I guess it's time to write about another fiasco at an Oklahoma barbecue restaurant. Don't worry. This time around it doesn't have anything to do with the Video Vigilante and some guy named Scott Adams.
Last night, I was alerted to an odd situation developing in Broken Arrow. Apparently, a group called Camp Quest was having a fundraiser at a restaurant called Oklahoma Joe's Bar-B-Cue. No, not that Oklahoma Joe's. This is apparently a real Oklahoma Joe's. It's real as in it's actually located in Oklahoma. More on that later.
The fundraiser was one of those things where a non-profit or charity gets a bunch of people to come to the restaurant, and in turn, the business donates 10% of proceeds to the good cause. Here's the flyer:
Basically, it's a fundraiser for a summer camp for children of atheists, naturalists and humanists, and since the kids don't spend time singing Kumbaya or whatever it is they do at church camp, they learn about science instead. At least I think that's what it is. I really hope it's not a cult or something. That would be awkward.
The concept of teaching children about the natural world didn't sit too well with Oklahoma Joe's owner Joe Davidson. Shortly after the fundraiser started, he announced that Oklahoma Joe's would not be donating any proceeds to the charity.