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Title: Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud
Post by: Kamaji on July 16, 2023, 04:20:57 pm
Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud

By Patrick Reilly   
July 15, 2023

Conservative neighbors were caught on security camera tossing a dead rat onto the property of a gay couple’s rural Virginia restaurant amid an escalation of a years-long spat.

William Waybourn and Craig Spaulding, both 76, operate the Front Porch Market and Grill, located adjacent to Mike and Melissa Washer’s financial firm that doubles as their home in The Plains, Virginia, The Washington Post reported.

The dead vermin was found near the trash bins behind the restaurant, which flies a gay pride flag, last August. Correctly suspecting the culprit, the general manager reviewed the restaurant’s cameras which showed Mike Washer flinging the rat and then taking pictures of it on his phone in what she believes was an staged attempt to have the restaurant cited by health officials.

The Washers admitted that Mike threw the rat on their property, but claim that they have no interest in closing The Front Porch and that the rat was first dumped near their back door by restaurant employees and he was simply putting it back where it came from.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/15/conservative-neighbors-toss-dead-rat-on-property-gay-couples-restaurant-amid-ongoing-dispute/
Title: Re: Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud
Post by: LMAO on July 16, 2023, 10:31:26 pm
I didn’t get anything from the article that suggested that both parties were in a spat over each other’s beliefs. It sounds like property fights.

Maybe I missed something?
Title: Re: Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud
Post by: SZonian on July 16, 2023, 11:23:04 pm
And it's "news" simply because of the gays and the "conservative".
Title: Re: Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud
Post by: libertybele on July 16, 2023, 11:28:01 pm
Quote from: SZonian on July 16, 2023, 11:23:04 pm
And it's "news" simply because of the gays and the "conservative".

Exactly.
Title: Re: Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud
Post by: catfish1957 on July 16, 2023, 11:31:25 pm
I suspect there is a lot more behind this story. 

I'm withholding judgement till all the facts are out
Title: Re: Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud
Post by: libertybele on July 16, 2023, 11:36:45 pm
Quote from: catfish1957 on July 16, 2023, 11:31:25 pm
I suspect there is a lot more behind this story. 

I'm withholding judgement till all the facts are out

I'm sure there is more to the story but there is no way I'd pick up a dead rate.  Eewww
Title: Re: Conservative neighbor tosses dead rat on property of gay couple’s restaurant amid feud
Post by: PeteS in CA on July 17, 2023, 12:31:34 am
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...  the rat was first dumped near their back door by restaurant employees and he was simply putting it back where it came from.

Whether or not this claim about restaurant employees is true, their response was a moron move.