{"id":302648,"date":"2014-05-30T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=302648"},"modified":"2014-05-31T07:49:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T12:49:29","slug":"restaurant-faces-gay-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=302648","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Faces Gay Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/05\/Big-Earls-Restaurant-Pittsburg-Texas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/05\/Big-Earls-Restaurant-Pittsburg-Texas-150x111.jpg\" alt=\"Big Earl&#039;s Restaurant-Pittsburg Texas\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-302572\" \/><\/a>PITTSBURG &#8212; Big Earl&#8217;s Restaurant in Pittsburg is facing a unique backlash on social media.    That after an LGBT couple was called a gay slur by a waitress and told not to return.  One observer says, &#8220;I think the restaurant better learn to adapt, or they will probably have to close their doors soon if the online initiative actually works out.&#8221;  Some in the Dallas gay community are actually planning a road trip there.  Another person says, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s a fantastic idea, and I&#8217;ll be there.&#8221;   And Big Earl says bring it on.  Kristina Cheney is his daughter and the waitress who actually made the homophobic remark.   She says, &#8220;We are aware that they are intending to come out here.  We&#8217;re ready for &#8217;em, so we&#8217;ve informed the sheriff&#8217;s department.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURG &#8212; Big Earl&#8217;s Restaurant in Pittsburg is facing a unique backlash on social media. That after an LGBT couple was called a gay slur by a waitress and told not to return. One observer says, &#8220;I think the restaurant better learn to adapt, or they will probably have to close their doors soon if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=302648\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Restaurant Faces Gay Backlash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 05:19:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302649,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302648\/revisions\/302649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}