A Texas mother claims she and her 5-year-old daughter were shamed last weekend , when they went shopping for a suit for the little girl in Denison , Texas . Rachel Giordano and her daughter Maddie stopped by Martha 's Miniatures on Saturday to get an Easter outfit when the tomboy little girl asked to try on a suit . Mrs Giordano told KTEN that when the shop clerk realized Maddie was a girl , she looked at them with a 'face of disgust ' . Scroll down for video . Dressing herself : Texas mother of three Rachel Giordano ( right ) says her 5-year-old daughter Maddie ( left ) was discriminated against at a children 's clothing store for wanting to buy a suit instead of a dress for Easter . Shamed : The mother and daughter were shopping at Martha 's Miniatures in Denison , Texas on Saturday when one of the store clerks gave them a look of disgust and told Mrs Giordano not to indulge her daughter 's tomboy tastes . 'She told me that I was promoting wrong behavior . That parent 's should not let their children choose the way that they dress if it 's cross-gendered , ' Mrs Giordano said . Mrs Giordano decided to not give the store her business and walked out with her crying to child to J.C.Penney where they found a suit . Following the eye-opening encounter , Mrs Giordano wrote a negative post about the store on Facebook , leading many of her friends to give the store one-star review 's on it 's now deactivated Facebook page . But before the store 's owners took down their Facebook , they wrote a response to Mrs Giordano 's complaint , saying that she was a child abuser for letting her daughter decide how she wants to dress . Response : Following the incident , Mrs Giordano wrote a post on Facebook and many of her friends gave the shop a one-star rating . The shop responded by defending the reaction with the above response . Closed : Eventually , the shop took down their Facebook and now their website says they are temporarily closed for maintenance . 'This mother brought her three children . She asked if I had a size 5 boy 's suit . I found a 6 and a 5 . She tried the boys suits on the child and then told me neither suit fit the little girl . I was so shocked , that she asked for a boy 's suit for the child . I asked her why she was encouraging this ... This is child abuse from the mother . ' Daily Mail Online 's calls to Martha 's Miniatures were not immediately returned on Tuesday . The store 's website says that they are closed for maintenance and plan to re-open soon . The Giordano 's experience at Martha 's Miniatures comes a week after Indiana and Arkansas have passed legislation which allows businesses to cite their religious beliefs as a defense in potential lawsuits with customers . However , many pointed out that businesses could use the new law to discriminate and not serve homosexual customers . The new law in Indiana has sparked fury across the nation , and has been publicly criticized by celebrities , politicians and businessmen from Apple CEO Tim Cook to Ashton Kutcher . Indiana Governor Mike Pence says he will amend the law to clarify that businesses are not allowed to deny service .
Rachel Giordano was shopping with her 5-year-old daughter Maddie at Martha 's Miniatures in Texas , Denison on Saturday . The mother and daughter were shopping for an Easter outfit when 'tomboy ' Maddie gravitated towards a suit instead of a frilly dress . Mrs Giordano says a shop clerk gave her and her daughter a disgusted look and said she should not let her child cross-dress . The store later posted a statement on Facebook ( which was later deleted ) saying the incident was an act of 'child abuse '