A Wal-Mart store in Las Vegas refused to write the word “gay” in the message of a cake celebrating two boys whose “promposal” went viral last week, television station KVVU reported on Monday.
Two teenage boys — one gay, one straight — received national attention and support over a video in which the straight friend, Jacob Lescenski, asked his gay best friend, Anthony Martinez, to prom, according to KVVU.
As a surprise before the dance, Martinez’s aunt, Jennifer Sandoval, went to Wal-Mart on Saturday to get a cake in commemoration of the event, according to the station. However, she was told her request couldn’t be granted when she attempted to have this message written on the cake: “You’re gay, he’s straight, you’re going to prom, you couldn’t have had a better date.”
“One word – ‘gay’ – which is the meaning of happy – isn’t going to harm putting that on a cake,” Sandoval told KVVU.
According to Sandoval, she was told it was against store policy to have the word “gay” written on a cake. When Sandoval reportedly asked to speak to a supervisor, the message was repeated.
“Supervisor takes my phone, looks at it, and was like stuck for a minute, and she was like, ‘OK, I’m sorry, we can’t use this,” Sandoval said. “And then I said, ‘I’m going to ask you what I asked her because you’re the supervisor. Why can’t I use this? I don’t understand. It’s one word. It’s gay.”
The eventual cake message read: “You matter, prom kings,” according to KVVU.
The station reached out to Wal-Mart and was told that appropriate management was never contacted with the issue. Wal-Mart also told KVVU that there is no store policy prohibiting the use of the word “gay” in a cake message.
While KVVU was told a spokesperson would contact Sandoval, she said she had yet to hear anything from Wal-Mart.
“It wasn’t hurtful,” Sandoval said. “It was to make my nephew happy, to see a smile on his face. I love that smile, to see that smile, that’s all I wanted, and I’m disappointed. I really am.”
Why would Ms. Sandoval want the store clerk to lose their job and burn in Hell for all eternity? Doesn’t she know the power of the word ‘gay’?
This from a store located in a state that allows legal gambling, prostitution, and secular weddings perfomed by people imitating aliens or dead musicians. Thankfully, they have lines they just won’t cross.
This story makes no sense at all.
Ignoring it won’t make it not exist.
Walmart isn’t going to be happy. It’s all about money in there and everyone gay or straight has it. This should be a good show. How not to piss off the Gays ( and their money ) and do it without a pissing off religious phonies ( and their money ) at the same time .
The level of weird in this story made me double check it wasn’t Florida
Beyond everything else - would it really knock people out if they wrote the message on the cake themselves? Last I knew Walmart carried cake writing kits