'Hoax'? Gay pastor claims Austin Whole Foods bakery wrote 'f*g' on his cake; Tweeters call B.S. [pics, video]

https://twitter.com/KFoleyFL/status/722163428903776256

Pastor Jordan Brown of Austin, Texas, is accusing someone at his local Whole Foods of anti-gay bigotry:

https://twitter.com/PasJordanBrown/status/722127878993739776

A gay Austin preacher says he ordered a cake with "love wins" from Whole Foods. He says he got "love wins, Fag." pic.twitter.com/zqo4POCp0m

— Jenni Lee (@JenniL_KVUE) April 18, 2016

Pastor Brown: to the person who wrote it, I forgive her, I'm praying for her, I would hope that she would have a change of heart. It's wrong

— Stef Manisero (@StefManisero) April 18, 2016

Here's the cake receipt pic.twitter.com/wxgSrgDIbD

— Stef Manisero (@StefManisero) April 18, 2016

When asked if Whole Foods reviewed surveillance footage to investigate cake matter, I got this… https://t.co/YWjtMHH2Pt

— Jenni Lee (@JenniL_KVUE) April 18, 2016

Another reply from Whole Foods regarding cake slur. https://t.co/R9LHmorBFJ

— Jenni Lee (@JenniL_KVUE) April 18, 2016

But a lot of tweeters aren’t buying it:

https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/722160787784146945

Show of hands:

@JenniL_KVUE whaaat. how is this real

— Alex Vickery (@alexvickery) April 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/722161148653649920

@TPCarney 100 to 1. This screams bullshit.

— Bogey Carmichael (@the_heavy_stuff) April 18, 2016

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@TPCarney From that bastion of conservative knuckle-draggery known as Whole Foods, no less.

— Jason Kuznicki (@JasonKuznicki) April 18, 2016

@jamestaranto How would a Whole Foods baker know the guy was a gay preacher? Something doesn't sound right.

— BigChinoDon (@BigChinoDon) April 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/LornestoToledo/status/722161740583034880

https://twitter.com/DANEgerus/status/722161419660079105

@TPCarney from Whole Foods? hard to believe…

— Frankie Boy (@frankieboy1) April 18, 2016

@JenniL_KVUE I'm calling BS.

— Kate (@kateinva) April 18, 2016

@JenniL_KVUE Whole Foods? In Austin? This screams fake.

— Papist in NOVA (@nova_papist) April 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/BrentHalonen1/status/722162441136812032

https://twitter.com/sevenlayercake/status/722162083492728832

https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/722167168767496192

https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/722165438440935424

https://twitter.com/Chris_Clukey/status/722166681250828288

https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/722166971052244995

Calling shenanigans on this until proven otherwise. Nothing about it smells right. https://t.co/a4vv6u7Ykh

— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) April 18, 2016

For the record, Whole Foods denies Brown’s story:

Whole Foods saying its team member did not write what's on the cake. https://t.co/Qg38qvewUv

— Jenni Lee (@JenniL_KVUE) April 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/722167057110794242

Guess time will tell who’s telling the truth. In the meantime, there may only be one solution to this persistent problem:

https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/722163106437337088

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.