Posted on 10/20/2017 7:00:31 PM PDT by marshmallow
A Christian printer in Britain reportedly refused to print business cards for a transgender diversity expert, claiming taking up the order would go against his religious views.
Nigel Williams denied his printing services to Joanne Lockwood, a consultant at transgender diversity firm SEE Change Happen, which is aimed at offering advice to businesses on inclusion of LGBTQ staff, The Sunday Times reported.
Lockwood tried to get her company’s promotional materials printed at Williams’ firm, but he refused, saying taking up the contract would “make pressure worse” for other Christians.
“The new model of diversity is used (or misused) to marginalize (or indeed discriminate against) Christians in their workplaces and other parts of society if they do not subscribe to it,” Williams wrote to the transgender diversity expert, explaining his decision to turn down the chance to work together.
He added: “Although I’m quite sure you have no intention of marginalizing Christians it would weigh heavily upon me if through my own work I was to make pressure worse for fellow Christians.”
Lockwood, who is a trans woman since January, claims she was “gobsmacked” by the refusal to perform services, telling the Times: “I was not expecting a lecture. I disbelieved this could happen in 2017. I have been distraught and cried and my wife consoled me.”
“I think a point of principle is at stake. He wanted to make a point to me deliberately for his own motives. I have been the victim of some discrimination,” she added.
The printer received a backing from the Christian Institute, a group that previously supported a Christian family bakery in Northern Ireland who were sued for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.
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Notice leftists don’t go to Muslim bakeries or printers....
If Queers call, just over price your service or product.
Liberals say they are all about inclusion, but it is really about them being able to change the boundaries in society and reinforce it through faux compassion, shaming and threats of violence in the name of peace and love.
Never refuse business: that’s a bad business practice. Instead, quote excessive pricing and/or excessive lead times. Abjectly apologize for the unfortunate lead times and offer contact information for some competitors that can hopefully do the job faster.
“ I have been distraught and cried and my wife consoled me.”
I’m so f****** sick of these people.
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Should you have to print political tracts for radicals?
Free speech does not require all printers publish your works.
The liberal bullies are intentionally targeting businesses with requests for services, pricing and performance, looking for people to sue.
Charging someone more who is part of an officially protected class is a crime in and of itself.
And unlike refusing service citing you’re business, it is very easy to prove you over-charged or over-bid.
Tell them you have to outsource the job and are factoring in the cost.
My private business is priced at the level I want.
I’m free to change the rate for my service at any time.
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