Idaho Café Owner Kicks Pro-Life Group Out, Compares Them to the KKK [VIDEO]

Adriana Stone 0 2 min read

Idaho Café Owner Kicks Pro-Life Group Out, Compares Them to the KKK

A café owner in Driggs, Idaho, is facing heavy criticism after ordering a pro-life group out of his business and comparing its members to the Ku Klux Klan.

Kristan Hawkins was visiting Wydaho Roasters Coffee House on Monday with her son, Bear, and other members of Campaign for Abortion Free Cities. Bear, who is 16, founded the group. The activists are working against a late-term abortion referendum that will go before Idaho voters on November 3.

According to the account, owner Jim Sheehan approached the group and told them he did not want them meeting inside the café. Hawkins objected, noting that they had already purchased food and were not disrupting the business.

Sheehan said he had worked to place the abortion measure on the ballot and that he and his wife did not support the pro-life group’s position. He also said the café was his business and that he could decide who he wanted meeting there.

“If the KKK asked to meet here, I would say no,” Sheehan told the group.

Hawkins then asked whether he considered pro-life activists comparable to the Ku Klux Klan. Sheehan answered, “In my world, it’s the same sort of concept.”

The exchange continued as Hawkins challenged the comparison and defended the group’s belief that every human life has dignity, including children in the womb.

SHEEHAN: I said everybody here is welcome, but I don’t want this group meeting here.

HAWKINS: Sir, we’re just meeting for the first meeting…

SHEEHAN: I don’t care. Go to the public library! This is my place of business!

HAWKINS: But I thought this was like…We come here all the time. We already bought our food and stuff.

SHEEHAN: That’s fine.

HAWKINS: You’re kicking us out? We’re just…

SHEEHAN: I have made it very clear that I did not want you here.
I did a lot of work to get people on the ballot so women would have the right to choose in the state of Idaho, and this is something I do not support, nor does my wife, and it’s our business, so we have that choice.

HAWKINS: So you’re kicking us out? You’re kicking out me and Bear, who is starting this group? You’re kicking us out?

SHEEHAN: It’s like, if the KKK asked to meet here, I would say no.

HAWKINS: So you think pro-lifers are like the KKK?

SHEEHAN: In my world, it’s the same sort of concept.

Hawkins shared video of the confrontation on X and said the group had paid for its food, was not protesting, and was not disrupting anyone.

She also pointed to Sheehan’s willingness to host an event called Queer Coffee Hour, arguing that the café’s treatment of pro-life customers showed a clear double standard.

Wydaho Roasters Coffee House just kicked out our@Campaign4AFC group, led by my 16-year-old son, Bear. They compared US to the KKK… even though Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, spoke for the KKK.

Another post from Hawkins referenced the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling involving Christian baker Jack Phillips. The Court ruled 7–2 in Phillips’ favor after he refused to design a wedding cake for an activist same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs.

Hawkins suggested Sheehan’s position could mean Christian business owners should not have to worry about being forced to provide services that conflict with their beliefs.

Her post stated: Christian bakers everywhere: *sigh of relief* they no longer have to bake the gay wedding cake.

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