The internet was on fire recently over allegations that a Whole Foods Market employee wrote “FAG” on a cake meant for an LGBT community. Openly gay pastor Jordan Brown of Church of Open Doors located in Austin Texas claimed that he picked up the offensive cake at the flagship Whole Foods Market in Austin. He ordered the cake intended to say “Love Wins” a phrase that is now associated with same sex marriage legalization.
Brown claims, “When I got into my vehicle, I looked inside and saw they had wrote ‘Love Wins F-g’ on it… You can see it nice and clear. Also, it is still in a sealed box. As you see, I have not opened up this box yet.”
When he called Whole Foods for an explanation the supervisor denied that they had written the offensive language. Whole Foods later released a statement, “The team member wrote ‘Love Wins’ at the top of the cake as requested by the guest and that’s exactly how the cake was packaged and sold at the store. Our team members do not accept or design bakery orders that include language or images that are offensive. Whole Foods Market has a zero tolerance policy for discrimination. We stand behind our bakery team member, who is part of the LGBTQ community, and the additional team members from the store, who confirmed the cake was decorated with only the message ‘Love Wins.’”
After further investigation, Whole Foods is launching a lawsuit against Brown for slander. Their case being very simple:
“Our bakery team member wrote ‘Love Wins’ at the top of the cake, which was visible to Mr. Brown through the clear portion of the packaging. That’s exactly how the cake was packaged and sold at the store. Whole Foods Market has a strict policy that prohibits team members from accepting or designing bakery orders that include language or images that are offensive.
“Mr. Brown admits that he was in sole possession and control of the cake until he posted his video, which showed the UPC label on the bottom and side of the box.
“After reviewing our security footage of Mr. Brown, it’s clear that the UPC label was in fact on top of the cake box, not on the side of the package. This is evident as the cashier scans the UPC code on top of the box.”
Whole Foods has also released security footage of a man appearing to be Jordan Brown buying the cake in question.
In light of new evidence, the internet including youtube and facebook have turned against Brown and comments are overwhelmingly negative. One of the main criticisms was that he went against Whole Foods who are very openly supportive of the LGBT community. Another criticism was that it seemed highly unlikely that Brown bought the cake without first checking the cake. Either way, Whole Foods’ allegation against Pastor Brown would mean that the openly gay Pastor knowingly exploited the LGBT cause for personal gain. Hopefully this is all just a misunderstanding.
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