El Coyote Manager Resigns After Prop 8 Protests

elcoyote_resign.jpgMarjorie Christoffersen, who was the most popular person at the 77-year-old restaurant, reportedly resigned Saturday after coming under fire for a $100 donation to support banning gay marriage in Califiornia. For her, she was going with what her Mormon leaders were saying even though her restaurant had been a gay friendly hang for years. El Coyote became one of the centerpieces of the boycott debate over where the line should be drawn on employee/management donations political causes. A protest was held outside the restaurant (see photos here) and many vowed never to eat thre again.

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probably won't make the food taste any less like diarrhea, right?

can anyone tell me when it is ok to eat at ell pollo loco again?

oh! maybe her beloved church can give her a job now?

buh'bye Margie

sounds like your fellow staffers/family found you
to be a nuisance.


Isn't it only specific El Pollo Loco locations, not all of them?

not all El Pollo locales are anti-gay and covil right squashers

see here
http://soqueer.blogspot.com/2008/11/el-pollo-locoproposition-8.html

I never heard of anyone losing their job over supporting the Iraq war or supporting or not supporting immigration laws.. Those are current issues that affect a lot of people too. I think this went too far. This person lost her job.

Margie chose to follow her church's orders to donate and discriminate against a group of people (the same people she was making a fat salary from) and take their rights away -- and invalidate dozens of their marriages and destroy families with children in this state.

and you feel sorry for her?

"the Bible told me it was okay"

that line didn't fly when slavery was abolished
or mixed race marriaged were legalized in USA

"I was just following orders"

that line didnt fly at Nuremberg Germany
after WW II

and won't fly in the face of a business that enjoyed my gay dollars and used them to harm me.

This is a typical case where people care about the issue only because it affects them . I never heard of anyone losing their job at an anti-immigration restaurant because the manager was against immigrants (to name an example). It's just not cool and irrelevant to the situation. She doesn't deserve to work because she is against gay marriages? What's next?, boycotting the restaurants that supported Obama (or McCain) and making their managers quit also?

Re; El Pollo Loco.

So, let me make the connection clear--
El Pollo Loco has not contributed to this or any other political cause.
Neither has the WKS Restaurant Group, a corporation that owns many EPL franchises (nearly all in CA, I think).
The CEO of WKS is Roland Spongberg, who gave $6000 of his personal donation.

EPL has clarified that they had no invovledment in Spongberg's donation, and also offers full domestic partnership benefits to their employees.

HOWEVER, El Pollo Loco has NOT:
-repudiated Spongberg's donation
-offered a counter-donation to groups that support equality
-said whether or not they support marriage equality, or full equality for gays and lesbians.

Is that enough for boycotters to come back to EPL? Do you need those last three conditions to be met?

That's your call. Don't wait for someone else to decide that for you.

Tell me of a business in LA that is proven to be
anti-black, anti-semitic or anti-immigration and I will boycott those dolts too !

guess what? I am a white, non-jew. See I do care about others I really do!!

Great! put your money where your beliefs are --
but be prepared for the ones you persecuted to stay away from your business.

unlike El Coyote --
El Pollo loco is a franchise and any bigot can own and profit from his various locales.

Gays are staying away from WKS locales

see here
http://soqueer.blogspot.com/2008/11/el-pollo-locoproposition-8.html

Fabricio, it's called reaping what you sow.

Act in a way that oppresses a very large minority in your neighborhood, and don't be surprised if that minority reacts.

She was obedient to her leaders and nobody can take that away from her. I look up to her. What a great example.

I think that it is great that Marjorie decided to retire and receive the same benefits from her family owned business, but not work any more. She now can visit her family and keep receiving her profits.

It is kind of like when the LAPD puts an officer on paid leave, but it does not effect her record.

But, thank God for small victories, or else you would have none.

A church north of Hollywood Blvd on Highland has signs supporting Anti-God ordained marriage and states they support Marriage Abomination and you do not cry "Separation of Church and State". Hmmm, such hypocrisy.

El Coyote restaurant experienced a decline in clientel due to the economy, but remained and still remains the busiest restaurant on Beverly Blvd. (SUCKERS) I HAVE BEEN THERE AT LEAST TEN TIMES SINCE THE AFFIRMATION OF MARRIAGE VOTE. I WILL GO AGAIN TOMORROW.

Wasn't there a "Day without a Gay" march. Less than 20 people showed up, including the NBC news crew. Funny, I spoke with a number of gays who simply think that you guys are stupid, they don't wish to be outed and risk their job security.

In the San Francisco area less than 50% of gays voted. Go figure.

Didn't you guyx claim that the Yes on 8 campaign lied about children being taught in school.
Funny thing, the California Teachers Assn donated $1.3 million to the failed No on 8 campaign.

Reap what you sow? That sounds as hateful as if some one were to say that AIDS is gays reaping what they sow.

I DONATED $25,000 TO THE YES ON 8 CAMPAIGN AND PROBABLY PUT IN OVER 1,000 HOURS OF CAMPAIGN TIME AND I ESTIMATE THAT I REACHED OVER 300,000 PEOPLE. I guess I could be as hateful as you guys and fire all my gay employees, tear up my contracts with gay businessmen or gay friendly, and write letters to businesses that I deal with and threaten to pull my business from anyone who supported No on 8.

You would for sure call that bigoted and hateful, but I would call that tit for tat.

Why not boycott Coleus, since the Catholic Apologetics International for its study regarding homosexuality and having the audactiy to compile a study called "The Statistics on Homosexaulity and its Effects."

Catholic Apologetics International ^


The Statistics on Homosexuality and its Effects


Some statistics about the Homosexual lifestyle:
One study reports 70% of homosexuals admitting to having sex only one time with over 50% of their partners (3).
One study reports that the average homosexual has between 20 and 106 partners per year (6). The average heterosexual has 8 partners in a lifetime.
Many homosexual sexual encounters occur while drunk, high on drugs, or in an orgy setting (7).
Many homosexuals don't pay heed to warnings of their lifestyles: "Knowledge of health guidelines was quite high, but this knowledge had no relation to sexual behavior" (16).
Homosexuals got homosexuality removed from the list of mental illnesses in the early 70s by storming the annual American Psychiatric Association (APA) conference on successive years. "Guerrilla theater tactics and more straight-forward shouting matches characterized their presence" (2). Since homosexuality has been removed from the APA list of mental illnesses, so has pedophilia (except when the adult feels "subjective distress") (27).
Homosexuals account for 3-4% of all gonorrhea cases, 60% of all syphilis cases, and 17% of all hospital admissions (other than for STDs) in the United States (5). They make up only 1-2% of the population.
Homosexuals live unhealthy lifestyles, and have historically accounted for the bulk of syphilis, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, the "gay bowel syndrome" (which attacks the intestinal tract), tuberculosis and cytomegalovirus (27).
73% of psychiatrists say homosexuals are less happy than the average person, and of those psychiatrists, 70% say that the unhappiness is NOT due to social stigmatization (13).
25-33% of homosexuals and lesbians are alcoholics (11).
Of homosexuals questioned in one study reports that 43% admit to 500 or more partners in a lifetime, 28% admit to 1000 or more in a lifetime, and of these people, 79% say that half of those partners are total strangers, and 70% of those sexual contacts are one night stands (or, as one homosexual admits in the film "The Castro", one minute stands) (3). Also, it is a favorite past-time of many homosexuals to go to "cruisy areas" and have anonymous sex.
78% of homosexuals are affected by STDs (20).
Judge John Martaugh, chief magistrate of the New York City Criminal Court has said, "Homosexuals account for half the murders in large cities" (10).
Captain William Riddle of the Los Angeles Police says, "30,000 sexually abused children in Los Angeles were victims of homosexuals" (10).
50% of suicides can be attributed to homosexuals (10).
Dr. Daniel Capron, a practicing psychiatrist, says, "Homosexuality by definition is not healthy and wholesome. The homosexual person, at best, will be unhappier and more unfulfilled than the sexually normal person" (10). For other psychiatrists who believe that homosexuality is wrong, please see National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality.
It takes approximately $300,000 to take care of each AIDS victim, so thanks to the promiscuous lifestyle of homosexuals, medical insurance rates have been skyrocketing for all of us(10).
Homosexuals were responsible for spreading AIDS in the United States, and then raised up violent groups like Act Up and Ground Zero to complain about it. Even today, homosexuals account for well over 50% of the AIDS cases in the United States, which is quite a large number considering that they account for only 1-2% of the population.
Homosexuals account for a disproportionate number of hepatitis cases: 70-80% in San Francisco, 29% in Denver, 66% in New York City, 56% in Toronto, 42% in Montreal, and 26% in Melbourne (8).
37% of homosexuals engage in sadomasochism, which accounts for many accidental deaths. In San Francisco, classes were held to teach homosexuals how to not kill their partners during sadomasochism (8).
41% of homosexuals say they have had sex with strangers in public restrooms, 60% say they have had sex with strangers in bathhouses, and 64% of these encounters have involved the use of illegal drugs (8).
Depending on the city, 39-59% of homosexuals are infected with intestinal parasites like worms, flukes and amoebae, which is common in filthy third world countries (8).
The median age of death of homosexuals is 42 (only 9% live past age 65). This drops to 39 if the cause of death is AIDS. The median age of death of a married heterosexual man is 75 (8).
The median age of death of lesbians is 45 (only 24% live past age 65). The median age of death of a married heterosexual woman is 79 (8).
Homosexuals are 100 times more likely to be murdered (usually by another homosexual) than the average person, 25 times more likely to commit suicide, and 19 times more likely to die in a traffic accident (8).
21% of lesbians die of murder, suicide or traffic accident, which is at a rate of 534 times higher than the number of white heterosexual females aged 25-44 who die of these things(8).
50% of the calls to a hotline to report "queer bashing" involved domestic violence (i.e., homosexuals beating up other homosexuals) (18).
About 50% of the women on death row are lesbians (12).
Homosexuals prey on children.

33% of homosexuals ADMIT to minor/adult sex (7).
There is a notable homosexual group, consisting of thousands of members, known as the North American Man and Boy Love Association ( NAMBLA). This is a child molesting homosexual group whose cry is "SEX BEFORE 8 BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE." This group can be seen marching in most major homosexual parades across the United States.
Homosexuals commit more than 33% of all reported child molestations in the United States, which, assuming homosexuals make up 2% of the population, means that 1 in 20 homosexuals is a child molestor, while 1 in 490 heterosexuals is a child molestor (19).
73% of all homosexuals have had sex with boys under 19 years of age (9).
Many homosexuals admit that they are pedophiles: "The love between men and boys is at the foundation of homosexuality" (22).
Because homosexuals can't reproduce naturally, they resort to recruiting children. Homosexuals can be heard chanting "TEN PERCENT IS NOT ENOUGH, RECRUIT, RECRUIT, RECRUIT" in their homosexual parades. A group called the "Lesbian Avengers" prides itself on trying to recruit young girls. They print "WE RECRUIT" on their literature. Some other homosexuals aren't as overt about this, but rather try to infiltrate society and get into positions where they will have access to the malleable minds of young children (e.g., the clergy, teachers, Boy Scout leaders, etc.) (8). See the DC Lesbian Avengers web page, and DC Lesbian Avengers Press Release, where they threaten to recruit little boys and girls. Also, see AFA Action Alert.
The homosexual agenda.

The homosexual agenda includes desensitizing the public: "The first order of business is desensitization of the American public concerning gays and gay rights.....To desensitize the public is to help it view homosexuality with indifference instead of with keen emotion. Ideally, we would have straights register differences in sexual preferences the way they register different tastes for ice cream or sports games....At least in the beginning, we are seeking public desensitization and nothing more. We do not need and cannot expect a full 'appreciation' or 'understanding' of homosexuality from the average American. You can forget about trying to persuade the masses that homosexuality is a good thing. But if only you can get them to think that it is just another thing...then your battle for legal and social rights is virtually won" (25).
Part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their filthy lifestyle, as one homosexual admitted in the October 1987 homosexual rally on Washington: "We are no longer seeking just a right to privacy and a protection from wrong. We also have a right -- as heterosexual Americans already have -- to see government and society affirm our lives" (27).
Part of the homosexual agenda is to turn people from Christianity: "The teaching that only male-female sexual activity within the bounds and constraints of marriage is the only acceptable form should be reason enough for any homosexual to denounce the Christian religion" (1).
Homosexuals knowingly lied (and still lie) about the 10% figure (i.e., homosexuals make up 10% of the population). As Tom Stoddard (formerly of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund) said, "We used that figure when most gay people were entirely hidden to try to create an impression of our numerousness" (17).
The true number of homosexuals.

The Kinsey study of 1948, which homosexuals often cite to say that 10% of the population is homosexual, actually says that only 4% of the population is EXCLUSIVELY homosexual. This study involved a disproportionate number of people who had been in jail for sex crimes (hardly a random sample of the population). Kinsey also did perverse studies involving young boys and pedophiles. Information on Kinsey.
Current research shows that the true percentage of homosexuals is in the 1-2% range (15,23,26,28). Consider how small this number is when compared to most of the numbers above.

trtuhspeaker, I believe that you should have the chance to comment on the site about any article you like but it is a "comment" area and not a blog or rant page.

If you have information to support your views please link it.

example, trtuhspeaker@blahblah.com.

Everyone else commenting pretty much considers that a common courtesy in the comment world plus it takes up a lot less space within the comment section.

Your continuous gigantic posts are very tiresome and annoying. That may be your intentions and if so then I'll have to change my stance and side with the people who would like you restricted from the comments area.

I actually find a lot of his/her posts informative. Saves me the time of having to go to another site to pull up the information. If I don't feel like reading part of or any of his/her post or anybody else's I don't.

I had planned on going to El Coyote restaurant tonight with a number of friends, both gay and straight, to show our support for the millions in tax dollars and employment dollars they contribute. I can't make it tonight.

We say $100 does not equal millions of dollars.
Don't cut off your face to save your nose.

To Johnny; Your post is respected.

However,it is obvious that my post are read, which is the reason that some don't like the comments. I personally do not care if some one choses to write a 10 page monologue. If it is interesting enough, I will read it. In anyway, it will be my chose.

I totally disagree about your notion of common courtesy, or else people who separate themselves and denounce people who make personal attacks and use primitive insult language. It is obvious that this is not done, when the offender is a supporter of a person's chosen view.

Your post is given respect, because I am certain that you do not share many of my views. That is why it is necessary to post the information, so that those who wish to be offended are truly offended by the truth. I welcome any supported arguments to the contrary.

Any one can say something ridiculous like Jesus was a homsexual, but it is supoorted when I say that the founer of the Gay Rights movement was a pedophile, who advocated man/boy relationship, and that the current LGBT to date consistently invites NAMBLA members and supporters as principle speakers.

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