The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act caused a world of uproar when it first came out, as many people all over the country felt that the law enabled business owners to deny service to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexual patrons, but it was an Indiana Pizza place that got the most problems from this law.
As the Internet and many celebrities (most notably "Star Trek" actor George Takei) stepped up against the discriminating legislation, an Indiana pizza place co-owner was interviewed about the law, when she stated that she wouldn't cater for a gay wedding, something that caused uproar online up to the point that they felt forced to close down the restaurant, Memories Pizza, indefinitely.
This, in turn, caused a wave of sympathy from conservatives towards the Indiana pizza place, and so a new movement began to raise money for their cause, as many felt that the media was harassing the family who owned Memories Pizza.
According to The Washington Post, the Indiana pizza campaign started last week, as members of the staff of "The Dana Show," a show from Blaze (which is a network owned by conservative talk show host Glenn Beck), stepped up to help out the family that they felt were being victimized by liberals.
Yahoo! News reports that they then created a campaign on GoFundMe.com for the Indiana pizza owners and by Saturday morning, they'd already raised more than $842,000 dollars for the family, even after the legislation was tweaked to keep it from allowing discrimination towards the LGBT minority.
According to The Huffington Post, there was another campaign that stemmed from that one, as a group called Equality House, based on Kansas, started a fundraiser on their own to raise money for the LGBT community, particularly for those of them who are homeless after being kicked out of home due to bigotry.
There's still no news on whether the Indiana pizza place will be returning to business soon.
