Posted on 02/27/2014 9:54:40 AM PST by jimjohn
If I were an independent businessman with a young family depending on me to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, then I’m going to figure that into my plans, is all. Providing for my family comes *first.*
Sorry about the chicken-hawk thing, it was uncalled for.
BTW, I cannot thank you enough for your service. It was far more than I have done.
As I understand it, some Jim Crow rules were state-enforced, notably those requiring separate but equal schooling, railroad cars, etc.
I believe a lot more was enforced by social custom. I don’t claim to be an expert on the period, but I don’t believe there were laws in most southern states prohibiting a restaurant from serving black people, only custom. To be fair, this custom was often enforced violently, if necessary.
Or a heavy flavoring with chocolate ExLax.
If the gays weren’t so determined to force themselves upon unwilling businesses, they wouldn’t be passing up some great opportunities.
The gays could open their own businesses (or buy out existing ones) in the photog and bakery fields. They could then openly advertise that they are “gay friendly”, word would spread and they would corner the market of gay customers.
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If I were home on my desktop I would post the philisoraptor pic. Lol
Ex=lax. Now that’s cruel, wanting to ruin the honeymoon.
We should remember this the next time a Muslim cab driver refuses to give a ride to someone with a service dog/pig
If someone came in, ordered a cake, without mentioning homosexuality then there wouldn't be a problem would there?
The couple you used as an example probably don't walk in and make it known to everyone around that is what they do.
Add arsenic to the “wedding” cake.
Like I said in the original, I’m *in* this business (video photography). Do you know how many gays are already the wedding service business?
Just go to the next bridal expo and check out the vendors.
This is why I said, it is part of the overall assault on Christianity (not other religions), and wedding service businesses are ‘soft targets’. The strategy I proposed (which is in effect and working in areas of the country) makes these small businesses ‘harder targets’ by forcing the aggressor to wade into ‘our turf’.
I should also mention to those advocating a flawed product if force to provide a service should re-read carefully what I wrote. If you are going to *deliberately* degrade your own product or service to make a point you are a) harming your own business reputation, b) giving that customer even more reason to open up a case against you, and c)putting every other like-minded business on the defensive over mere-accidents. Let me give an example of c:
Let’s say I’m video tapping a wedding reception when parents of the bride/groom drag you over to film someone special, and while that happens, the bride and groom begin their first dance without warning (this has actually happened). As a result, I missed the first part of the dance. Accidents - they happen all the time as this is the life of the wedding photographer.
Now if this ‘couple’ already has an axe to grid, they could simply claim this was no accident, and set out to ruin the service provider. I will conclude with a real world example of this:
A friend who also does video was asked to video a sodomite wedding in NY. Citing his beliefs, he would have immediately refused, but his wife made the confirmation since she worked with one of the participants. Out of respect, the friend made his objections known, but agreed. During the wedding ceremony, after the vows were made and the couples were allowed to kiss, and still photographer jump right into camera view to get the ‘magic moment’, causing the videographer to miss it.
Although the video evidence was OBVIOUS, the couple still accused the video team of sabotage(even attempting to bring the case to the news media), since they knew he didn’t want to do it anyway.
Because of this (wedding service is a small world), many are hesitant to do *ANYTHING* to do with a so-called ‘gay-wedding’ for that reason alone. If you are not totally ‘down for the struggle’, you risk a ‘Lavender Jihad’ being waged against you for simply being who you are.
nuff said.
Thanks for the posting, JJ. I found it to be informative of the problems you and others in wedding-related service businesses now have to face.
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