On one hand, a black woman approached him during the protest to tell him he had no rights. And even though only sixteen people came, he felt it was a success. When friends on Facebook egged him on to run this protest, he agreed to do it. He was diagnosed with HIV last summer and decided thenceforth to become an LGBT activist. Sixteen people showed up to the protest that Eric Harazi organized. After letting the protesters know they could freely use the store’s restrooms, too, he bid them a good day and headed back inside. “We want to protect you guys’ ability to protest,” he told an SFGN reporter. Others held signs, with marker-written messages like “Got Rights? I Don’t” and “My $$$$$$ Won’t Support Your Hate.”īut Bringas wasn’t there to stop the protesters - the executive director of the store just wanted to offer them free water and lemonade. They stood next to the marquee that asked patrons to try CFA’s new desserts. on Saturday, July 28, and a little over a dozen protesters were outside. Stefan Bringas opened the tinted front door of a West Palm Beach Chick-fil-A and stepped outside into the 89-degree weather.
