A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant, Darwell's Happiness Cafe, sparked significant controversy by promoting a couples' night exclusively for heterosexual couples, stating only 'couples who can produce a child' were welcome. This drew widespread criticism from the LGBTQ+ community, highlighted by Trax Bar and Grill's owner sharing the initial video in outrage. The Gulf Coast Equality Council urged support for LGBTQ+ businesses amid this display of intolerance, while protests were organized against the restaurant, positioning it as a focal point for discussions on bigotry and acceptance in local business practices.
"If you're a couple - husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, guy and girl. Couple," Darwell Yeager said in the video.
"The disgust I feel for statements made in this video is immeasurable; and, if you watch it and find yourself agreeing with this lowlife, then I suggest you not set foot into Trax Bar," owner Jessica Notter wrote on Facebook.
"When a business chooses bigotry over belonging, it's up to all of us to show that hate has no home here. Let's stand together and support LGBTQ+ owned and allied businesses that celebrate diversity."
"A string of enraged responses filled the comment section, almost all of them decrying the opinions of the Yeagers," NOLA.com reports.
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