‘AMAZING RACE’ WINNER SPEAKS OUT AT ABBEY PRESS CONFERENCE DISCRIMINATION CLAIM BECAUSE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION

March 17, 2005 -- (Los Angeles) -- Reichen Burke was on hand at a press conference held at The Abbey Food & Bar in West Hollywood along with the mayor and Civil Rights attorney, John Duran and owner David Cooley. On February 22, Mr. Burke received a "30 day notice of intent" letter from the owner of Progressive Ventures in Vacaville, California, who has been printing Reichen's posters for the past few months. In the letter sent to Mr. Burke, it mentioned that in 30 days, Progressive Ventures will no longer be able to print his posters because "I learned you are homosexual, and your web-site is helping to promote a homosexual lifestyle.” wrote Mark Jones, owner of the company.

"We need to have protection against this kind of discrimination in the workplace and in business." explains Reichen. "The posters he was selling had no offensive writing nor were they offensive in any manner. Mr. Jones blatantly refused to sell any more posters based solely on my sexual orientation and nothing more."

 

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