Hardware store owner Jeff Amyx really, really, really doesn’t like gay people.
“I just don’t agree with their lifestyle,” he recently told WATE 6-TV. “I don’t want any part of it. I don’t want it around me and I’ll never agree with it.”
Amyx made headlines back in June, shortly after marriage equality became the law of the land, when he posted a sign in his store window that read “No Gays Allowed.” He again made headlines in August when he posted a string of bizarre antigay comments on his store’s Facebook page.
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Now, he’s hung a marker board outside his store asking customers to please sign it if they, too, hate gay people. So far, around 300 homophobes have proudly given their autographs, proving that bigotry is alive and well in Washburn, TN (population 2,500).
Being a savvy businessman, Amyx is now trying to capitalize on that bigotry. He’s started making antigay swag, which he sells in his store. The merchandise includes baseball hats with his store name on the front and “No Gays Allowed” on the back, which he sells for $5.00 a pop, and bumper stickers that say “Choose: God or Gays,” which go for fifty cents each.
“I’m just doing it because people have asked me for it,” Amyx said.
Amyx says he regularly receives hate mail for his extreme beliefs, but it hasn’t had an impact on his sales. He claims he’s already sold out of both the hats and the bumper stickers. He has more on order and he’s also considering selling T shirts as well.
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Jennifer Mercury
Closet case.
Octavio Roca
Hate speech defined.
Xzamilio
I wonder if he has a “No Gays Allowed” banner on his Grindr profile… just saying. Thou doth protest too much.
Jason Peil
It should read… no brains allowed.
Kai Grey
Another looking for millions on go fund in the name of Jesus.
Sally Smith
Obviously been f**ked in the head!!!
jwtraveler
Striking another blow for freedom.
Now that Confederate flags are becoming unfashionable, the bigots need a new outlet for their hatred.
Alford S. Sean
Ass
Jeff Rice
The HATE runs deep with this one!
Frank Sturzl
Please, advertise your bigotry.
Jane Cain
No dumb asses! Get the tee-shirt
LubbockGayMale
He can’t keep folks out ‘cuz of skin color, so he does this. Who cares?
Andi Nicolas
*rolls my eyes..*
Sam Noti
Sounds like someone is afraid to come out of the closet, if he denies it enough it won’t be true. You just never know.
Jacqueline Paul
I dont want to sound anti american but over a staggering half..believe God created the universe( thats ok..although Stephen Hawkins said he didnt)
6.000 years ago.!!!!!!! .as a nation..you would’nt really want anyody to know that.
Faye Denton
What a jerk to sell such things. His wife should dump him for being so stupid.
LadyL
Another bigot for the history books. I’m sure his grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be cleaning this up for years to come.
Sijtske van Lambalgen
How does he know that someone is gay (or lesbian or whatever)?
odowd4sure
He says that people have asked him for these, um, no, I don’t think so! You see, it’s sick people like this nutjob that have remote cabins out in the middle of rural TN in an underground bunker that was once a school bus waiting for the End of Days and waiting on his bride…Kim Davis to return to the flock of sisterwives so all can be OK and so Honey Poo Poo can stop crying. Sick freak!
Matthew Katz
i wonder if he sells Major Douche Hats.. oh wait, he does!!!! Hope he loses all his business and suffers from painful hemorrhoids!!!!!!!!!
Richard Holaday
That’s okay, we’ll proudly take our business to #Lowes or #HomeDepot
AtticusBennett
he knows there’s money to be made from bigots. it’s that simple. the GOP has fiscal policies that don’t benefit anyone but the wealthiest citizens. so why do so many TOTALLY BROKE people vote GOP? because the GOP is anti-LGBT. it’s that simple.
what have we seen in the last year? broke people who give money they can’t afford to give away to people SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HATE GAYS.
it’s almost hilarious, were it not so pathetic.
Nick Guida
and how are suppose to know they are gay? unless a gay couple walks in holding hands, you wouldn’t know
Rodney Davis
No blacks allowed whites only drinking fountain women are to obey their husbands children are to be seen and not heard over the course of time we have had some pretty stupid stupid bigotry
Peggy McKenzie
What would you feel like if youwent to a store who had signs reading”NO STRAIGHTS ALLOWED”, wouldnt you feel stupid we are all people and and im sure that if you were dying and a gay person offered to save you by giving whatever help you needed to survive you would gladly accept it , Dont be angry about something you dont understand ,just live ,love and be happy!!!!
Rodney Davis
Don’t you think the hats would be pretty if they were done in rainbow colors
GG
‘Cuz, you know, jeebus is known for ostracization, oppression and hate.
Christopher DeRosa
OMG I want one of those hats. But I don’t want to give him money.
Charles Schultz
I say all Gays allowed and design tips welcome!
Eric Ziegler
He must really HATE liking in the mirror then!!!
oregonduckbrad
I’m sorry, there’s no way this guys is NOT a fag…
Allan Gray
Still wondering what a “gay lifestyle” is after all these years
Johanna Berg
Ass
Zekester
How precious. Reminds me of the “good” ole days!
I wonder if he also has “NO NEGROS ALLOWED”, “NO JEWS ALLOWED”, “NO CATHOLICS ALLOWED” and “NO IRISH ALLOWED” available in his “Ode to the 1950’s” store?
Dianne Cook
How silly this person is.
Roberto Diego Enzo Hache
Bizarre
Kevin Davis
I wonder if he wears that hat when he’s blowing his redneck buddies
Mercurical Memo
Welcome to America! I bet you this guy buys his guns at the Muslim free gun shop that proudly displays a confederate flag, and supports cops’ actions against those animals who say black lives matter. The land if the proud and free.
Jim DelRae
Why give money to a business that doesn’t want it ?
Stop giving these businesses the press and time of day. Move on, shop somewhere else, it’s really no big deal.
Geoff Cooke
Why is he so afraid?
Carlos Rodriguez
Even that is a fucked up thing, what I like is that we can recognize a hater. They would put a sign on them.
paul dorian lord fredine
interesting. so the hat means that no gays are allowed in his head? why not? i’m sure there’s plenty of room since it’s obviously empty.
marcuswingspan
You know, I love guys like this and the morons who wear them. I like to know the than be blissfully ignorant of their hatred.
Thom Bishop
Classy
Matt Bohte
Tennessee. ‘Nuff said.
Cagnazzo82
If I saw someone wearing that I would immediately presume they were overcompensating for something.
Bostonboy617
I say – “good”. Go ahead, advertise and sell you lame hateful crap to your three backwards onion-head neighbors. Do you think it hurts me or my husband? Well, it doesn’t.
My husband and I are living a wonderful, successful gay life together. Our life is amazing, blessed, hardworking and loving. Compare this to Jeff Amnyx’s life: a frightened hateful, pitiful bigot who can only feel any sense of power by spreading his hateful message. Wow- good for you.
So go ahead. Throw your stones and wear your sticks up your ass.
We, the LGBT community, are winners in life and you are and will die a lonely bigot.
Kevin Elsasser
There are days when I don’t even recognize the universe I’m in. Let’s vote this guy off the island.
gaym50ish
Someone needs to school this guy in the realities of sexual orientation. I would start by letting him know that homosexuality is not something to agree or disagree with — it’s something that simply exists. If you don’t “agree” with left-handedness, do you force everyone to be right-handed? No. You just continue doing things with your right hand and allow the left-handed people to do it their way. Nobody is harmed.
This looks to me like a way to cash in on the gullibility of ignorant people — and not just by selling merchandise. Gays will call for a boycott, it will make national news, and a campaign on gofundme.com will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the idiot.
The pizza-parlor owner who told a reporter he would never cater a gay wedding raised nearly a million dollars that way — in spite of the fact that he had never been asked to cater a gay wedding and you would have to look long and hard for a gay couple that would serve pizza at their wedding reception.
Scott Kensett-Hopkins
Sam Oropeza
Again, human stupidity has no limits.
Matthew Farris
Why does he care so much?
Billy Budd
I think that a T-Shirt written NO HOMO is acceptable, but anything beyond that is bigotry and must be punished. Isnt there a law against bigotry and discrimination?
Joey Boyd
Seems rather funny that the words surround a big gaping hole.
Linda Hopp-Hill
I would like to know your reason for this dislike? Do you have the guts to turn around, show your face and tell we the rest of the American people what’s stuck in your craw, when someone goes this far to loose business they’ve got to have a burning desire to either Love or Hate. I just think you’ve been taught to be a bigot.
Dino Diamantakos
Joe Hamill
Burn the fuckers down
Daniel-Reader
That is hilarious. The messages are on the backs of hats and vehicles. That way the person behind you can tell you’re an evil KKK bigot and can push you in front of a bus or knock your vehicle in front of a train. Bigots are not real thinkers are they?
Thunderkitty
@Jennifer Mercury:
Actually only 2% to 10% of anti-gay people are Closet Homosexuals.
AJ BlkWidow
Do people even go to this store? Lol, I bet plenty of gay people have been in and out of the store without him even knowing.
Sidney Tucker
He’s overcompensating for his own desires.
Susan Jodoin
Another POS trying to get his fifteen minutes of fame.
Sidney Tucker
Glücklich
@Kevin Davis:
No but when he’s blowing his redneck cousin-pappy he puts the hat on over a blond wig. It is, as other commenters have noted, Tennessee after all.
Glücklich
Is it wrong of me to want one of the hats for the “Tacky Shrine” in my office?
David Parker
hmmmmm, does he really have a secret gay fantasy????
James Sigmon
Call my attorney
Katherine Gabrielle
Allowed where? In the car with the bumper sticker? In the hat?
Tony Minutella
Sad, pathetic soul
Robert Shannon
What a sick sick man this guy is
Billy Budd
Are americans allowed to be bigots and promote bigotry openly?
Phillip Hupp
Yes this man is an ass. When are people going to realize not everyone is gonna like homosexual people..its his choice..leave him alone a move the hell on!!!
Wayne Howell
As Bill Ingvall would say, “Here’s your sign.”
Alà Dazz
Dude i love that hat , how do i get me one , i’d love to wear it at my store hahahaha!!!!^.^”/**
Evji108
If you lived in Washburn TN, you’d be nuts too. Godforsaken hell-hole that it is. And $5.00 for a baseball hat is a steal. Now they can all walk around in their doublewides proud as hell that they don’t allow gays, like any gays would ever come to their stinking little hole.
Ali Cabulong
So!
Lou Beador
this guy has no idea hes about to be put out of business…
scotshot
@Jacqueline Paul: In America we like to mainstream those with developmental disabilities. It’s unfortunate so many shouldn’t have contact with others.
GayEGO
Well Jeff, we gays don’t want to be infected with your hateful, unGodly, virus. Thanks for warning us! :>)
Bruce Maynard-Holly
No straight ppl allowed no jaws allowed no christains allowed no muslims allowed no Catholicism allowed. Point blank u do not see my views u r not allowed. What is his store a cult?
Alan David Smith
will someone please explain to me the gay lifestyle or scene. today will be vacuuming and kitchen cleaning day. i am working on a box tops for education. program for the local school. since thursday is my least favorite day for t.v. it will be a movie and music day. aside from the fact that i dont want a woman for love, sex and romance. all though a good quality hug is welcomed by either sex. what is exactly “gay” about my life style?
gaym50ish
What is the point of wearing a hat that says “No gays allowed”? Is it supposed to mean gays are the only ones the wearer won’t give heat to?
gaym50ish
Sorry for the typo. I meant “head,” not heat.
Brian
I want to eat out Jeff Amyx’s mangina but only if he lets me.
Jack Marshall
Wtf! So sad
Charles I. Mumford
Great! I’m not allowed in your head or your car. Fine. NEXT!!!
David Mack
I went to his store in DRAG I got a SCREW from him.. ! ! !
David Mack
He let me shop!
Scott McIntosh
Alan, dont you know? the gay lifestyle means that we work to ‘undermine christianity and the American way of life”…come to think of it, I would be happy to do that even if I was hetero…..
JackFknTwist
It’s just the white trash resurgence by the hillbillies.
Clutch your guns and your bibles; all over the world and here in Europe we are all laughing at you.
What a dumb third world place.
catsura
What a complete moron.Like gay and lesbian people who come into his store, display their orientation on a tee shirt or something.