KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State Sen. Stacey Campfield — the Knoxville lawmaker behind the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill making its way in the Tennessee state legislature — was ejected from a Knoxville bistro on Sunday because of his anti-gay views.
Stacey Campfield
Campfield, appearing on the Michelangelo Signorile Show on Sirius XM radio last week, claimed that HIV originated in the gay community by an airline pilot who had sex with monkey, and that it was “virtually impossible” to contract the disease through heterosexual sex.
“I hope that Stacy Campfield now knows what if feels like to be unfairly discriminated against,” wrote Boggs of the incident, on her restaurant’s Facebook page.
“He’s gone from being stupid to dangerous,” she told the Knoxville News Sentinel. “It’s just my way of standing up to a bully.”
Campfield (R-Knoxville) has made national headlines as sponsor of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which he prefers to call “don’t teach gay.”
The bill would prohibit public elementary and middle school teachers from providing instruction, material or counseling that discusses sexual orientation other than heterosexuality. Campfield claims the bill is necessary because homosexuality is a “learned behavior.”
The bill passed the state Senate last year, and is now awaiting a vote in the Tennessee state House.
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What a looney. Apparently they didn’t teach science at his school…
Byeeeeee!
well, I’ll be,,,shooting your mouth off that BIG,,dummie,,,,,,,,,
I think all these morons skipped science class.
He obviously doesn’t know anything about the gay community. And he also doesn’t realize that we’re here, we’re queer, get fucking used to it, cuz we aren’t going anywhere.
I think I would have waited to take his money and then told him what a fool he is, and then asked him to never come back.
I would have told him to eff off as well.
AND, we have families and friends who don’t take kindly to his homophobic remarks.
Obviously someone’s understanding of basic medical science is non-existent.
Good morning, world!
I oppose bigoted politicians on and in all levels of government…
JD always wants what he can’t have :)
I can’t wait to read the headlines “Tennessee Lawmaker caught at a gloryhole!” I wouldn’t be surprised!
You go girl!
When politicians are bigoted against the LGTB my conjecture leads me to postulate that the politician engaging in the bigotry is more than likely a closeted homosexual… Like Santorum… Just because he Haw over half a dozen children doesn’t mean he isn’t concealing something he might secretly hate about himself… Or maybe he is using a “weapon of mass distraction” to secretly get a lil’ man time on the side… It is just a pejorative opinion from my peanut gallery… Lmgao
Awesome!!! Boot him out !
GOOD JOB!! Why are people still idiot’s and think they are above people?! Jerk!!
awesome!
BWAHAHAHAH!!! :)
OFF WITH HIS HEAD ;)
How utterly ignorant can one person be!
I’m torn about this. I have to admit that I am glad he was treated poorly, but that does mean it is alright to kick gay people out of restaurants because they believe differently than the owner?
In the words of Bugs Bunny, “….what a maroon!”
OMG!!! someone else realized that treating people badly goes both ways. THANK YOU ladislao loera for pointing that out! gays like to mistreat people defending it by saying they did it first, but in reality, as soon as we do something, it opens the door for the SAME THING TO BE DONE TO US!!!!
we are not special, people! we need to stop holding ourselves ABOVE everyone else while persecuting everyone else for doing the same!
i am happy, as a tennesseean, to see him get a taste of his own medicine, however.
My thing is if he just has the views then he shouldn’t have been kicked out. But if he was making anti-gay remarks in the restaurant then the owners had every right to kick him out.
giving him back his own medicine hahahahahaha
This is a tough one because, although I like that what the bistro owner did to this bigot, I don’t think it’s right to kick someone out of a public establishment because they disagree with me. What if the bistro owner was a homophobic bigot that kicked me out because I’m lesbian and fight for equal rights? They find my opinions repulsive I’m sure, but I wouldn’t want other bigots applauding them for kicking me out.
LOL Free speech at it’s best. Bounced!
GOOD ASS HOLE.
Being gay isnt learned… When I was in elementary I never knew what gay was but still liked a little girl.. I didnt learn that from anyone. Its who I am and always will be… I was born this way! And its the way God made me! God knows us better than we kno ourselves. He wanted us this way for a reason! To show that everyone and anyone can be loved!
Proud lesbian!
Yes the guy was out of line for his remarks but thats his opinion. Dont kick him out for that but he couldve kept his comments to himself
#WaitingForAChangeInTheWorld!
Homosexuality is not a learned behavior. It has been around FOREVER. And human beings aren’t the only ones who “get gay”. As for the origins of AIDS, I don’t care where it came from and who slept with what to get it. The fact remains that a person can still contract AIDS or HIV from having sex, whether that sex act is hetero- or homesexual. If I had a restaurant, I would have thrown him out too. GO MARTHA BOGGS FOR STANDING UP TO IGNORANT BULLIES! :D
This man is insane. I am 59 and knew I was gay/different at about 4-5 years of age. If the lawmakers sign such a bill they are equally stupid.
Good for you Martha Boggs! I think its fantastic that his constituents are letting him know what they think of his homophobic and dangerous assertions. Just the fact that he can ignore almost 40 years of medical research and pathing of the AIDS epidemic is a pretty clear example of why he should not be exposed to his hate, especially as a representative of Tennessee….
idiocracy!!!
The same guy says it’s “virtually impossible” to contract aids with heterosexual sex. So, he doesn’t care who he hurts, even heterosexual people, as long as he sees it like he’s got himself covered.
BKJAK, ZAJEBITE PEDERE, BAVITE SE KRIMINALOM,
Unfortunately, Ladislao, it is. They are private establishments and still able (in most places) to decide who they will and will not allow. Of course most places are open to anyone, as money from black/white/gay/straight/winged people is still money.
Actually, yes. If it’s a private business, they can discriminate against anyone they choose. I’m sure a few people will no longer eat at this restaurant because they side with the ignorant homophobe. Likewise, one would hope that if another restaurant refused to serve a gay person, then many (I hope) customers would take their business elsewhere. When you take a stand, you have to realize not everyone’s gonna agree…
I would advise Campfield to avoid full service restaurants. It appears the person who cuts his hair has already taken a small amount of revenge.
I am also torn as to whether or not it’s right to treat people the way they treat others, but it can be hard to wait for “what goes around, comes around” to actually kick in. Karma vigilantism might be wrong, but it’s oh so satisfying. One can only hope he now has at least a sense of the unfairness others deal with daily. (I know, it’s unlikely, but stranger things have happened.)
What a great example this restaurant owner is! Wish more people would make it difficult on public officials who are so naive, ignorant, and biggoted.
the deaf have a sign language to People these …its called a flying A ___whole sign.
I think a few million children who were born with AIDS because their mothers contracted it would like a word with this bigot.
I think that to kick an ordinary person out of a restaurant for having different views would be wrong but in this case he is not. He is trying to pass laws against homosexuals and I think that it is necessary for his constituents to show him that they do not agree with it. As long as she was not abusive in the way she kicked him out I think he needed to know that not everybody agrees with his views!
Is it just me, or is this the creepiest looking mofo EVER???
Make sure you show your support on the restaurants Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bistro-at-the-Bijou/68978679282
My only issue with this is that I don’t think Boggs “unfairly discriminated against” Campfield at all, though *he* may feel that she’s acquainted him with ‘discrimination.’ But it wasn’t unfair. He took a *public* policy stance that is bigoted and unjust, while she- in conducting a private business- simply chose to enforce a standard of personal decency in her establishment. He wasn’t “discriminated against,” he reaped the consequences of being a bigoted douche-bag in his capacity as a public servant.
Awesome! Good for Ms. Boggs. Someone should have put poison in Campfield’s food though.
Woo Hooo score a point for us.. I was kicked out of a Quizno’s once for kissing my girlfriend.. Which was bullshit.. Wonder how this jackass liked it…
Hey Campfield, how does it feel to be discriminated against???
@ Ladislao Loera, he doesn’t just have differint view points he’s making up shit of the top of his empty head about LGBT people, as a person that holds as much power as he does he needs to know that it’s one thing to just have differing views but it’s another thing when one is making damaging untrue remarks about a people and it’s great that someone stood up to him in this manner.
I am not LGBT or anything but heterosexual. That said, I am RABIDLY in support of LGBT rights and f***k this jerk for saying it is a “learned” behavior. We were BORN the way we are and any rational, objective, scientific source of information will tell you so. Some of us may not figure it out (or face it or develop enough courage to embrace it) till later in life, but it is either there from the get-go, or it is not.
I had an uncle I adored. He lived in French Canada. We had a HUGE Catholic family. My uncle has passed away now, but I am pretty sure everyone in the family knew he was closeted his entire life and always lived alone since it was so very unaccepted then to come out. That culture would not be kind to him, nor would, necessarily, many family members (back then.) I have always felt much angst for this wonderful and kind man who may have lived over 80 years in fear and denial due to his at least perceived environment. I pray this doesn’t have to happen to other people; we have come a long way, but we have so far to go as far as acceptance and education. This slimeball in Tennessee is not only dangerously homophobic, he is criminally IGNORANT and should be un-elected just for that alone. Heterosexual transmission of HIV is at an all time high, and especially in the senior demographics here (seems they feel once pregnancy is no longer a risk, protected sex is not needed,) and HIV has always been a family disease in many countries in Africa and also in the Caribbean. Giving total misinformation is DANGEROUS and this clown needs basic education. I suspect he is one of those self-proclaimed “Christians” as well, whose actions and beliefs are so far removed from true Christian teaching as to be on another planet altogether.
Man, what an ignorant bastard. I can’t believe this ass is a senator.
I disagree with the people saying it wasn’t right to kick him out. Stacey Campfield is a VERY ignorant son of a bitch who should not be welcome anywhere after what he pulled. And besides! It’s Martha’s restaurant and she can kick out whoever the hell she wants to. And I’m glad it was the Senator! He’s getting paid BIG BUCKS TO SPREAD HATRED! Someone should WHOOP his ass the next time he tries to waltz into any other establishment.
Kick the bastard out, and piss on the people who wanna cry foul.
Disagreement isn’t bigotry. I think the owner was just as bigoted.I have a right to be against something even it is against popular opinion. What if this was the opposing situation? Isn’t that why we call it America? Only when we are open to other opinions will we be a better country.
EXACTLY! As stupid as the guy is, how does his money spend any less easily as anyone else’s? Call him out, then take his money and give it to an AIDS-related charity in his name and tell him you’re doing it!
you go, boy!!! :)
Delighted this jerk got bounced from the establishment. And as far as ME worring about this sort of thing happening to me in a place owned by a bigot? Wellllll, I wouldn’t WANT to be eating at their restaurant in the FIRST place! They would be doing me a favor by letting me know that I had NO intention of going back, EVER.
Obviously trying to compensate for all the abuse he suffered for having a woman’s name.
I want to pass a law that says “Dont say HIV” and “Stop blaming gays for HIV infections”.
Stupid Senator – all balls and no brains!
Even my dog is more smarter than he is!
Tennessee has still not learned from the embarassment of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” fiasco! How truly sad that troglodytes still get elected to public office.
Turnabout, is fair play.
I’ve heard of the things waiters/waitresses have done to the food of people that they don’t like… I’m getting ill just thinking of what he has eaten and will be eating in the future… YUK!
If a group of white racists and a group of white homophobes walked into a restaurant, sat down and ordered meals and didn’t talk about their racism or homophobia that’s just fine let them finish their meals and go on their way, no harm done. But, they’re is always a but, no pun intended, if they start talking about their racist and homophobic views and other people can hear them, well that’s completley different, such talk can spark an outrage from somebody in tha restaurant and who knows what could happen. That is when the dirt bags should be asked to leave. I hope that lady has a sign in her bistro that reads: “WE HAVE A RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE.”