NC politicians' aides say they were threatened for being gay at downtown Raleigh bar Read more here
RALEIGH -- Two assistants to North Carolina legislators said they were threatened by a stranger at a downtown bar Friday after the stranger asked whether they were gay.
Now the owner of the bar, The Architect Bar and Social House, is doing damage control in response to a flood of social media posts critical of the business.
“All are welcome at The Architect and (we) intend to keep it that way,” Jon Seelbinder said. “We can’t control other people but do our best to defuse situations. ... We by no means support or condone any sort of discrimination or harassment. ... Our job and main priority is to keep our guests safe and as happy as possible. We take these accusations very seriously.”
Jeff DeLuca, legislative assistant to Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, said in a Facebook post on Saturday that he and Michael Wilson, assistant to Rep. Chaz Beasley, were approached by a man in his mid-to-late 20s at the Architect Bar on Hargett Street downtown. DeLuca and Wilson had been dancing in a group at the bar to celebrate a friend’s new job, DeLuca wrote.
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