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Here we go again. A Pennsylvania Bridal gown shop has refused to sell to & fit 2 lesbians for their wedding. The shop is already receiving the wrath of the Internets and they've taken down their website and Facebook posts. Interestingly their Facebook page still shows a "Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does" image.
W.W. Bridal Boutique owner Victoria Miller told the newspaper that “providing those two girls dresses for a sanctified marriage would break God’s law.”
Bloomsburg Town Council plans to discuss the incident at a meeting on Monday. Council members said they will consider whether to propose legislation to ban businesses from refusing to serve gays and lesbians.
Homosexual "behavior"???? What exactly were those women DOING while at the Bridal Shop?? THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO SHOP.
"Behavior"??? Should we imagine the behavior of the heterosexual couples who are allowed to shop?
Can you not see that discrimination based on color - religion - ethnic heritage - place of birth - handicap OR sexual orientation should ALL be considered DISCRIMIATION and NOT ALLOWED??????
They are self professed lesbians wanting a Christian to make wedding dresses for them. The shop keeper could not do that without violating their beliefs. Opposing immoral behavior is not discrimination, it is the right thing to do.
Homosexual "behavior"???? What exactly were those women DOING while at the Bridal Shop?? THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO SHOP.
"Behavior"??? Should we imagine the behavior of the heterosexual couples who are allowed to shop?
Can you not see that discrimination based on color - religion - ethnic heritage - place of birth - handicap OR sexual orientation should ALL be considered DISCRIMIATION and NOT ALLOWED??????
And yet the halal meat store still discriminates against me by not selling me pork!
"A more accurate one would be if the Kosher deli refused to sell a Kosher sandwich to a non-Jewish customer."
Nope.
Kosher delis are happy to serve Kosher foods to non-Jews and this bridal boutique would be happy to provide gowns for lesbians marrying men.
It's not who they are.
It's not what they are.
It's only what they are doing that matters.
The American people are disgusted with this rhetoric and see it as nothing more than hate and discrimination. It's fun watching conservative heads explode as they realize the public is turning against them. No wonder church attendance is declining. The millennials are in favor of gay marriage/rights and will soon take over political power as the baby boomers die off. This thread has already consumed much more time that what I would have liked and it's time for me to move on as I have much more productive things to do.
The American people are disgusted with this rhetoric and see it as nothing more than hate and discrimination. It's fun watching conservative heads explode as they realize the public is turning against them. No wonder church attendance is declining. The millennials are in favor of gay marriage/rights and will soon take over political power as the baby boomers die off. This thread has already consumed much more time that what I would have liked and it's time for me to move on as I have much more productive things to do.
If you haven't yet moved on, here's a question: If The American People are so sick of what you see as hate and discrimination, why is it that neither the fed gov't. nor most states have made it illegal for businesses to 'discriminate' based on sexual orientation ?
I suppose if some gay people died because no pharmacy would fill their prescriptions or a restaurant didn't sell them food or a hotel wouldn't rent them a room, you'd see disgust at the businesses. Not selling them wedding gowns is barely a blip on the outrage meter.
Wow. You don’t own the store yet how do you get to dictate how they shall conduct their business and who will or won't be permitted to open a business? What a power trip. Somehow you have been allowed to have the power of the state to back you up to squash anyone you please. This is wrong and needs correction. If anyone ever deserves a severe and harsh backlash it’s these people.
Where did I dictate anything? The laws of the state dictate all kinds of things, and pretty soon they will dictate that shops can not discriminate based on sexual orientation.
But in this particular case no one dictated anything at all. The shop is acting within the law, and so is the couple that were refused service. It's called the free market at work.
Lunch counters were a PRIVATE BUSINESS - they were segregated (in MY lifetime) - now they are not.
Want Ads (private owned newspapers sold to the public) had listings (in MY lifetime) that used to say "White Male Wanted" - now they don't
And if you support the idea that a business can CHOOSE who they allow to shop, eat, or work there - you are supporting discrimination.
It is really that simple.
a private business that does not get any kind of taxpayer money at all to support their business should be allowed to discriminate against whomever they want to for any reason at all.
If you haven't yet moved on, here's a question: If The American People are so sick of what you see as hate and discrimination, why is it that neither the fed gov't. nor most states have made it illegal for businesses to 'discriminate' based on sexual orientation ?
I suppose if some gay people died because no pharmacy would fill their prescriptions or a restaurant didn't sell them food or a hotel wouldn't rent them a room, you'd see disgust at the businesses. Not selling them wedding gowns is barely a blip on the outrage meter.
Obviously it is more than a blip, since the shop owner has closed down their Facebook page and their web site due to the comments she has received. The story is all over the national media. She has also gone form open for business to open only on appointment.
More and more states ARE including sexual orientation in their anti-discrimination laws. The town and state from this incident were already working on passing such laws. This shop just added to the push to get those laws enacted.
If you haven't yet moved on, here's a question: If The American People are so sick of what you see as hate and discrimination, why is it that neither the fed gov't. nor most states have made it illegal for businesses to 'discriminate' based on sexual orientation ?
Thinking that by 2014 basic human kindness and decency towards people who may be "different" than ourselves didn't need legislation?
There WILL be words added amending the anti-discrimination legislation to include sexual orientation as more and more people stand up and speak up.
Just a matter of time - and less time than you people who disagree think.
Get used to it.
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