Patrons have mixed reactions after a central Florida restaurant pulled Bud Light from its menu due to controversy surrounding the beer company's partnership with a transgender influencer.
The owners of Grill's Seafood Deck and Tiki Bar in Port Canaveral pulled the beer from the menu because the partnership was in direct opposition to their “biblical faith," NBC affiliate WESH reported.
“We believe transgenderism is a social experiment causing irreversible damage to a growing population of younger and younger children,” the owners said in a Facebook message after declining to speak to the station. ”We will not align with it in any way.”
The owners of Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch, partnered with Dylan Mulvaney in a March Madness giveaway that she posted on her social media account.
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Anheuser-Busch's chief executive responded to the backlash on Friday, saying the sponsorship was not intended to divide Americans.
In an interview, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he ditched the beer in an effort to cut support from what he called “woke” companies.
