Dear O’Connor Family,
We regret the nasty Yelp reviews, mean emails, and crank phone calls your pizzeria suffered earlier this week after announcing it would not cater any gay weddings. We also regret that you felt threatened and, as a result, were forced into hiding. Please know that the individuals responsible for making you feel that way do not reflect the LGBT community as a whole. We do not wish you any harm or ill will. Our wishes are the same as yours: To live peacefully and in harmony with those around us in a world free of judgement, hate, and discrimination.
As we approach Easter Sunday, we’re calling on you, O’Connor family, to do what Jesus H. Christ asks of all true Christians and share your blessings with others by donating the nearly three quarters of a million dollars raised on your behalf to charity.
On the eve of such an important Christian holiday, we would be remiss not to remind you of the greatest commandment Jesus taught us: “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” (Matthew 22:39). Mr. O’Connor, you said yourself in an interview with the Daily Beast that you “don’t have a problem with gay people.” We implore you to put your money where your mouth is, and donate all the funds — every penny — to a human rights or pro-LGBT organization in your area. (Perhaps this handy map of LGBT organizations across America published by the American Family Association will help you locate one.)
As today is Good Friday, we also find it pertinent to point out that your accepting this money for yourselves would be in line with Judas’s accepting silver to betray Jesus Christ.
God bless.
Sincerely,
Your friends at Queerty
