Cracker Barrel Faces Boycott Calls for Celebrating Pride: 'Skip Dining'
Twitter followers, urged Americans to "do their part" and "skip dining at the Cracker Barrel" in response.Conservative campaigners have targeted a number of companies with boycotts over the past few months, in response to their policies on LGBTQ+ related issues.
A boycott against Bud Light was launched in April, over the brand's collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, with Target also being hit in a response to its sale of Pride branded products aimed at children.On June 8, Cracker Barrel published a post celebrating Pride month on its official Facebook page, accompanied by a photo which included the back of a chair painted in rainbow colors.The southern style eatery wrote: "We are excited to celebrate Pride Month with our employees and guests.
Everyone is always welcome at our table (and our [rainbow] rocker.) Happy Pride!"The post attracted a lot of attention, receiving more than 17,000 shares and 24,000 comments from other social media users.A screenshot was shared on Twitter by Lauren Chen, who describes herself as a "contributor" for conservative youth group Turning Point USA.In a message to her 508,000 followers, Chen wrote: "Thankfully, this makes it even easier than ever to skip this mid restaurant whenever someone recommends it.Thankfully, this makes it even easier than ever to skip this mid restaurant whenever someone recommends it.
Everyone else should do their part and skip dining at the Cracker Barrel, too. pic.twitter.com/sX4t0Wr2sL"Everyone else should do their part and skip dining at the Cracker Barrel, too."In response another Twitter user said: "Absolutely disgusting.
