El Coyote Mormon Boycott Morning Blow Out!

Good times were had this morning in LA. El Coyote, a famous Mexican restaurant here, is in the hot seat because a floor manager and niece of the owners donated to the "Yes on 8" campaign. She happens to be a Mormon, which is shocking. At 11 am, Margie held a press conference and outreach to the No on 8 peeps. To say it did not go well would be an understatement.

Shut Up I Know was there. Here's the recap via his website.

Marjorie began talking about how much her Aunt had done to support gays and the plight of the GLBT Community since opening the restaurant and asked that "[she] personally take responsability for [the] blame and anger" because she said she was aware of the boycott and pending protest slated for Thursday (tomorrow 11/13) night outside the front restaurant.

She continued: "It saddens me that my faith keeps you away from The Coyote. I can not and WILL NOT change my lifelong commitment to the Mormon Church. I can not and will not change my commitment to you."

At which point she opened the floor to questions.

At which point, she shouldn't have.

A gentleman by the same of Sam, who said he was an ex-member of the Mormon Church, asked if she was willing to donate to NO on 8.

She started crying.

A representative of the restaurant stepped in and stated that El Coyote was going to donate to Lambda Legal and the Gay and Lesbian Center and Sam said, I asked HER what SHE was going to do.

Marjorie said: "I will not."

At which point the place went insane.

One of the (daughters?) started yelling at everyone telling them (and I quote) "The church just tells you when to donate, it doesn't tell you how to vote. It very, very rarely tells you how to vote." (SHUT UP! I KNOW! X2) "Marjorie is your friend-" at which point someone prominently yelled: "SHE IS NOT MY FRIEND. FRIENDS DON'T HELP TAKE THE RIGHTS AWAY OF OTHER FRIENDS AND THEN BLAME IT ON THEIR CHURCH!"

People applauded in accordance while the mounting tension was palpable.

Once the room calmed down, Marjorie was asked again if SHE would do anything to counteract what she had done and she said: "No." at which point someone yelled "This is bullshit" and another yelled "BOYCOTT EL COYOTE" and Marjorie was swiftly escorted out the back entrance as people dispersed saying "She just made this even worse" and a man started walking through the restaurant telling customers that "MARJORIE VOTED YES ON PROP 8 AND YOUR MONEY IS DOING THE SAME THING BY HER GIVING HER EARNINGS TO THE MORMON CHURCH!"

Everybody got on their cellphones telling everyone what had happened and a guy started protest right away outside the restaurant as the media began filming him, at which point it was OBVIOUS the breakdown of both communication and the potential outreach that Marjorie could have made, failed.

Gotta love the guy who started protesting right away. He put a stop to that 11 am Mexican food breakfast rush. I love the screaming of "They just tell me what to do and I do it." Are Mormons 4 years old? Try using your brain, lemming.

Anyway, fuck the El Coyote. Now, someone needs to open up a new Mexican restaurant in the neighborhood.