Okla. Restaurant Owner Won't Serve 'Freaks, F*ggots'

Owner Gary James will serve you if you're a straight, white, male Republican who's never been on government aid.

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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The owner of Gary's Chicaros restaurant and bar in Enid, Okla. proudly denies entry to "freaks, f****ts" and those he believes are on welfare.

Owner Gary James made the outrageous comments when interviewed by a KFOR reporter who spoke to him after a disabled customer says James refused him service. Matt Gard, the former patron, said James wouldn't serve him because he believed he was on government aid. Gard informed KFOR that James hates African-Americans, Latinos, gays, women, Muslims, and Democrats.

It's clear Gard wasn't making up the story: James proudly wears t-shirts with racial and gay slurs that threaten violence against Democrats and Islamic people.

"I've been in business 44 years; I think I can spot a freak or a f****t," James proudly told KFOR. "I really don't want gays around." Watch the video below and read more here.