Tag: pizzeria

It's illegal to refuse service due to sexuality in Israel An American student currently studying at Hebrew Union College in Jersusalem, Israel for the year, is suing a local pizzeria for allegedly refusing to serve him due to his sexuality. Sammy Kanter is a current rabbinical student. Kanter was in the city a day after Jerusalem Pride in August. He was wearing a t-shirt with rainbow letters spelling out ‘Cincy’. The shirt was for his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. He and some friends...

The incident occurred at Goodfellas in Cincinnati. A gay couple was harassed at a Cincinnati pizza shop when a bouncer threatened to throw them out if they didn’t stop kissing and holding hands. Bobby Slavens said the threats were made Saturday night when he and his fiancé Luke Munz stopped by Goodfellas Pizzeria with two of their friends for some food. The two men were holding hands as they approached the bouncer, which is when the trouble started. “We were just holding hands,”...