Atlanta gay bar closes over owner's questionable social media posts

Atlanta gay bar closes over owner's questionable social media posts

ATLANTA - A well-known Atlanta gay bar continues to be closed after the exploration of controversial comments made on social networks.

Burkhart's doors shut for the public after dozens of performers gave up en masse.

The team made the decision after workers claim that Palmer Marsh, among the club's proprietors, made offending comments on Facebook.

In the screenshot of one of the articles circulating on social networks Marsh shows up to make use of a racial slur regarding previous head of state Barack Obama.

\" I'm very happy with individuals that I understand that work there standing up to recurring therapy that's not simply recent from a Facebook article,\" Keith Young, a client of the bar, said. \"From what they have actually told me [there's been] years of poor treatment.\"

FOX 5 has been told that the bar is currently up for sale and might have brand-new owners soon. Marsh and his spouse Mary are the initial owners and have had bench for years.

\" Taking someone past declarations and judging them by those previous declarations and also blowing it up and forgetting what they did for this community. What Miss Mary and Burkhart's did for the area talks a lot more volumes than someone making use of unsuitable language and also who they elect,\" client Desmond Flanigan stated. \" It injures to see the numerous individuals that she assisted, and also people have turned their back on her.\"

Some of the performers do not intend to operate at the popular disco up until new proprietors take control of.

\" I really hope the globe comes to be a much better place and also I really hope the gay neighborhood can truly wrap their hands around individuals that are standing up for themselves,\" Young stated.

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