Married gay couple claim they were threatened and tossed out of Burger King ...
Married gay couple claim they were CHASED out of Burger King by a worker who hurled homophobic slurs at them and threatened to get a gun A married gay couple say they were called homophobic slurs, threatened with a weapon, and then kicked out of a California Burger King by a worker last month Leo and Romiro Mendez were taking their 2-year-old son out to eat on July 24 when they were told the Salinas restaurant was closed upon picking up the order 'When we got to Burger King restaurant, the manager refused to give us our food saying the restaurant was closed even though they were still open' Leo Mendez said The couple said the worker then began yelling at them before making threats of using a weapon before chasing them out of the store Authorities in Stanislaus County place say that employees from the Burger King were cooperating, telling cops that the Mendezes were really the aggressors Authorities have moved the case along to the district attorney, which could result in hate crime charges due to the threat of physical violence
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Leo and Romiro Mendez alongside their 2-year-old son
A married gay couple said they were called homophobic slurs, threatened with a weapon, and then literally chased out of a California Burger King by an employee last month.
Leo and Romiro Mendez, who have been married for seven years, ordered meals for themselves and their 2-year-old son via the Burger King app July 24.
'Our two-year-old son was hungry, so I decided to place an order using my Burger King app so we wouldn't have to wait for the food and because it's right off the freeway,' Leo Mendez told the outlet.
But when they got to the Salinas restaurant's drive-thru window to pick up the
