Cummins Distances Itself From Homophobic Repair Shop
The controversy Brian Klawiter started last week when he posted homophobic comments on the Facebook page of his business is prompting Cummins to distance itself from the store.
Klawiter owns Dieseltec in Grandville, Mich. and took to the page last week to write about how he would offer a discount to anyone who brings a gun into his shop. but he also went on to say that he would refuse service to openly homosexual people. Now Cummins is asking Klawiter to remove its logo from the Dieseltec website and its Facebook profile.
News of his Facebook post went viral last week. Kent MacDonald of Charlotte, Mich., along with many others posted comments on the Cummins Facebook page with a link to Klawiter’s anti-gay remark.
Cummins responded to the comment and many others that followed.
Since then, the company removed the Cummins logo from its website and disabled its Facebook page. In an official comment posted at the bottom of its website, the company said
“We at Dieseltec Inc hold all of our vendors and suppliers in high regard. Due to the current high level of attention we are receiving from our position on a national topic of debate, we have chosen to temporarily suspend the open display of their company names and logos. We respect that they may have alternative views from ours. We will continue to supply and service all of the familiar automotive diesel products you have become familiar with. Please call us if you have any questions about product availability.”
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