Posted on 10/13/2014 8:12:25 AM PDT by lowbridge
A civil rights commissioner has found that a Kentucky T-shirt company that refused to print shirts for a gay pride parade is guilty of discrimination, calling for its employees to attend diversity training — but the company likely won’t be backing down.
Greg Munson of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission announced last Tuesday that Hands on Originals, a T-shirt company based in Lexington, Kentucky, discriminated against the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington when it refused to print the shirts.
As TheBlaze previously reported, the gay rights group filed a complaint against Hands on Originals back in March 2012, alleging that it had been discriminated against due to sexual orientation.
Company owner Blaine Adamson has since argued that Hands on Originals is a Christian business and that the views espoused by the T-shirt — which advertised a gay pride festival — violated his religious beliefs.
The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal firm, has defended Adamson throughout the two-year legal process, with senior counsel Jim Campbell telling TheBlaze that the commission’s preliminary ruling isn’t definitively clear.
It reads, in part: “The Respondent’s refusal to provide goods and services of public accommodation to the Charging Party constitutes unlawful discrimination against the members of the [Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington] on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual identity in violation of Local Ordinance 201-99.”
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One would think that the very existence of a “Human Rights Commission” would violate the Bill of Rights.
PC: Diversity in everything but thought
Socialism loves it’s re education camps...
What they advocate is far less normal and tasteful than someone advertising a porn website called missionaryposition.org.
No, I have no idea if such a site exists. And, no, I'm not going to click on it to find out! It is just for illustrative purposes only.
I disagree. So let's say the event were "African American Sounds of Africa Festival", an event that promotes animistic tribal religions (Voodoo) that are anathema to Christians. Very analogous issues at play. Do you really think this case would also be a winner? You can pretend the issue would be decided on the basis of freedom of speech and religion, but it would in fact sweep those issues aside and be decided on the basis of civil rights and public accommodation. When we accepted the civil rights act of 1964, which was the first unconstitutional curtailment of free association in the US, all of this was certain to follow. If the government has the authority to force a man to make his property and services available to a preferred class of people against his beliefs and will, then you can extend the principle to any other preferred class.
There are a dozen ways to get around being sued. Misspell and don’t charge them. Lose the order. Claim your machine broke. Schedule a company vacation.
If this kind of thing takes hold, t-shirts, cakes, photos, and so on... the next thing this gaystopo will go for will be lawsuits for the content of the message, the style of the cake... they will probe deeper and find some where then can maneuver the law for more tyranny.
In other words, the ratchet effect will engage, and move to the next teeth for a firmer grip.
you can not commit a person to a mental hospital, but you can force someone to diversity training. Why are these people not fighting back.
We sell used mining equipment. Like Caterpillar D11’s that weigh about a hundred tons and cost new almost $2.0MM.
We’ve had meetings to decide how we would deal with a homosexual that wanted to buy one of these.
Used, they can sell for $500K to over $1MM.
Of course, we’ll have to insist that they buy one with an optional framas that costs almost $200K and a chingadera-coupler worth an extra $400K.
Sign right here.
Intellectual assault. Full association forcing is not Civil Rights.
All the judges have the feminist domestic violence victim advocate prosecutor thorns on their side.
I'll bet the pervert could get a "chingadera-coupler" for the price of a pink martini at "The Ramrod Room".
Indeed, since when this place was run like the US military or any gov. Agency? None of these people signed the dotted lines of obligation.
Or.. “The system is down.”
Diversity training: read White Heterosexual Male Concentration Camp & Indoctrination. you don’t leave until you are shouting your guilt out to the heavens.
I am outsourcing any business from here on out. Do they block the Chinese or Saudi companies selling here? No. Total horsecrap.
‘I’ll bet the pervert could get a “chingadera-coupler” for the price of a pink martini at “The Ramrod Room”.’
I hadn’t thought of that.
Better come up with a different description.
When dealing with homos, the challenges are never-ending.
They should charge them triple the cost to print. Either they agree to the price or go elsewhere. If they pay then donate the extra above revenue to a christian charity. Why lose a business over perversion which the GLBT will promote anyway from other takers. Charge them a hidden perv fee. Let the lawyers twist on that one in court.
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