Gay Pastor Apologizes After Accusing Whole Foods of Writing Slur on Chocolate Cake

[Islam Imamate]

The case of the chocolate cake slur, it seems, was simply a hoax.

An openly gay Texas pastor who had accused Whole Foods of defacing his cake with an anti-gay slur dropped his lawsuit against the grocery chain on Monday, issuing an apology that said he was wrong to “perpetuate this story.”

“The company did nothing wrong,” the pastor, Jordan Brown, said in a statement. “I was wrong to pursue this matter and use the media to perpetuate this story.”

Mr. Brown’s apology represented a remarkable about-face from his remarks last month, delivered at a news conference alongside his lawyer, during which he choked back tears as he told the story.

“For me, it was humiliating,” he said then, “because being a pastor who is also openly gay, I’ve had to deal with this in the past and literally the feeling that I had just resurfaced a bunch of painful memories of things that have happened to me.”

But a day after Mr. Brown’s legal salvo, Whole Foods denounced the pastor as a fraud, vowing to press a countersuit that sought $100,000. At the same time, the grocery chain released surveillance footage of Mr. Brown’s purchase that it said proved that the cake had not been tampered with.

Edit: Forgot the link http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/u...chocolate-cake.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

So a gay pastor tries to extort money out of a company using the en vogue accusation of homophobia. How common do you think something like this is?

 

[in the]

http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/

 

[Darwinambrosius]

What did he claim the cake said?

 

[sloppypie]

So a gay pastor tries to extort money out of a company using the en vogue accusation of homophobia. How common do you think something like this is?

people do shit like this all the time. not much different from the person that slips and falls in a restaurant then sues even though they are perfectly fine. but it won't stop them from rolling into a courtroom in a wheelchair and neck brace.

people can be real fuckin assholes is the basic moral to the story.

 

[dissolved]

I think it happens more than we know actually. Probably not that many gay "pastors," but the gay community yes.

 

[IDL]

Politics is a dirty game

 

[TheStruggle]

people do shit like this all the time. not much different from the person that slips and falls in a restaurant then sues even though they are perfectly fine. but it won't stop them from rolling into a courtroom in a wheelchair and neck brace.

people can be real fuckin assholes is the basic moral to the story.

The Narrative of the LBGT community is strong right now, so he picked a good time to do it

 

[in the]

When the "I'm part of an oppressed group, therefore I can do whatever I want" believer meets the legal system.

aka a fairy tale meeting reality

 

[ripskater]

people do shit like this all the time. not much different from the person that slips and falls in a restaurant then sues even though they are perfectly fine. but it won't stop them from rolling into a courtroom in a wheelchair and neck brace.

people can be real fuckin assholes is the basic moral to the story.

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[tehend]

He's still a hero for bringing an issue like this into the public eye.

 

[IDL]

At least it wasn't written in poop

 

[Islam Imamate]

What did he claim the cake said?

Love Wins F*g

 

[glennrod]

"Gay Pastor"...get the fuck outta here with that shit

 

[glennrod]

Love Wins F*g

I love the way he tries to make a fuss about the dreaded "f" word..by, ironically acting like a complete ...what a wanker.

 

[Skip Reming]

i hope they still sue his ass

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

This is the only person who likes when the cake makers jerk off into his cake.

Creamier.

 

[Dr J]

Hope Whole Foods tells the guy to go fuck himself with a rubber vagina and presses every charge possible.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

What kind of church is he a pastor in?

Even barring the homosexuality part, the guy is a contemptible liar. What a shitty example for a pastor to set.

 

[spin]

Every culture or sub culture had its share of irredeemable asshats that will sell out or do anything to for personal gain.

 

[ripskater]

Hope Whole Foods tells the guy to go fuck himself with a rubber vagina and presses every charge possible.

They dropped the countersuit against him because he apologized.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/whole-foods-anti-gay-cake_us_573a21fbe4b077d4d6f3b339

“Given Mr. Brown’s apology and public admission that his story was a complete fabrication, we see no reason to move forward with our countersuit to defend the integrity of our brand and team members.”]

It's too bad because this guy was attempting to take a lot of money from that company. Actually he already cost them a lot of money.

The gay pastor should have spent some time in prison for this.