Houston Landscaper Refuses To Work For Gay Customers

KPRC Channel 2 ^ | 10/20/2006 | unknown

[fhlh]

HOUSTON -- An e-mail from a Houston-area landscaper that said he chose not to do work for homosexuals has spread nationwide, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

Michael Lord wanted to spruce up the outside of his home in the Heights, so he asked the "Garden Guy" to create an outdoor work of art.

But he was rejected based on his sexual orientation....

More at http://www.click2houston.com/news/10124161/detail.html

video of the report http://www.click2houston.com/video/10124116/index.html

[fhlh]

this is news???

[raybbr]

It's good news....

[Jaysun]

But he was rejected based on his sexual orientation....

So what?

[RichInOC]

Okay, I'm sorry, but this is just funny.

[Cicero]

Did the homeowner ask him to sculpt his bushes into scatalogical shapes?

[Bigh4u2]

"But he was rejected based on his sexual orientation...."

So call a 'gay' landscaper.

What's the problem?

Why do these people think they must be pandered too by everyone?

The landscaper, being a private business man, has a choice. And he made it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

There are a few jobs where I may not discriminate as to who receives my services.

Landscaping is not one of them.

[goldstategop]

Its news because liberals want to force their politically correct opinions on others. There are gay-friendly landscapers to serve gay customers. Why pick on one who doesn't want them for clients, for moral reasons?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[sine_nomine]

House rules. Every bar has them.

[fso301]

If I lived in Houston, I know who I'd be calling for landscaping.Guy is probably swamped with business.

[P-40]

It is a butt-ugly house anyway.

[CAWats]

I remember when gay meant happy.

[Oberon]

So call a 'gay' landscaper.

She'll get the job done right!

[Robwin]

Say, does this fall under the category "Freedom of Choice"? No I suppose not.

[CindyDawg]

Nice house. The yard does need some work though. My question is how did the company even know? Did he call up and say "Hi. I'm a homosexual"?

[John Jorsett]

Opponents are calling for a boycott.

So, if you refuse to work for us, we're going to boycott you? That'll be effective ...

[Psycho_Bunny]

Activists Want to Create Gay Neighborhood

Saturday, January 22, 2005

SPOKANE, Wash. —  Gay activists in this staid Washington city are planning to create a neighborhood of gay-oriented homes, businesses and nightlife — a development religious conservatives contend would clash with Spokane's family-centered culture.

"A gay mecca is not what we'd like to see Spokane marketed as," said Penny Lancaster, director of Community Impact Spokane (search), a network of evangelical Christians. "I'd rather see us promoted as a conservative, family-oriented community without any reference to sexual orientation."

But proponents of the plan say a gay district would signal that Spokane is tolerant and progressive.

"There is a very large gay population here," said Bonnie Aspen, a business owner who arrived with her partner two years ago to escape the congestion of the San Francisco Bay (search) area.

Spokane — which in trendy Seattle is shorthand for tragically unhip — has long been dominated by conservative politics that stem from its history as a mining and farming center. But it also has a large core of Democrats and libertarians who share the West's live-and-let-live philosophy.

[netmilsmom]

>>The Garden Guy Inc. has been operating in Houston since 1991. Company officials said they do not refuse service with malicious intent, and they said they do not hate homosexuals.<<

This is what the militant gays don't understand. I don't hate gays. I don't hate my sister because after two husbands and four kids she found her inner lesbian.

I do hate the lifestyle and will not choose to be around them. If I can't tell that you are homosexual, if my children can't tell, I can be around you. If I can, you are off the Christmas list.

[Islander2]

Exactly. And a homeowner should have the right to reject a homo landscaper. Trees are for shade and utility, not for hugging..... the exception being fruit trees of course.


MAHALO

[theBuckwheat]

If the MSM doesn't have a problem with Islamic cabbies being able to refuse to take passengers who have booze in their luggate, then they should not have a problem with personal private decision.