A suburb of Seattle has “canceled” its upcomingCoffee with an agent“Event after it was confronted with protests because of the Christian beliefs of the coffee shop owner.
Seattle Radio presenter Jason Rantz reported that the city of Shoreline, Washington, The community event can be canceled, which aims to strengthen the relationship between police officers and residents, after the Facebook page of the city was flooded with negative comments from Liberals of the region that Pilgrim Coffeehouse would organize the event.
Pilgrim Coffeehouse is owned by Keith Carpenter, main pastor of Epic Life Church. The church states that it is the marriage between “one man and one woman” on her website.
Commentators promised to keep a protest and someone even called on the coffee shop to leave the city, and said that Carpenter’s views on marriage do not match the ideals of the progressive city.
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Shoreline, Washington canceled a “coffee with an agent” event after LGBTQ activists in the community threatened to protest against the event. ((Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty images))
“Choose the Christian homophobic coffee house!” An account with the name “Sounder Sam” posted under the announcement of the location of the city. The same person warned the community that a “pro lgbtqia2s+ protest” was planned for the morning of the event outside the coffee house.
Other comments accused the city of choosing an “intolerable” and “anti-lgbtqia+” location and demanded that it was hosted elsewhere.
In response to the return, the coastline has abruptly canceled the event, Rantz reported.
“It was neither the intention of the department nor the intention of the city to make a community member feel unwanted on the basis of the selection of the event location and the values ​​that the location may or may not have. When planning future events, we will be more intentional with our selection of our location,” wrote Shoreline City Hall in one March 12 Posted on Facebook.
A coffee house in a suburb in Seattle stood opposite LGBTQ recovery of the Christian beliefs of the owner. (Getty Images)
The announcement of the cancellation was mainly received positive comments.
“Thank you, Shoreline !!!! My family now feels a bit safer in our neighborhood thanks to this decision,” read a comment under the town hall of the town hall. Another said, “Thanks for listening and doing the right thing.”
Carpenter also responded to the cancellation post by sketching all the ways in which his church helps the needy in the community and promise that everyone would be treated with respect and dignity in his coffee shop.
He also expressed himself against the cancellation in an interview with Rantz.
“It is certainly a form of discrimination,” Carpenter told the radio presenter and added that he did not want to play “the victim card”.
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A “coffee with an agent” in Seattle area in a coffee shop was canceled after liberals promised to protest against the event because of the religious view of the coffee shop owner about marriage. (Istock)
Carpenter said he could handle online recoil, but that “flagrant lies” were also spread over his church and coffee shop.
“We serve someone who walks into the door. I don’t know (if they are LGBT). We don’t ask any questions. So it’s like a non-starter for us, because no one asks the door.
He said that it was not “looking forward to” that the city would exclude his business from participating in the event, while at the same time he sprayed the inclusive values.
“It actually says:” We don’t want Pilgrim Coffeehouse in our city, “and to release it publicly,” Carpenter told Rantz.
“It is completely opposite than (the) message they try to say about inclusiveness. It is the opposite of it, and it is difficult. It is difficult as a company,” he added.
Owner Keith Carpenter of Pilgrim Coffeehouse said that the message of the city about inclusiveness was at odds with how his company was excluded from participating in the community event. (Istock)
A spokesperson for the city of Shoreline told Fox News Digital: “The city strives to be a hospitable place for all people, regardless of who they are or what they believe.”
“The work of the local government is primarily focused on the basic principles – they are pits, sidewalks and public safety. Coffee with an agent is supposed to be a place where law enforcement can talk to residents about law enforcement in Shoreline in Shoreline. If the event of March 26 is added in other issues and is no longer announced.
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Carpenter did not return immediately Fox News Digital’s Request for comments.
