El Coyote owner attempts to justify Yes on 8 contribution
by: Pam Spaulding
Thu Nov 13, 2008 at 09:00:00 AM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=16BC00C7D2B625F3232F739804FF1D26?diaryId=8194Marjorie Chrisoffersen, the manager of eatery El Coyote in Los Angeles, is a Mormon who donated to "Yes on 8." With a large gay clientele, the owner should not have been surprised when they decided to boycott the establishment. In an attempt to explain her position she held a lunch to "personally speak" with her regulars. Well, it didn't go so hot for Margie. Timothy Kincaid of Box Turtle Bulletin was there and he had this to say about it:
Although Margie is usually a spry woman, today she was breathless, and distraught and appeared fragile, not an easy task for a woman of her height. She stood supported between her daughters and read a prepared speech - most of which had already been released.
She praised the restaurant as a beacon of diversity, people from all places and where everyone doesn't have to agree, where they can get along even with differing views. She credited her aunt for being sympathetic to the plight of the "gay individual" before there was support and how the restaurant became a safe haven for "that community". She told of visiting sick people and providing "a healing place".
