Posted on 04/29/2015 7:51:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Guess florists and bakers, not so much. How’s that for “=”?
Common sense from the bench!
Good news.
Based on these rulings, it would seem it would seem they could be forced to bake a cake, but not have to write a particular message on it.
There will, of course, be an appeal to a higher court.
It is the grace of God that makes the good news possible to prevail in the world. Thank and praise Him for it if you want it to keep up or increase.
Any kind of expressive content that affirms what the vendor does not want, from religious principles, to affirm.
Again this all depends on good prevailing over evil in these times (even though it will do so in the end). That is by the grace of God. Let’s treat God accordingly....
LOL! So I’m just guessing that free speech is also covered with free shuttin’ up. :>}
Well it is about time a court used something other than their backside to think with.
Interesting-this is the first I’ve heard about the Colorado case and ruling. But in nearby states, Christian business owners have been destroyed for refusing to violate their beliefs in making cakes which explicitly are to celebrate sodomite unions.
A Judge Ishmael, which is a common Islamic name. Maybe he understood that freedom of both Christian and Muslim practice is menaced by forced contrary expression (although Muslims have another “out” in that they are explicitly allowed to pretend, an option that is not extended in the bible to Christians).
Good deal.
This is important. Churches will soon be under assault. Homosexuals will try to force them to marry homosexuals. The tax status of the churches will be challenged and threatened.
Churches shouldn’t be required to compromise their beliefs. Should a church be forced to marry a satanic couple and perform satanic rituals? Legally, there would be no difference between that and requiring them to marry homosexuals.
Some of the so called LGBT crowd are still vocal for tolerance, but their influence is drowned out by those who are fascist about it.
A battle royal is shaping up, and it isn’t Christians who asked for it but they are going to be drafted into fighting in it.
Good for the business owner. Now let’s see if the gaystapo in KY escalates this, and take it to federal court.
Seems this “right” if granted is going to be “more equal” than other “rights.” E.g. a Catholic church was never expected to marry two evangelicals even though they respected one another’s rights to worship within their own domains.
Everybody saw this coming on. Nobody should be surprised.
The deciding factor in cases like this is that the shop was being hired to actually print words and symbols that convey a message against their own religious convictions. Same with the homosexual bakery and the “god hates sin” message.
You can’t FORCE people to print words and symbols that convey a clear message in a country with our particular first amendment.
Now, if the cake or shirt were FOR a particular event, but they, on their own, did not support any particular belief, it gets stickier.
But this case is a no brainer.
Looks like they are, in the guise of (or taking as a pawn) the city’s oh so progressive “Human Rights Commission” (some human rights are more equal than others it seems).
This is a battle royal coming on. Christians didn’t incite it. God never urged it. But they are going to be forced into a position to finish what others started, at least to the point of being faithful unto death. This one would be relatively easy to dodge, just get out of any business that involves custom expressive content for hire. Others may not be so easy to dodge.
Aids, it doesn’t work fast enough.
Everybody saw this coming on. Nobody should be surprised.
That’s exactly right.
Liberals are going to try to force churches to treat all equally. They will threaten them with their tax status.
If a church is required to marry homosexuals, why should they not be required to marry atheists, satan worshipers, etc.? Not many homosexual agenda folks are mentioning this.
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