Garth Brooks Will Serve Bud Light at New Nashville Bar Amid Transphobic Backlash: ‘If You’re an Asshole, There Are Plenty of Other Places’ (variety.com)

“I want it to be a place you feel safe in. I want it to be a place where you feel like there are manners and people like one another,” Brooks said about his new business. “And yes, we’re going to serve every brand of beer. We just are. It’s not our decision to make. Our thing is this: if you [are let] into this house, love one another. If you’re an asshole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.”

Is it weird to say that I’m relieved to hear this from someone who is 1) this famous, 2) a country music superstar, and 3) a person I look up to? I love to see him taking a stand against the seemingly (ridiculous new) norm. So many “brands” run and hide from stances like this.

Beautiful to see.

Lee Feagin @leefeagin