US EditionMS Coast restaurant defends anti-LGBTQ+ video as opposition mounts: 'That is not Long Beach'
- Darwell's Happiness Cafe in Long Beach, Mississippi faced backlash for offering a discount only to heterosexual couples, stating, 'Cause we don't do the trans or the lesbians or gays.'
- Nettie Yeager apologized for any offense caused, stating, 'I would like to apologize to all my friends. If I wrote or said something that offended you... I'm not perfect.'
- The LGBTQIA+ community is boycotting the cafe, stating, 'When a business chooses bigotry over belonging, it's up to all of us to show that hate has no home here.'
- Despite the backlash, Darwell Yeager insisted, 'My business is not gonna falter. My business is not gonna fail.
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Mississippi Cafe Offers Discount for Straight Couples Only, Other Restaurants Fight Back by Hosting Drag Shows
Restaurants in Long Beach, Mississippi, are showing support for the LGBTQ+ community by hosting drag shows after a local cafe announced a discount exclusively for straight couples. The controversy started when Darwell and Nettie Mechelle Yeager, who own Darwell’s Happiness Cafe, posted a video on Facebook offering a meal discount to “the real kind of couple” — couples who “can produce a child.” In the video, Darwell explained, “If you’re a coupl…
MS Coast restaurant defends anti-LGBTQ+ video as opposition mounts: 'That is not Long Beach'
A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant that made national headlines for posting a video that promoted a lunch special exclusively for straight couples has doubled down on their remarks days after issuing a now-deleted apology.
Restaurant's 'straight couples' discount sparks angry backlash
A restaurant in Mississippi is facing a huge online backlash over a “straight couples” discount. The owners of Darwell’s Happiness Café in Long Beach, Mississippi took to Facebook on 25 March to share details of the discount in a post that has since been deleted. Nettie Yeager and her husband, Darrel, said: “If you come in within the next hour and a half as a couple who can produce a child, we’ll give you something for free.” “How do you like t…
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