Subway worker is accused of refusing to serve customer for wearing a controversial t-shirt

Subway has been accused of belief favoritism against Christians aft an outlet successful Wisconsin refused to service customers because of nan anti-abortion and anti-gay messages connected their T-shirts.

Street preacher David Grisham was successful municipality for nan Republican National Convention erstwhile he and 3 friends popped into a Waunakee branch of nan fast-food franchise to drawback a sandwich.

But they were forced to spell elsewhere erstwhile a young female down nan antagonistic confirmed she was refusing to service nan group because of nan messages connected their T-shirts.

The world's largest edifice usability has now been deed pinch a deluge of angry comments from Christians aft video of nan speech went viral, pinch immoderate informing nan institution it risks a Bud Light style boycott.

'I don't attraction what benignant of consequence Subway comes up with,' wrote one. 'I will ne'er group ft successful 1 of their filthy small stores again.'

Grisham, from Amarillo successful Texas, insisted that his group 'did not purposely effort to antagonize anyone', pinch their neon T-shirts base slogans including 'abortion is murder', and a paraphrase of Romans I, denouncing cheery activity arsenic sin.

'A section pastor was buying america meal and we had only been wrong for little than a infinitesimal and hadn't said a connection to anyone,' he wrote connected Facebook.

'She conscionable saw our shirts and blurted retired profanity and said she wouldn't service us.

'REASONABLE group are reasonable erstwhile it comes to differences of sentiment and are master capable to conscionable service personification without letting their emotions spell into simple schoolyard mode and whine publicly.'

Title II of nan 1964 Civil Rights Act bans restaurants from discriminating against customers connected nan grounds of religion.

But successful 2022 nan Supreme Court ruled that Denver baker Jack Phillips was wrong his authorities to garbage an bid for a wedding barroom celebrating nan matrimony of a same-sex couple.

The American Civil Liberties Union said nan baker was advocating for a 'license to discriminate' that could person wide repercussions beyond cheery rights.

But, successful a landmark case, nan tribunal ruled 7-2 that his refusal was protected by Constitutional guarantees to state of reside and expression, and nan free workout of religion.

In nan video, labelled 'Subway Karen refuses work to Christians successful Wanaukee, WI' (sic), nan female down nan antagonistic nods erstwhile a sound asks: 'Are you refusing to service customers?'

'She's refusing to service us,' nan man says to his friend.

'What are you talking about?' nan friend demands, 'so we person to spell location else?'

'I want her to opportunity it again,' says nan man doing nan filming.

'I americium refusing you service,' nan female confirms arsenic she carries connected preparing different customer's sandwich.

Asked why, she says 'That is simply a individual matter', earlier her thwarted customer demands 'because of my T-shirt?

'Yes,' she replies.

'OK, judge Subway Corp will emotion to perceive that,' nan man says.

Subway franchisee River Subs which operates 48 outlets revenge for Chapter 11 bankruptcy past month, and immoderate erstwhile customers look wished that more will now travel suit.

'Subway, I urge you get up of this!' wrote one. 'It's an ugly, disfigured look, and Taco Bell is correct crossed nan street. Easy switch.'

'Is Subway discriminating group who wear, Hijab aliases Yamaka aliases different belief symbols?' demanded another.

'If he was wearing a cheery pridefulness garment and an worker garbage to service him successful immoderate states they would telephone nan constabulary for discrimination,' claimed a third.

'I activity astatine Subway successful Dawson Springs,' wrote Laura Gray from Kentucky, 'and anytime you are successful nan area, you are invited to travel here.'

But not each Christians were sympathetic to Grisham and his friends who posed successful their T-shirts for a photograph extracurricular nan branch instantly afterwards.

'Subway will not return your side, nor will immoderate reasonably minded person,' wrote one.

'I ever find it hilarious erstwhile group specified arsenic yourselves, purposely effort to antagonize group for a reaction. You are not a Christian successful immoderate measurement style aliases form.'

'I would alternatively person immoderate extremist emotion exhibited successful Christ's sanction astir present successful Waunakee than person a walking roadworthy show of provocateurs travel stumbling thru,' wrote another.

Dailymail.com has reached retired to Subway for comment.