"Whether the statements you made in your 'rant' were meant to be a joke or meant to be a serious threat to your transgender customers, or potential customers, we are requesting that you follow the law and treat transgender Helenans and visitors fairly at your dealership," she wrote.

Allen told the Independent Record he has nothing against the LGBT community, and he is concerned about what he considers to be an unsafe federal directive.

The U.S. Department of Education recently directed public schools to let students use the restrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. Allen said he believes that decision should be left to individual states, and he is concerned the directive will be extended to other public places.

"I'm concerned with the pedophile, the rapist, the pervert who goes in the ladies' room," he said. "That's my concern for the transgender bathroom issue, because an internal sense of gender, that becomes a defense in court, which is ridiculous. How do you define that?”

Allen said he loves his transgender cousin just as much as his other cousins, and he regularly employs members of the LGBT community. One of his openly gay employees, Dakota Baxter, was quick to defend his boss when people began criticizing him online.