Jesus sent his disciples out as lambs among wolves, and told them to be as wise as serpents and gentle as doves.
I think the Christian community and businesses in particular have to think about that warning and how they can employ it to defend themselves.
I won’t offer any advice other than be prepared. Surely in prayer God might give inspiration how to protect yourself.
Is it too much of an ostrich strategy to just not have any kind of social media presence as a business? *sigh*
I’m so tired of the perpetually enraged and outraged.
“Big Anus” is very displeased.
I have many gay friends and I hire gays for my business. I had a gay couple over for dinner just the other day and they invited me to their upcoming wedding.
Deliberately cutting yourself off from gays is sad because you are missing out on life. What are you afraid of?
I belong to three historical collector clubs, each of which has several gay members. If you were also my friend and I invited you to a meeting would you embarrass me by causing public scene?
I urge you to re-examine your attitude. If you advertise your business to the public I believe you are obligated to serve anyone not disorderly (or too smelly if you happen to have a walk-in type of business).
As a private citizen you would be missing out on some colorful and interesting characters, I have had some wonderfully stimulating discussions with gay friend and associates....my life would have been duller without.
Some of the most dreadful people I’ve met were gay, gayness doesn’t seem to correlate with anything. Perhaps one can only learn this by not deliberately shutting oneself off from others.
A recent client of mine was an elderly ‘queen’ and when he passed I found among his effects his Purple Heart for storming a beach during WWII and getting wounded. I also found pictures of him performing as a drag queen. He most likely thought of each episode as being from his ‘glory days’. I have great sympathy for any good person trying to get through life with a little fulfillment and dignity. I try not to go out of my way to make things more difficult for others.
As a general practice, DON’T get into a blabby conversation
with the customers. - Get shed of the little “bride &
groom” dolls & keep floral & other candied decorations on
hand so anyone who comes in the shop can buy the decorations
they want. IF you, as a baker, just MUST insist on keeping
the little bride & groom dolls on hand; then couples who
want something different can just purchase TWO sets of the
little dolls & style as they like. - Keep available décor
simple so the couples of what ever stripe can decorate their
plain white cake as they like. - The “need to know” on the
part of the supplier of product does not extend to the sex
life of the customers.
I almost forgot. I need to tell you one more story.
My son’s wife’s daughter from a previous marriage was certainly mentally ill. She ran away, did drugs and all kinds of things including delivering two autistic children. Then, she killed herself.
Want to know where those two children are? Recall the two lesbians who sued the bakery here in Portland over a wedding cake. Well, those two adopted both the autistic children...a huge, life-long burden. They are both a bit rough, overtly dyke & femmish, and are largely uneducated....a bit ‘low-brow’ (I doubt they’ll see this and I am trying to be really candid). However, I have seen for myself that they are kind-hearted and provide a loving home for those two very unfortunate kids.