Texas restaurant owner threw away family wearing masks trying to protect their immunocompromised son

• A Texas restaurant owner has kicked a family out of his store for wearing face masks.

• The family said they wore masks because their son is immunocompromised.

• The owner said he did not know the status of the child, but would continue to enforce the mask ban.

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A Texas restaurant owner started a family wearing masks to protect their immunocompromised son, claiming it was “political,” according to CBS DFW.

Natalie Wester and her husband took their four-month-old son to “Hang Time,” a restaurant and bar in Rowlett, Texas, just northeast of Dallas. Wester told CBS DFW her son was immunocompromised, causing the couple to don face masks inside the room as a precaution.

The owner of Hang Time did not approve.

According to Wester, their waitress approached the family at the restaurant owner’s request, saying “it’s political and I need you to take your mask off.”

“I think the overall reaction with masks is ludicrous in the United States right now,” said the owner of Hang Time.

The owner told CBS DFW that not wearing a mask is part of the restaurant’s dress code and he has the right to refuse to serve customers who break their rules.

However, the Hang Times anti-masking dress code is not displayed anywhere outside the restaurant, sometimes leading to confrontations, as in the case of the Wester family.

The restaurant owner told CBS DFW he was unaware their son was immunocompromised, but said he would continue to enforce Hang Time’s no-masking policies.

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