A Kentucky embroidery shop is getting some flak online after a review accused it of being discriminatory.
Herald Embroidery is in Oak Grove near the Ft. Campbell Army base in Christian County. It recently placed five stickers at its entrance, three of which welcome a Bible verse, a gun, and a beard, and two of which imply “no foul language” and “no gays”. The latter sticker features a “no” symbol over a rainbow flag traditionally associated with gay causes.
A review on the shop’s Google Plus page started to gin up online anger after it was posted on national blogs:
My wife and I went into this shop to get shirts for my parent’s anniversary. We went in holding hands and the clerks gave us dirty looks the entire time. We didn’t understand why; maybe they thought we were suspicious? I confronted one of the employees and they directed me to a sticker in the window. It had a pride flag on it and it basically meant gays weren’t welcome. My wife and I were heartbroken; we just wanted shirts made! But…we wasted a trip for nothing. Guess we’ll get our shirts online next time. So sad about this treatment. ):
Though there weren’t a whole lot of reviews to begin with, all but one other had been glowing towards Herald’s work. And then the blogs picked up the complaint and now negative reviews are hitting the company’s Google Plus page, its Yelp page, and the owner was contacted by at least one outraged person.
That person received an email response from Herald’s owner, Matthew Lombard, and shared the response online:
We recently posted five 3″ stickers on the front entrance to our shop. Two of these stickers are negative and prohibitive in there (sic) message. We will not serve people that are foul-mouthed, nor will we serve people that flaunt their homosexual lifestyle in our place of business and/or request us to produce promotional products that do so.
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(via Joe.My.God.)
