Posted on 04/27/2015 4:00:13 AM PDT by moneyrunner
GoFundMe has determined that if Christians are accused of crimes, such as not baking cakes for gay weddings, they will not be able to use their service.
It appears that gay activists have objected to a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to keep the Sweet Cakes bakery in business or pay the fine, which could be as high as $150,000, for declining to bake a cake for a gay wedding.
It is, of course, the right of GoFundMe to deny service to anyone – even as Sweet Cakes is denied the same right – but it leaves a market for a competitor to GoFundMe who is willing to support fund raising efforts to Christians who run afoul of government agencies.
I doubt that GoFundMe has a business plan with high barriers to entry. One of its biggest fundraisers, for Memories Pizza, received over $800,000 due to publicity on conservative media, not because of any effort on the part of GoFundMe. GoFundMe does not provide publicity for any of the crowdsourcing it carries. It simply provides an internet platform, one for which they receive about 5% of the amount raised.
It seems to me that a conservative internet content provider like PJ Media could seize the opportunity to provide a service while creating a place where increasingly embattled religious groups could congregate. If someone questions the market potential, look at the success of FOX News which thrives on serving the information needs of the conservative community.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/donation-items/persecuted-christians/
I believe Sweet Cakes (couple with 5 children) and other businesses targeted by the gaystapo may be receiving support through Samaritan’s Purse
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/christian-couple-faces-135000-fine/
btw, GOFUNDME has sites collecting money for people charged with violent felonies. However they called the Sweet Cakes fine a charge of a “violent and heinous crime”
Why doesn’t GoFundMe just come right out and say it: No mark of the beast, no service!
It is, of course, the right of GoFundMe to deny service to anyone – even as Sweet Cakes is denied the same right – but it leaves a market f
Ah no its not. That is for the Courts to decide. We can not just sit back and allow Christians to be sued out of exsistance and not fight back. Sue them. Make them state in open court why they will not allow it make them show that they are violating our rights. Even if you lose in court you force them on the defensive for a change. Time to fight back folks........
There are opportunities for Christian-friendly businesses everywhere. Time to let our Light shine.
The internet and the major internet companies are a homosexual operation. Homosexuals are maybe 2% of the population but they are near 100% of the internet from Zuckerberg on down and up and out.
Mallard Fullmore is funny...
Thats what the gaystapo did - we can debate wether a denial of service is appropriate over the subject matter which was denial of service in the first place but we have to do it in the marketplace and not the courts
Samaritan’s Purse stepping up to replace Go Fund Me is a good start, and it is completely in their line of helped Christians in persecution.
This is, unfortunately, necessary in far more cases.
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