[marym625]

17. We should just spread it as truth

Fuck reality. Indiana doesn't have any when it comes to equality. Neither do the Bachmann's

[Pangolino]

14. It would be amazing if this would start actually happening all the time.

People known to support that law could be refused service because they are assumed to be gay, and shopkeepers could just refuse to believe they weren't no matter what they said or did. Such a protest would go right to the heart of what the law is actually about.

[marym625]

16. OMFD! I LOVE IT!

I am so very very very happy right now!

From LGBT Weekly

God has a sense of humor after all. LGBT Weeklycan’t wait to hear what Michelle Bachmann and Indiana Governor Mike Pence have to say about this development.

http://lgbtweekly.com/2015/03/27/indiana-anti-gay-law-snags-bachmanns-husband/

I don't even care that it's satire. I hope it spreads like wildfire

[raven mad]

19. Gotta agree with Mastercard on this one -

PRICELESS!

[Liberal In Texas]

20. Made me laugh.

But it's sad as it's probably the truth.

[Thinkingabout]

21. Dammit, looks like the reparative therapy backfired, got him.

[Behind the Aegis]

22. I know this is satire, but it seems to me the punchline isn't the law, but gays.

Perhaps it is the way it is written. I just don't find it all that funny. Sure, there is some 'truth' to what is being "said" in how they (the right) see and deal with gay men, but the butt of the joke seems to be the "suspected" gay person, not the bigot. To each their own, I suppose.

[Cha]

23. OMZ.. you cannot make this shit up! Wow.. Mahalo, Lost in FL

[annabanana]

24. omg that is just too funny..

and somehow, just perfect...