EDGEWATER PARK, NEW JERSEY – The owners of a bed and breakfast are under fire for writing a homophobic Facebook message to a local gay woman who expressed disappointed with the owners’ support for fast food chain Chick-fil-A. Joianne Fraschilla posted on Facebook, after learning about a sign displayed at the Whitebriar Bed and Breakfast promoting “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” on August 1. “This is somewhere my son loves to pass by, and we have been excited to visit,” wrote Fraschilla, who is openly gay. “I’m sad to see a local business anti-LGBT marriage.”
In a shocking response, the B&B, which is owned by Carole and Bill Moore, posted on Facebook: “Where is the role model that your son needs to know how to act like a man?” and “I’ll pray for you,” adding, “[I] guess that’s why God invented aids.”
Whitebriar’s official Facebook page is private, but it has been inundated with comments supporting LGBT rights. One post reads, “Are you folks teaching all those innocent children how to be homophobes? I imagine your business will soon be a thing of the past. Just as your bigotry should be.”