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NY Farm Fined $13,000 for Declining Lesbian ‘Wedding,’ Ordered to Prove Staff Training
http://christiannews.net/ ^ | 08/16/2008 | Heather Clark

Posted on 08/16/2014 6:26:39 PM PDT by massmike

A New York farm has been fined $13,000 by the state Division of Human Rights for declining to host a same-sex ‘wedding’ on their property two years ago, and has been ordered to train their employees to accommodate homosexual ceremonies despite their Christian beliefs.

Administrative Law Judge Migdalia Peres fined Liberty Ridge Farms in Schaghticoke $10,000 and Liberty Ridge Farms was also ordered to provide proof that they have trained their employees not to refuse requests from homosexuals. A poster noting that the business is subject to human rights law must additionally be displayed prominently at the business.

Jason McGuire, the executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, decried the ruling on Thursday, noting that Liberty Ridge Farms took no issue with serving homosexuals. He outlined that the Giffords only drew the line when the request equated to personal involvement, thus violating the Scripture’s command not to be a partaker in other’s sins.

McGuire noted that when same-sex “marriage” was legalized in New York in 2011, Christians and others were assured that they were protected under a religious freedom amendment, but now he finds that amendment useless.

“When the bill was passed, we were promised that the religious freedom amendment to New York’s same-sex ‘marriage’ legislation would do the job. We were told it would be the strongest in the nation. Our legislators bought the lie and today every New Yorker is living the lie. Town clerks, justices and businesses are impacted by the Empire State’s religious freedom farce,” he stated. “There is no protection in New York law that did not already exist prior to the bill’s passage. But after gay ‘marriage’ was enacted, clerks are out of work and business owners are facing human rights complaints. That’s the reality we are living today.”

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KEYWORDS: gaystapo; homosexualagenda; liberalfascism
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To: massmike

Bullies only act like that until someone punches them in the nose.


21 posted on 08/16/2014 7:11:52 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: massmike

Sure, guys, let me check our schedule. Oh, no, what a shame that we’re booked that weekend. Bye!

Never ever refuse a service due to race, creed, or sexual preference.


22 posted on 08/16/2014 7:15:06 PM PDT by bgill
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To: massmike
A poster noting that the business is subject to human rights law must additionally be displayed prominently at the business.

Here's the poster. Guess what they left out of their list of things you can't discriminate against? Religion of course. You can and will be discriminated against for your religious beliefs in New York.
23 posted on 08/16/2014 7:17:46 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: Mark17
They're dead Jim.

It's not dead yet. Just resting. It was stunned by the election of someone who is ineligible.

24 posted on 08/16/2014 7:18:49 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: massmike

I feel more and more like I’m living in an Ayn Rand novel!


25 posted on 08/16/2014 7:19:40 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: massmike
Thought experiment: Laz owns this farm.

I would refuse to pay. I would sell the farm quickly, for cash. I would move out of state and refuse all communications with any New York tyrants.

In fact, I actually DID move out of that freakin' hellhole.

26 posted on 08/16/2014 7:20:18 PM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
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To: jocon307

Ask homosexual owned bakers to bake cakes for anti-homosexual events. Oh, never mind. There must be 1.6% of all bakeries, so practically impossible to find.


27 posted on 08/16/2014 7:21:43 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: FrdmLvr

I thought Ayn Rand’s writing was ludicrously exaggerated. Even the most evil looters couldn’t be as bad as her characters. It turns out her fiction was understated, and people like Obama use it as a blueprint for a starting point.


28 posted on 08/16/2014 7:24:17 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: massmike

Welcome to communists criminal Division of Human Rights of America. The power to fine has to be taken away from all departments of the Federal Government. Only the courts should have the power to judge and if necessary to fine.


29 posted on 08/16/2014 7:29:16 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: massmike

Sodomy trumps your religious rights.


30 posted on 08/16/2014 7:33:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: massmike

National divorce, NOW!!


31 posted on 08/16/2014 7:37:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Pollster1

I miss America.


32 posted on 08/16/2014 7:39:30 PM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: 4rcane

You weren’t far off. 75% of NYT editorial staff is LGBT.


33 posted on 08/16/2014 7:41:15 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: massmike
States have rights and Votes have consequences. The Voters could put a stop to the madness
any time they deem necessary. The question is, will they. Most believe that if it
doesn't effect them "so what". Homo's would have to be barebacking on their porch during
a family reunion for them to give a hoot.
34 posted on 08/16/2014 7:48:34 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: massmike

Don’t do it! Do not comply!


35 posted on 08/16/2014 7:49:37 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Pollster1

yup.

this is why adhering to even the most basic requirement is crucial.

when you don’t, you’re signaling your willingness to forego the document entirely


36 posted on 08/16/2014 8:00:00 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: rovenstinez

What if the owners told the judge “Will not comply. And by the way, go f*** yourself”?


37 posted on 08/16/2014 8:02:32 PM PDT by barefoot_hiker
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To: 4rcane

Free association died with the Civil Rights Act in the 60s. Much of our freedom went with it. Proof that a noble goal can advance terrible harm...


38 posted on 08/16/2014 8:05:01 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: massmike

I’m confused.

it’s a FARM... why do they have to allow ‘WEDDINGS’ to be held on their property again??


39 posted on 08/16/2014 8:14:08 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

I found that a tad curious, too...


40 posted on 08/16/2014 8:19:53 PM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("A vote is like a rifle--its usefulness is dependent upon the character of the user")
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