Mark Fitzpatrick is no stranger to controversy, after successfully fighting the leftist agenda machine when he hosted Heterosexual Awesomeness Month at his Idaho bar, Old State Saloon, this past June. However, his problems started months before he hosted the month-long event at his bar. Mark’s church was not happy about what he was doing at his bar, and they “canceled” him over it. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Fitzpatrick and he shared his story with me.
Fitzpatrick is a recent conservative Californian transplant to Eagle, Idaho. He is a strong and passionate conservative and Christian and is very active in his church, which he helped establish over 16 years ago. He and his wife moved their family to Eagle approximately six years ago from Southern California and quickly saw success in private real estate and other business ventures. One of those ventures was his acquisition of an established bar in downtown Eagle, which is a small suburb located approximately 23 miles northwest of Boise. The bar, then called “The Gathering Place,” was built in 1908, and after talking with the owner, Mark purchased the bar and opened it in February of 2023, renaming it “Old State Saloon.”
Originally intended to support his wedding venue business with a liquor license, Fitzpatrick quickly saw more potential in the bar and adapted it to serve as a hub where people could come and talk about politics, hot topic issues, current events, and more. He began hosting a weekly event dubbed “Braveritas,” which is a combination of the words brave and veritas (veritas being Latin for truth), now called “Old State Salooncast,” where guests were invited to present different topics, some of which were controversial, but nothing was off limits. Religion, specifically Christianity, was also discussed, and Mark used these discussions to spread the Christian message.
These events were held with the understanding that Mark, along with Old State Saloon as a business, was not advocating or supporting some of the topics discussed. The goal of these events was just to allow a space where topics typically talked about in private, for various reasons, could be talked about openly and discussed. With those discussions came questions and debate, along with plenty of beverage sales. […]
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