A Colorado father was called a faggot by a store manager in front of his son after he tried to exchange defective materials he purchased. James Shawlin said that he and his four-year-old son were in a Floor and Decor store in Highlands Ranch, Colorado to return a part he bought to build a fireplace. “The stones were broken and they were basically gluing them back together and putting them in the box and selling them,” he told KUSA. The manager saw him going through a box of other stones to check their quality and the manager was not happy.

“I was a little firm with him, and I just told him, ‘Hey, you know, my husband and I spend a lot of money here. We’ve been using you guys for ten years. We have $3,000 worth of stone.’” Shawlin recalled telling manager. “And [the manager] goes, ‘oh, that explains it now. The faggot that voted for Hillary.’”

The man and his son were allegedly followed into the parking lot and the harassment continued. “He basically said, ‘What are these faggots going to do to this child?’”

“I’m 44, I’ve been out for a while, I grew up in rural Wisconsin, I’ve heard it all,” Shawlin observed. “But when you have a child that’s so young that doesn’t understand, it’s pretty traumatizing.” [C&L]