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Ugh. The actions of this store absoluletly disgusts me. If you are planning on buying a wedding dress in NJ, read this before you go shopping. I am hoping that if the actions of that store disgusts you as much as it disgusts me, you won't buy from the store mentioned in the article.
I hope this person's business goes under. And is perhaps egged.
That happened in a city near me, but with flowers. You should have seen the backlash!
I'm so sorry for that poor girl.
In my opinion, even if you disagree with something (ie someone being gay), your taking drastic actions, or singling them out and treating them different...that's not going to make them decide to not be gay. How dare she make one of the happiest moments of this girl's life such a sad event?
This is ridiculous! I don't even understand how, who your marrying should be a factor in your ability to book or purchase anything related to a wedding, let alone anything in life.
That just makes me so sad. :(
Good to hear that the bride has a very, very supportive and loving family, though! So many in the LGBT community do not have that support from family.
A better way to protest this, would be for EVERY bride buying a dress within a hundred mile radius of this store, to send them a letter with a copy of their wedding dress receipt from a competitors store, with a letter stating, "This is how much your close-minded attitude cost you. I took my business elsewhere." I'd say a couple dozen of these letters, would change their minds real fast.
Wow. Just wow.
Besides the fact that I really feel for the bride here and am horrified for her, I totally don't get the shop owner's actions. I understand she may have her own personal feelings on gay marriage. But how is entering a legal civil union in New Jersey and a legal marriage in New York an illegal act? And what small business owner turns away a paying customer? I cannot believe any business owner would not know that treating any customer that way is going to come back to bite her. Smh.
If I lived in NJ, I would set up camp outside of “Here Comes the Bride” (creative name, btw *eye roll*) and protest. People like Donna disgust me and should not be allowed to work with the public (or breathe for that matter). I can only hope that someday she gets what’s coming to her, perhaps in the form of a kick to the face.
Wow oh wow, check out the yelp page of the business! How awesome is it that so many support the bride?!
Ugh, this makes me so angry. I hope that nobody buys anymore from her, and then realizes what a big mistake she has made. It's one thing to think these things, but to actually say it to someone...I can't even imagine being so mean.
The article you posted said that they couldn't find her last name but it's clearly listed under the BBB page for the shop. Doing a google search also shows some interesting things in her background. It really is a shame what she has done.
@dcdt212: I think that they can't publish her last name as it could open up a defamation suit, to the paper. But the writer was smart enough to give us enough clues so that it would be easy to find out. I think at the very least, this girl should get a free dress or something out of this. I feel so bad for her, that her dress buying experience was spoiled by the ignorance and close mindedness of this woman.
This is disgusting. Here's the store's website, which lists an email address and phone number. I plan on letting them know exactly what I think of hateful bigots. They've also got a facebook page with some really interesting comments.
That poor woman. Just when I think things are getting better for the LGBT community things like this come up. Disgusting.
I love the Yelp thrashing she's getting, and apparently, this is not her first bad business practice!
I'm so glad I read this. It's actually in the same county where I live!! I made an appointment to take my daughter looking for a Sweet 16 gown and after reading this, I called back and cancelled the appointment. I also made sure to tell her why.
I want to say that I think it is absolutley and totally wrong that this bride was turned away from anything having to do with her wedding. Just because someone loves differently than you love doesn't mean it is wrong. I am straight myself but have never understood the arguement that being "gay" is wrong. How can LOVE be wrong????
On the other side however is this ... we live in a free country. This shop owner has the legal right due to her in our constitution to run her business the way she chooses, with out anyone enforcing that she must run it "their"way. This is a beautiful thing. We can't pick and chose to say who has legal rights and who doesn't based on our idea of right or wrong. Which is why I think it should be legal to have same sex marriages in all states. No one should have the right to tell you who you can and cannot marry (as long as both parties are Adults) but neither should anyone have the right to tell a shop keeper who they have to do business with either. People (like the dress shop owner) do need to learn however that just because they have the Right to do some thing doesn't mean it IS right to do it.
She said that your writing the word "partner" was basically a provocation, evidence of a need "to show that she's different."
"They get that way," she told me.
Oh the things I would love to tell her!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable that such hatred and ignorance is alive and thriving in our country of advances and opportunities. So disgusting.
@december_bride - I'm a firm believer in our rights to do as we please, but this shop owner is actually breaking the law in her community by running her business in this way:
Here is the NJ State Law on Discrimination, taken directly from the Attorney General of NJ this morning:
"It is unlawful for a person to refuse to buy from, sell to, contract or otherwise do business with an individual because of the individual's race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, age, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or disability or because of race, creed, national origin or other protected characteristics of the person's spouse, partners, employees, business associates, suppliers or customers."
The thing that disgusts me the most is if she hadn't written anything or just wrote her Fiances name under husband or anything else they would have never questioned it. I understand free country free speech but I also understand that this woman should keep her personal views out of sight when it comes to her business practices. I hope that her business has to shut it's doors after treating another human being so poorly.
@december bride: No, NJ has a law against discrimination.
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)makes it unlawful to subject people to differential treatment based on race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy), familial status, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, and mental or physical disability, perceived disability, and AIDS and HIV status.
I like SandyThePoet's suggetion and that Mrs.Shamrock cancelled their appointment with an explanation.
I don't think this lady's shop is going to last long...
@7SEVENJ9: lol, you beat me to it 
Anyway, I hope this lady publicly apologizes.
@Mrs.Shamrock: Good for you!
I'll make sure not to even give that shop a second thought myself. I'm not too far from it either.
This is horrible....I cant believe that the store did this to her. I am all for gay rights. One day it will come where their wont be an issue....its just stuffy old people that have a cob up their butts on how the world should be....they are just living in the past and need to get with the 21st century and get over it! I am glad she wrote a review on it and I am glad the article was done....its not right and people should not stand by and let it happen!
I really like SandythePoet's suggestion, as well as McVerde's suggestion to send the store an email (I think we should all send them an email urging them to give the gilted bride a free dress, IMO!). I am also glad that at least one person (Mrs.Shamrock) has activley decided not to shop there becuase of this!
what a close minded homophobic beeotch!... this is disgusting, she should not be in business anymore and I hope her business goes under!
@SandyThePoet: After all of this, I wouldn't want her free dress. I would be so completely and utterly hands off.
Rather than continue to shower this woman with attention, maybe we should just freeze her out. Sometimes even bad publicity is good publicity. There might be people who go into her store just because they are curious about the whole situation. I don't know. Just a thought.
@Mrs.Shamrock: Yep, or at least on the yelp page, I saw one person give her five stars to counter the numerous one star ratings. Just as we are flocking to support the bride, I'm sure there are many other bigots who applaud Donna's actions.
This is a true story??? The only reason y I ask is because everyone sues for lots of reasons these days and the gay thing is opening up more(not hidden like it was years ago). If any business would have said this, they would HAVE to know that they would get sued and/or get very bad publicity and lose business!!!
I dont get it. Any company would know this. So would they still actually say it?? Would they take the risk of losing their livelihood??
This is my favorite coment that someone else posted on yelp. (I take no credit for the statement)
""Here Comes the Bride" should put their money where their mouths are and only sell dresses designed by straight people. Then they could reduce their retail space to the size of a closet, which still might be more then they would need."
So very true!
It's sad that people like this (shop owner) still exist.
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