Baptist Pastor Disapproves of Priest Blessing Waco's New Hooters
By Allie Martin
January 26, 2006
(AgapePress) - A pastor in Waco, Texas, says students from the world's largest Baptist university should not be working at a restaurant known for its waitresses' revealing uniforms.
Last year, about 60 local pastors signed a petition asking city officials to stop a Hooters from locating there, but that effort proved vain.
Earlier this week Hooters opened a restaurant in Waco, home to Baylor University. Greg Brumit, pastor of Kendrick Lane Baptist Church, led a petition drive and a number of protests in an effort to stop the business from locating in his city. Other area pastors and protesters got involved in the campaign to stop the construction on the eatery famous for its female servers' low-cut tank tops and short-shorts.
Brumit says he was not surprised by a report in Baylor's newspaper, The Lariat, which quoted a manager as saying that several of the university's students work at Hooters. "Each individual student's different there at Baylor. They're not all Christians," he notes. "Those students can choose to work where they want."
The pastor adds a note of suspicion. "I'm sure that Hooters was hoping for some Baylor girls to work there," he says.
What did come as a surprise to Brumit, however, is the move on the part of a Catholic priest to bless the restaurant's grand opening. The evening before the new Hooters opened, Monsignor Isidore Rozycki, head Catholic priest for the Greater Waco area, offered a special prayer of blessing for the restaurant at a VIP reception at the restaurant.
Kendrick Lane Baptist's pastor says the incident was bizarre. "I would think with all the problems [the Catholics] have had that they wouldn't promote something like that. I was a little disappointed," he observes.
"The Catholic priest that they had seemed to think that the rest of these ministers, about 60 who signed the letter of petition against Hooters opening, were a little narrow-minded," Brumit continues. "But the Bible does say, 'Narrow is the way' to life, and wide is the road to destruction."
Brumit's church is just down the street from the Waco Hooters. In a recent Associated Press interview, he said he does not plan to hold any more protests now that the restaurant has opened and instead will leave "the rest to the Lord."
I have to admit, I 've been to Hooters. As a retired musician I've had to play various places. As far as the Hooters girls, I have socks and underwear older than most of those little girls... and that's what they look like to me.. I still don't see all the hype... you see more trash just walking most downtown streets. No I am not going to go and bless Hooters, or sprinkle holy water there, but I also think a lot of trash is found inside our own minds. If a person would lust after a Hooters girl, he would lust after anything walking the streets.
Rev..it's interesting where our convictions lay. For e it has nothing to do with the lust ..if I understood the article correctly it was about Christian girls possibly working there. I think we should try to live above reproach as much as possible. I'm not as swift as most and maybe I misinterpreted the article. We do have a Hooters close by and I wanted to get some wings .My wife was very offended at me for just mentioning it so I don't even consider it. We had 3 adult joints here when I got here. I earnestly prayed that they would disappear. They have all 3 been closed or torn down .I thank God for that.
Chuck7
kindergarten teacher gave her class a "show and tell" assignment of bringing something to represent their religion.
The first boy got in front of the class and said, "My name is Benjamin and I am Jewish and this is the Star of David."
The second boy got in front of the class and said, "My name is Mary. I'm am Catholic and this is the Crucifix."
The third boy got in front of the class and said, " My name is Tommy and I am Baptist and this is a casserole."
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Rev..it's interesting where our convictions lay. For e it has nothing to do with the lust ..if I understood the article correctly it was about Christian girls possibly working there. I think we should try to live above reproach as much as possible. I'm not as swift as most and maybe I misinterpreted the article. We do have a Hooters close by and I wanted to get some wings .My wife was very offended at me for just mentioning it so I don't even consider it. We had 3 adult joints here when I got here. I earnestly prayed that they would disappear. They have all 3 been closed or torn down .I thank God for that.
Chuck7
I don't go there, and I don't have a problem with having to go if I had to on a business meeting... The last time I went to a Hooters someone talked me into it, because I love hot wings... Big disappointment, come to my house and you'll get some hot wings, bring fire extinguisher... As far as the girls that work there... The honest truth.. I feel sorry for them. And I feel sorry for those that go there to only look at them.
Priest Blesses Hooters?
, but I also think a lot of trash is found inside our own minds. If a person would lust after a Hooters girl, he would lust after anything walking the streets.
kindergarten teacher gave her class a "show and tell" assignment of bringing something to represent their religion. 
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