A footage showing how a Christian pro-life group was recently ejected from a Seattle coffee shop over its local activism is attracting hundreds of thousands of views on Facebook.
Members of Abolish Human Abortion recently decided to order drinks in Seattle’s Bedlam coffee shop after posting and distributing pro-life pamphlets in the local community. Activists who joined Caleb Head and Caytie Davis on Oct. 1 were soon berated and told the leave when they were identified.
“I’m gay. You have to leave,” owner Ben Borgman said in the video.
“Are you denying us service?” Mr. Davis asked.
“I am. Yeah,” Mr. Borgman replied.
The confrontation about tolerance then escalated when activist Jonathan Sutherland was asked if he would watch a sex act. The activist told Borgman that it was his choice but he got more vulgar and confrontational.
Jonathan Sutherland further asked him to turn to Jesus which also resulted in more vulgarity.
The incident comes as the U.S. Supreme Court gears up to take the case of Jack Philliips, the Christian baker who was ordered by the the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to serve wedding cake to LGBT couples — or none at all.
The high court agreed in June to hear the case this fall.
The Bedlam coffee shop issued responses on Oct. 2 and Oct. 4 asking viewers to consider another side of the story. The coffee shop has brought up various claims in its defense of Borgman’s action at the Seattle coffee shop, but the social media continue to buzz.
