People nationwide are rallying to support a grocery store in northern Michigan after a vandal destroyed one of their Pride month-themed cakes.
A cake decorator at Family Fare Supermarket in Boyne City had adorned several of the bakeryâs cakes with rainbows and multicolored butter cream in honor of Pride month. Though the cakes were received positively on social media, where the decorator had posted pictures of her creations, not all felt the same.
A co-worker found that one of the Pride cakes in the bakeryâs cooler had been smashed, falling apart underneath the squashed plastic container.
âInitially, I felt disheartened ... like someone was going to say, âIf you didnât want that to happen, you shouldnât have done it,ââ the decorator, who asked not to be named, said in an interview with NBC affiliate WPBN.
However, she decided to post a picture of the act of vandalism on social media. She said she wanted the cakeâs destruction to be known to the world because the vandal âhid it and wanted it to be a secret.â
Boyne City resident Carrie Miller, one of many who saw the picture, said the cakeâs destruction didnât feel right.
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âIt just kind of hurt my heart,â Miller said. âPeople should be able to celebrate whatever they want to celebrate, whether it's a Pride cake or birthday cake.â
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She posted that she would sponsor the purchase of 10 Pride-themed cakes from the grocery storeâs bakery. Since then, Miller said people living as far as Vermont have reached out about sponsoring a cake in solidarity.
âItâs turned a bad situation into, hopefully, something more positive,â she added.
The Family Fare cake decorator said the nationwide support brought her to tears and that whatâs most important is people knowing there are others standing up for them.
âCake is cake,â the decorator said. âCake is a celebration. Thatâs why I created it: so someone can have something to celebrate with.â
She said the Pride cakes are for everybody and anybody to enjoy.