The beginning of 2018 has been an extremely rocky one for the decades-old Burkhart’s Pub.
Owner Palmer Marsh found intense outrage directed at him from the LGBT community and beyond after his controversial Facebook posts recently circulated on social media. The entire entertainment crew resigned in protest, and the business was closed for a couple days.
Now he and his wife, Mary Marsh, are fielding offers from those who want to save the institution.
Get the full story at myAJC.com, including more on Burkhart's potential buyers and Marsh's comments about the controversy.
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The owner of an Atlanta gay bar is under fire after controversial posts surfaced online. According to screenshots from his Facebook page, Palmer Marsh, owner of Burkhart's Pub in Atlanta's Ansley Square, used a racial slur when talking about former President Barack Obama. In another post, Marsh wrote, “If the South had won, we would be a hell of a lot better off.” He also rambled about "the Chinese" and referenced "under-the-radar racists." Marsh's posts drew lots of angry comments from Facebook user
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