Gay Marriage Discussion Heats Up In Wisconsin
Well it isn't on a restaurant menu, but, in a small town in Wisconsin a discussion about gay marriage took a violent turn at a small diner in a place called Wauwatosa.
Some involved call the incident a hate crime according to WTMJ news. The entire incident was captured surveillance cameras.
Michael Lopez required five stitches to close the cuts on his face and called the incident a hate crime, "That's what it was, it was a very hateful circumstance, obviously the guy had a problem with gay issues, gay marriage," he told WTMJ news.
It all started with a group of diners discussing gay marriage and the proposed same-sex marriage amendment on Wisconsin's November election ballot.
A lesbian named "Jorryn" says the debate got heated when a customer from another part of the restaurant came over and joined the gay marriage discussion.
She quoted him as saying, "It's never going to happen, it's never going to never going to pass in Wisconsin, and it's against God."
Then the argument got physical. Surveillance video shows the man, who had just joined the debate. He throws "Jorryn" down to the floor and then punches another customer. The suspect continued yelling, throwing chairs and punching people.
He walked out of the restaurant with some restaurant patrons thinking he was going to get a weapon. He returned to the restaurant, not with a gun, but throwing ketchup bottles and anything else he could get his hands on and then he left.
Witnesses wrote down the suspect's license plate number as he drove off. Police have yet to make an arrest, but they do have a suspect.
