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Pastor Drops Lawsuit over Cake
DIR By: Kerry
Date: May 17, 2016, 11:39 pm
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I had heard about this case on the radio but didn't know the guy
suing was a pastor. Now it turns out he was lying.
I find the lying and greed worse than his being gay. He may
not have chosen to be gay; but surely he knew suing someone when
he was lying about it had to be wrong. I think a simple
apology isn't enough. He should resign as pastor if you ask me.
I also ask if he would have apologized and dropped the lawsuit
if Whole Foods didn't have the video proving he was lying. I
doubt it. Apologies may not mean much if you wait until you get
caught.
From statesman.com
HTML http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/pastor-alleging-anti-gay-slur-on-whole-foods-cake-/nrNTt/
The man who accused Whole Foods Market of writing a homophobic
slur on a cake will drop a lawsuit against the grocery chain.
“The company did nothing wrong,” Jordan Brown, a pastor of a
small Austin church, said in a statement. “I was wrong to pursue
this matter and use the media to perpetuate this story.”
Brown had sued Whole Foods on April 18, announcing the lawsuit
publicly while flanked by his lawyers. He emotionally told
reporters that he had ordered a cake with “Love wins” written in
frosting, Brown said. The cake he picked up, he said, had a
homophobic slur on it.
Whole Foods fired back almost immediately, releasing
surveillance footage of Brown purchasing the cake — evidence,
the grocery chain said, showed that Brown was lying. The company
filed a counter suit against Brown.
The moves were lauded by public relations experts, who said
Whole Foods was right to counterattack claims.
After receiving news that Brown was ending his lawsuit Monday,
Whole Foods released a statement saying the company was ending
its counter suit and that it was “very pleased that the truth
has come to light.”
“Given Mr. Brown’s apology and public admission that his story
was a complete fabrication, we see no reason to move forward
with our counter suit to defend the integrity of our brand and
team members,” Whole Foods’ statement said. The company’s
counter suit had sought at least $100,000 in damages from Brown.
Brown, an openly gay pastor at the Church of Open Doors, which
met regularly at the AMLI South Shore apartment complex on East
Riverside Drive, issued several apologies with his statement
announcing the end of his lawsuit.
“I want to apologize to Whole Foods and its team members for
questioning the company’s commitment to its values,” Brown wrote
in his statement.
Brown also apologized to his partner, his family, his fellow
church members, his attorney and the LGBT community because he
said he was “diverting attention from real issues.”
Brown’s attorney Austin Kaplan could not be immediately reached
for comment.
Brown himself has been publicly silent since Whole Foods fired
back with its own lawsuit and Brown’s social media accounts have
had no new public posts. Shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday, both
Brown’s Twitter and Facebook pages were apparently taken
offline.
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Re: Pastor Drops Lawsuit over Cake
DIR By: Justaname
Date: May 18, 2016, 12:27 pm
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I agree...maybe he was/is a self made pastor....and should step
down. The thing is, a pastor is a leader of the sheep...if no
sheep followed him he would have no 'following'! They are the
ones to not be there at the next meeting!! He can only lead if
they follow. The mere fact that they are already following a gay
pastor speaks for itself!!! Now they have a lying gay pastor.
Their choice.
Pity Whole Foods didn't press for damages and fine the guy.
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Re: Pastor Drops Lawsuit over Cake
DIR By: Kerry
Date: May 19, 2016, 7:16 am
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At least he was honest about being gay instead of getting
married like "Bishop" Eddie Long and preaching against being gay
. . . while abusing vulnerable young men in his "youth
ministry." His wife defended him for a while and then gave up
on it, filing for divorce. She finally woke up -- I wouldn't
call that a marriage where God had joined the two of them
together. He lost his megachurch. Donations were down. They
had been taking in twenty million dollars a year -- and Long got
a million of that for himself as a "love offering." Today he
has another church.
This other fellow -- why wasn't he happy he had a congregation
that accepted him for being gay? Why turn being gay into a
scheme to try to sue someone who hadn't done anything to him?
People accusing innocent people of things really gets me riled
up.
The Facebook account for his church is not there now, not for
the public anyway:
HTML https://www.facebook.com/ChurchOfOpenDoors/
And the Twitter account has gone silent too:
HTML https://twitter.com/opendoorsaustin
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