A Gay Pastor Claimed Someone Wrote 'Fag' On His Cake At Whole Foods, Whole Foods Says He's Lying And Is Countersuing Him

Fox News – Jordan Brown, an openly gay pastor who preaches at the non-denominational Church of Open Doors, said he ordered a cake with the words “Love Wins” written in blue icing on April 14 for a member of his congregation, according to an emotional distress lawsuit filed Monday in Travis County court. But Brown said when he got to his car he saw “Love Wins F**” had been scrawled instead.

Whole Foods, however, countersued on Tuesday, alleging the entire incident was a hoax perpetrated by Brown.

According to the countersuit, the pastor “intentionally, knowingly and falsely accused Whole Foods and its employees of writing the homophobic slur…on a custom made cake that he ordered from WFM’s Lamar Store in Austin,” My Statesman reported. Whole Foods also released security footage from their flagship Austin store that they say proves their workers did not add the slur to the cake.

“After reviewing their security footage of Mr. Brown, it’s clear that the UPC label was in fact on top of the cake box, not on the side of the package,” Whole Foods said in a statement.

The company said it stands by the employees of the Austin store who deny any wrongdoing and is seeking $100,000 in damages from Brown.

“Our team member wrote “love wins” at the top of the cake as requested by the guest, and that’s exactly how the cake was packaged and sold at the store,” a company statement said. “Our team members do not accept or design bakery orders that include language or images that are offensive. Whole Foods Market has a zero tolerance policy for discrimination. We stand behind our bakery team member, who is part of the LGBT community, and the additional team members from the store, who confirmed the cake was decorated with only the message ‘Love Wins.’”

Here’s the video Whole Foods says proves their worker was innocent and that the cake-based homophobia never occurred:

If Whole Foods is as right as they seem to be here, props to them for immediately getting to the bottom of things and firing back as hard as they can. Situations like this or the Rolling Stone case fuck it all up for everyone. It’s like people were never forced to hear the Boy Who Cried Wolf parable sometimes. But in these cases it’s worse because it makes it easier to blow off when actual screwed up things happen. There’s only so much justifiable outrage we can muster as a people, can’t waste it on dumb or fake shit perpetrated by assholes for money.

But how pissed must this gay pastor be to have gotten his setup cake from another LGBT person? Totally ruins the whole premise he was trying to sell to have gotten the cake from them, definitely a Scooby Dooesque “I would have gotten away with it weren’t for you meddling homosexuals” moment. Also I guess we can also confirm gaydar is officially not a thing given that this dude waltzed in, got a cake from the employee and couldn’t sniff the LGBT thing out. Then again, maybe it was a bisexual person so his gaydar got jammed. Results inconclusive.