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Judge Rejects Couple's Argument for Refusing Gay Customers
KSTP.com ^ | 9/21/17 | AP

Posted on 09/21/2017 5:24:04 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A federal judge has dismissed a Minnesota couple's lawsuit challenging a state law for the right to refuse to shoot wedding videos for same-sex couples.

Chief U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in Minneapolis dismissed Carl and Angel Larsen's case Wednesday.

The St. Cloud couple, who own a videography company, Telescope Media Group, sued over a provision of the Minnesota Human Rights Act that bars discrimination by businesses.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda
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To: Zuse

Stinks to high heavens...


21 posted on 09/21/2017 5:49:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (DACA: Their dream, our nightmare... will the rule of law prevail or not?)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Yes, classification of property as a “public accommodation”
was an invention of the courts from the civil rights era.


22 posted on 09/21/2017 5:55:26 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

1995 Clintoon Judge appointee

https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/tunheim-john-r.


23 posted on 09/21/2017 5:58:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: McGavin999
To those recommending the coerced business do a lousy job ... If the fags can prove that the work on their contract was substantially poorer than that on the business's typical work, they can still prove discrimination and sue for even more. Plus, the business wasted all the time and opportunity money taking the job and doing it poorly.

Better to simply say "No" and leave it at that. You don't owe the fags an explanation. And you don't have to lie about it. You just tell them no.

24 posted on 09/21/2017 5:59:42 PM PDT by IronJack (sh)
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To: NormsRevenge

It figures...


25 posted on 09/21/2017 5:59:59 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn How To Search. Ask Me How.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

26 posted on 09/21/2017 6:01:34 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: CatOwner

Shhhh,,,,it’s coming ,,,,taking names.


27 posted on 09/21/2017 6:05:59 PM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I wonder if the Judge would order a Jewish baker to bake a swastika cake for a bunch of Nazis. Or does he just order people to do things for the groups who are the fad of the day.


28 posted on 09/21/2017 6:10:06 PM PDT by henkster (The View: A psychiatric group therapy session where the shrink has stepped out of the room.)
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To: teeman8r

Many wedding pics are very gender-outfit specific. How can a photographer not say, “I am not qualified for that event.”


29 posted on 09/21/2017 6:10:54 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (I tweet, too... @Onelifetogive)
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To: DiogenesLamp

We’ll have to test drive both of those and see if they have bugs


30 posted on 09/21/2017 6:16:28 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: daler
I've always believed these types of businesses should avoid the legal hassle and go ahead and provide the service.

I've always believed these types of businesses should avoid the legal hassle and dodge the question:

"Yes, of course I would be willing to film your ceremony; that will be $58,331 for up to two hours of video and 30 minutes of editing." Or,
"I am not legally permitted to refuse, so I won't, but I would be extremely uncomfortable at such an event and would recommend you hire someone who can better capture the true spirit of the celebration for you." Or,
"Yes, that would be fine," until a last minute cancellation for personal/health reasons.

Any thug who insists on another person's unwilling acquiescence deserves whatever offense or disappointment results. Given the weaponized use of big government to harm ordinary people, even the most truthful among us have no moral obligation to deal with gays demanding services in good faith.

31 posted on 09/21/2017 6:31:51 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: CatOwner

More and more looks like the only alternative.


32 posted on 09/21/2017 6:41:10 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: daler
I can think of any number of ways of making the deviants, in the end, wish they'd hired somebody else.

The trick is to be subtle. No outright sabotage, just mediocrity. And be sure to cough and blow your nose during the entire shoot because you have a cold.

33 posted on 09/21/2017 6:41:13 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (https://imgoat.com/uploads/645920e395/39513.gif)
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To: IronJack

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3587864/posts?page=33#33


34 posted on 09/21/2017 6:43:44 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (https://imgoat.com/uploads/645920e395/39513.gif)
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To: xzins

No one should be compelled to create art.


35 posted on 09/21/2017 6:52:11 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Onelifetogive
Many wedding pics are very gender-outfit specific. How can a photographer not say, “I am not qualified for that event.”

As for that, despite a proclaimed lack of expertise by E-harmony, the courts forced E-harmony to research and create new products just for homosexuals.

36 posted on 09/21/2017 6:57:00 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Onelifetogive

Why would you want to support a business that doesn’t want your business?


37 posted on 09/21/2017 7:12:21 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Wuli

Liberals say it is their right to refuse to serve evil haters, but conservatives aren’t allowed to refuse service because their decisions are only based on irrational fear, hatred or ignorance.
And I cannot be certain the swing justice who said there is a constitutional right to same sex marriage will find on the side of freedom of association and belief for conservatives.


38 posted on 09/21/2017 7:34:20 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

i think it’s bad business for any small business owner to outright REFUSE service to a potential customer. What you do is quote an outrageous price and/or impossible schedule. Most of these “customers” will go away muttering about a “ripoff”, and animosity and lawsuits are avoided. Should the customer take the deal, then you make a pile of dough. Most smart business people know this.


39 posted on 09/21/2017 8:01:42 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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40 posted on 09/21/2017 9:34:34 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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