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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fund is up to almost $72,000 for the pizza place owners and consistently growing.[/quote]
IIRC, this is sort of like what the Christian baker in Oregon described.  After he refused to sell to the lesbian couple, he got a ton of orders from pro-religion / anti-gay groups nationwide, and his business was booming for six months.  Then as the news articles subsided, his out-of-state business dried up.  Since his local business reputation was trashed, he had to close the bakery for lack of orders.  I suspect the pizza place might get the same initial support, but will face long-term problems.[/quote]
I don't see how his reputation was "trashed."  He is anti-gay-marriage and wouldn't provide wedding cakes to gay couples.  That's not smear -- that's the truth.  So, once the ruckus died down, the local market decided to vote with their feet and take their money somewhere else.  Works for me.[/quote]
I am the PP.  Yes, what you describe as "[i]the local market decided to vote with their feet and take their money somewhere else[/i]" is exactly what I mean when I write that "[i]his local business reputation was trashed[/i]."  My description is admittedly more pithy and less specific than yours.  FWIW, I'm fine with how that works out too.  The law sets rules to deter discrimination, but the most simple rule of business is "[i]If you act like a discriminatory asshole, people will quit buying your stuff.[/i]"[/quote]

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