Indiana pizza joint raises over $800K after backlash against owners' anti-gay stance

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An Indiana pizzeria netted over $840,000 through fundraising site GoFundMe in just three days after a widespread furor over its owners' anti-gay comments to a local TV station prompted it to shut down.

Last week, Kevin and Crystal O'Connor, who own Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana, told a local ABC-affiliate that they agreed with the state's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and would refuse to cater a gay wedding

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The comments landed the small-town pizza joint in the middle of a national firestorm over the controversial state law, which could have made it easier for businesses to turn away LGBT customers. After an outpouring of one-star Yelp reviews, threatening phone calls and social media outrage, the owners decided to temporarily close its doors. Read more...

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