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When they come to destroy your business because you are pro-traditional family
Fr. Z's Blog ^ | 04/02/15 | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Posted on 04/02/2015 9:24:13 AM PDT by Legatus

I’ve been thinking about how homosexualists target Christian businesses for destruction. Approach a florist or a bakery or, now, a pizzeria and tell the owner that this is for a homosexual “wedding” and then hammer them with law suits.

Enough already. It’s time for everyone to calm down.

We need a new approach.

Think about this.

When some homosexual couple comes to your Christian business for services at their immoral event, don’t panic. Go ahead and take their business!

Then explain what is going to happen next.

Tell them that the food and services will be just fine. And then inform them that all of the money that they pay for the services will be donated to a traditional pro-family lobby. If it is something like catering, where your employees have to be there to provide services, tell them that all your people will smile, be professional, and everyone of them will be wearing crucifixes and have the Holy Family embroidered on their uniforms. Then show them pictures of your uniforms. When the truck pulls up, speakers will be playing Immaculate Mary. Show them the truck and play the music.

“Oh, you would be offended by that? I’m so sorry. You approached us because we are Christians. Right? We are happy to provide services for you and we are grateful that you chose to come to our Christian catering business. We just want to be of help.”

Then tell them that you will take out an ad in the paper to let everyone know what you did with their money, thanking them by name for their business so that you could make the contribution.

I suspect this approach, if adopted far and wide, would put an end to attacks on Christian businesses.


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I'm sure our Protestant brethren could adapt this idea and make it work too.
1 posted on 04/02/2015 9:24:13 AM PDT by Legatus
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To: Legatus

Nice idea! With each piece of cake, include a card with a Bible verse.

Or maybe the Christian symbol of the fish in the icing. Not obvious but subtle.


2 posted on 04/02/2015 9:28:32 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Legatus

what an excellent idea and like me Ole Maw used to say,
“Kill’em with kindness”


3 posted on 04/02/2015 9:29:15 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Legatus

While I hate the fact that businesses are forced at gunpoint to provide services to anyone they do not wish to, I do think it would put the kibosh on the whole thing if every Christian business simply took the homosexualists money and then evangelized Christ at the event.


4 posted on 04/02/2015 9:31:28 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Legatus

The marketplace being what it is, I would think there would be businesses all over the place advertising that they do not discriminate. After all there must be BIG BUCKS in marketing to the GBLQTZ gang, no?


5 posted on 04/02/2015 9:31:35 AM PDT by Baynative (You can judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.)
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To: Legatus

Great ideas!

Should the food, etc. be blessed in the hope that it will HEAL the poor lost souls who are looking to cause trouble?


6 posted on 04/02/2015 9:31:36 AM PDT by pfony1 (Let's welcome some Democrat congressmen into the Republican party and OVERRIDE!)
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To: Legatus

I’ve found that the people who despise homos most are the non religious blue collar workers, truck drivers, construction workers, plant workers.


7 posted on 04/02/2015 9:31:39 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Legatus

No way.

Would you cater a KKK rally? Would you cater to a child nudist park? A NAMBLA convention?


8 posted on 04/02/2015 9:32:16 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Legatus

That is a good idea.

I am sick of the attacks. Pastors and churches need a plan, and need to prepare Christian and Jewish businesses on how to deal with the hateful homosexuals.


9 posted on 04/02/2015 9:32:34 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: Legatus

I think a better plan would be to have it in VERY SMALL WRITING on the contract, (see what I did there? lol), that your business ‘sometimes’ subs out work to westborrow Baptist church’, and simply sub EVERY gay request out to westborrow- We’ll see how long they keep pestering Christian busiensses to cater services for them- it’s legal, and the supreme court has upheld westborrow’s ‘right’ to be offensive and say vile things- so you will have the backing of the courts too-


10 posted on 04/02/2015 9:33:36 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: GeronL

I think the whole point is that the potential customer would run screaming away from your business, not that you would end up serving them chi-rho wedding cake


11 posted on 04/02/2015 9:34:18 AM PDT by Legatus (I think, therefore you're out of your mind)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

well no, God calls it an abomination, and tells over and over again how the wicked will experience His wrath-


12 posted on 04/02/2015 9:35:20 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: CGASMIA68

This too shall pass. Once the KKK was so powerful they could close businesses who served blacks and whites—now that is but a bad footnote in History. So too this new intolenet movement that is sweeping the nation. The same tactics were used by the Nazis too—and now the Nazis are gone.


13 posted on 04/02/2015 9:35:35 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Legatus
Then tell them that you will take out an ad in the paper to let everyone know what you did with their money, thanking them by name for their business so that you could make the contribution.

I suspect this approach, if adopted far and wide, would put an end to attacks on Christian businesses.

BTTT! I like how Father Z thinks.

14 posted on 04/02/2015 9:35:40 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: GeronL

whats a child nudist park?


15 posted on 04/02/2015 9:36:21 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: pfony1

Good idea!


16 posted on 04/02/2015 9:36:38 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Legatus

I would add to that.

Sure, I would love to cater your gay wedding, but first, let us pray.


17 posted on 04/02/2015 9:36:53 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: GeronL

I see your point, but more than likely, the trouble seekers will move on.

Letting them know that you will openly pray for them and ask grace over the food might be enough to chase them away.

Meanwhile fight this in court and with laws to protect a business’ right to refuse business to anyone for any reason.


18 posted on 04/02/2015 9:38:13 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: Legatus

Well, I haven’t thought it all the way through, but it does seem to have a particularly good attribute in terms of Christian conscience. One of the main reasons Christians refuse such service is the appearance of endorsement, as if we are being forced into speech that is contrary to our belief. However, this idea seems to neutralize that entirely. It’s ideological judo, taking what would have been an endorsement and converting it to a testimony. More evangelistically minded Christians could even deliberately bait them in for the opportunity to share the Gospel, as a required part of the service, performed for all customers, regardless of race, religion, or gender confusion.

I’d still have to think about the legal consequences a bit. But on first blush, it might just be crazy enough to work. :)

Peace,

SR


19 posted on 04/02/2015 9:39:41 AM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: Legatus

Obama’s EPA government is all too keen on shutting down businesses around and the butt hurt iditos are helping them. So what if you feel privately hated or discriminated? no one is stopping you from opening your niche business.

So, now, not only guns are getting banned by ATF raids, but gay pogroms will make sure they have an agenda to ban pizza and chicken too, so we all end up eating tofu, because you know, to them, the “humane” freaks who push this thing behind the gays, it does not matter if you are gay or not, No Pizza for you.


20 posted on 04/02/2015 9:41:12 AM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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