Feb 17, 2012 4:58 PM
Jeanne Wisner, left, and Pamela Wittenberg at the Blue Duck Bakery Café in Southampton. MICHELLE TRAURING
Modern-day coffeehouses are about more than just a good cup of joe.
After all, just last week, Evangelical pastor Steven Andrew, president of the USA Christian Ministries in California, called upon all Christians to boycott Starbucks Coffee Company for its support of legalized gay marriage in Washington State.
“You can see the energy behind these coffeehouses,” Pamela Wittenberg said while sipping a cup of coffee at the Blue Duck Bakery Café in Southampton on Tuesday afternoon. “They can become controversial. But I feel like we need places where people can come that are not controversial, that are tolerant and open and warm.”
That’s why Ms. Wittenberg and her friend Jeanne Wisner have organized a coffeehouse of their own.
“Well, I would expect this coffeehouse to stay out of the controversial column, thank you very... more
After all, just last week, Evangelical pastor Steven Andrew, president of the USA Christian Ministries in California, called upon all Christians to boycott Starbucks Coffee Company for its support of legalized gay marriage in Washington State.
“You can see the energy behind these coffeehouses,” Pamela Wittenberg said while sipping a cup of coffee at the Blue Duck Bakery Café in Southampton on Tuesday afternoon. “They can become controversial. But I feel like we need places where people can come that are not controversial, that are tolerant and open and warm.”
That’s why Ms. Wittenberg and her friend Jeanne Wisner have organized a coffeehouse of their own.
“Well, I would expect this coffeehouse to stay out of the controversial column, thank you very... more
