"Pastor Brown never asked for this to happen. He continues to be overwhelmed by the feelings of pain, anguish and humiliation because of this incident," Austin Kaplan, Brown's attorney, told KEYE. Brown has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods, but he had reached out to Whole Foods' corporate office before doing so, Kaplan said.

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"He frequently shopped at Whole Foods, which makes this all the more shocking and disappointing," Kaplan said. "What really concerns him is knowing that unless some action is taken, this kind of thing could happen again, and that someone else might have to go through a similarly excruciating experience."

Whole Foods released a statement to the news station declaring that none of its employees wrote the slur on the cake. 

"The team member wrote 'Love Wins' at the top of the cake as requested by the guest, and that's exactly how the cake was packaged and sold at the store," the statement read, KEYE reports.

"Our team members do not accept or design bakery orders that include language or images that are offensive," the statement continued. "Whole Foods Market has a zero tolerance policy for discrimination."

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