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To: John Vosilla who wrote (5553)	4/23/2019 9:41:28 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 13787

The owner of a BBQ truck in Kentucky is facing some heat after he advertised t-shirts on Faceb promoting his distasteful revision of the LGBTQ acronym. Jamie Smith, the owner of Belle’s Smoking BBQ, decided to make fun of the acronym commonly used to refer to people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. “I support LGBTQ: Liberty, Guns, Bible, Trump, BBQ," his garish garments declare. The apology also noted that “we are hurt that the people that are saying, ‘stop the hate’ are the ones coming at us with the harassing messages and threatening phone calls.” Hurt or not, Smith said he has no plans to stop selling the shirts. More shirts are on the way, and orders keep coming in from all over the country. The controversy did cost cost him some business. Trinity Episcopal Church said Belle’s Smoking BBQ was no longer welcome as one of the vendors at next month’s Sprouts and Stouts Festival. But it also gave him four new jobs, Smith said.