Cracker Barrel pulled Phil Robertson and Miss Kay merchandise from their stores because they claim the are concerned Robertson products might ‘offend some of their guests.’ Crack Barrel says they will evaluate the situation. While they evaluate, they out to consider reviewing their own history of anti gay right, which makes the pull of Phil Robertson and Miss Kay products that much more hypocritical. According to leftist Huffington Post, Cracker Barrel In 1991 fired 11 employees for not displaying “normal heterosexual values,” as was prescribed by an intra-company memo.
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In 1991, 11 employees were fired for not displaying “normal heterosexual values,” as was prescribed by an intra-company memo. Although founder Dan Evins later called this policy a “mistake,” the attitude remains.
Since 2008, Cracker Barrel has jumped from 15 to 35 on the HRC scale, but that’s not much. It also has yet to include same-sex couples in its benefits coverage and doesn’t have a non-discrimination policy that protects “gender identity and/or expression,” according to HRC.
It should also be noted that in 2004, the US Justice Department, after a long investigation, found that the chain restaurant had segregated customers, seated and served white customers before black customers, and allowed for white servers to refuse to wait on black customers.
Of course this list is just a handful of companies who have knowingly, and without care, discriminated against gays. But if you truly care about where your dollars are going, you can get the complete rundown of just how gay-friendly a company is or isn’t by checking out the Human Rights Campaign’s Buyers Guide.