amanda valen tine is from the national network of small business coalitions that is spearheading the campaign. also the bid owners that started it all that put their own sign thaup spa up that sparked the idea. >> great to see you, thank you for having us. >> what made you do this? >> well, you know, we were seeing in the news a lot of rhetoric and targeting of communities that we feel are part and parcel of the common roots community. specifically muslims and immigrants. target of a lot of hateful rhetoric in the presidential campaigns and in the news, and we felt like we had to make a statement and not be silent, and make a simple gesture so everyone knew they were welcome in our place of business. >> and companies that were not serving gay, people, you probably had a little bit of the same reaction? >> sure, we feel strongly that everyone should be welcome in our business. it's good for our business and our community. as a business since opening in 2007, you want to be a friendly community meeting place regardless of what people look like, what people look like, and we really want