Besieged Christian businesses have been battling against gay and lesbian couples who demand that they ignore their deeply held religious convictions and use their artistic talents to make wedding cakes, take photographs, and provide flower arrangements to celebrate and consecrate gay nuptials, thereby violating their ethics and morals beliefs.
Since the idea of same-sex marriage has only recently been sanctioned by the law, overturning thousands of years of tradition that marriage is meant to be between a man and a woman, it is curious that these couples and the government would be surprised and litigious regarding the reaction from these religious devouts.
The usual defense by business owners has been that such demands by gays and lesbians and the government co-conspirators is a violation of free speech, since participating and supporting the couples implies both acceptance and approval, which is simply coerced. The 1st Amendment would seem to be enough to quash these forced expressions, but the combination of a very powerful gay lobby and supporters such as the American Civil Liberties Union, along with unelected and out of control government agencies such as civil rights commissions and activist judges has completely overwhelmed small, religious business people, bankrupting them or driving them out of business for the crime of having and conforming to a strongly held belief and ethic.
The state has fined some of these individuals hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the gay couples have added insult to injury by suing the Christian business people as well for the injury of not concurring with their sexual beliefs and mores. And there is another agenda beyond just getting a beautiful wedding cake or bouquet of flowers to celebrate the nuptials of Fred and Ted.
See page 2 for theory on why Christians must be punished:
Ide have done it and made a terrible cake!
Susan Woods I agree they are looking for their political correctness agenda to be violated for monetary gain and recognition. Unfortunately, these individuals are putting themselves on display. My concern is not for them from everyday people who go about our business, but those who are coming in, and based on their beliefs, will harm them. I believe in god and such, but who am I to judge others. If I had a business I would not turn people away, because these are my values and morals. If it starts with bakeries then where will it end? Physicians, hospitals, restaurants, hair salons, art galleries?
Why don’t they do the same to the MUSLIM baker, that refused to do the same thing ????
Its amazing how gay people got more important than the rights of regular people.
Now, that was just too wrong!!!
close all mosques down for not allowing gay marriages
SUE THE GAY COUPLE FOR 5 MILLION FOR LOSS OF PROFITS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! COLORADO SUPREME COURT SUCKS AND IS DESTROYING THE RIGHTS OF ALL OF US FOLKS!
That’s so wrong
Another attack on Christian businesses. Maybe people should boycott businesses owned by gays. Turn about is fair play.
So sad…