Posted on 04/04/2016 3:09:38 PM PDT by HomerBohn
One of the Lefts malicious portrayals of conservatives is that we are intolerant and prone to violence.
Alas, the evidence is quite to the contrary.
Edie and David Delorme own Kerns Bake Shop in Long View, Texas, and are members of a local Baptist church.
On Feb. 17, 2016, a homosexual couple, Ben Valencia and Luis Marmolejo, came to the shop and asked to buy a cake for their wedding.
When Edie realized it was for a same-sex wedding, she politely refused. Edie told Fox News: We dont do cakes that might conflict with our spiritual convictions. It was not something personal against the two young men. We just need to be able to run our business in a way that honors God.
First Liberty Institute lawyer Michael Berry said, She (Edie) said, Im sorry, but we dont make same-sex wedding cakes, but heres a list of other bakers in the area who would most likely be able to meet your needs. It was pretty civil. The gentleman said, Okay and left.
Julie Brown Patton reports for The Gospel Herald, March 15, 2016, that a few days later, the Delormes were informed by a local newspaper reporter that Valencia and Marmolejo were publicly accusing them of discrimination.
Harassment and threats poured in, including vile posts on the bakers Facebook and Yelp pages.
Edie said, Our son got a call where they threatened to burn our house down and violate him with a broken beer bottle. That was probably the worst. The couple also have an eight-year-old daughter.
Attorney Berry said: The Delormes property has been damaged. Theyve experienced minor vandalism at their home, including their mailbox being destroyed. We reported both the vandalism and the threats they have received to the Harrison County Sheriff. The Sheriffs office sent a deputy to talk to the Delormes and they are now patrolling the area to make sure no additional acts are perpetrated against the Delormes. Americans value and protect our freedoms, especially freedom of expression and religious liberty. For America to remain free and prosperous, we must secure the rights of small business owners to operate their businesses according to their beliefs.
David Delormes said he and his wife try to live scripture every day. Our faith is who we are. The couple said they do not want to discriminate against same-sex couples but that they have to follow their religious beliefs. In the past, they have consistently refused to bake alcohol, tobacco, gambling, or risqué-themed cakes.
r u kidding ?
deer rifles
This nation is more and more like Sodom and Gomorrah each day. I say no more. Stop this insane nonsense now.
Wouldn’t it be nice if some of those “foreign” license plated cars wound up with tires slashed! The imported crud might learn to stay home.
That weapon is downright Art ... I Like!
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Big Homo isn’t quite that big.
No, they'd get sued and possibly imprisoned for putting a dangerous substance in the food.
But they could just bake the perverts a real bad tasting cake with non-dangerous ingredients. "Gee, we're real sorry you didn't like the way our cake tasted"... we did our best." (snicker)
Genesis 19:5
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 5. - And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? Josephus supposes them to have been of beautiful countenances (’Ant.,’ 1:11, 3), which excited the lust of the Sodomites, and caused them to assault Lot’s house with shameful cries. Bring them out unto us, that we may know them. The sin here euphemistically referred to (cf. Judges 19:22) was exceedingly prevalent among the Canaanites (Leviticus 18:22) and other heathen nations (Romans 1:27). Under the law of Moses it was punishable by death.
Genesis 19:5 Additional Commentaries
Context
Lot Welcomes the Angels
4 Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; 5 and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.” 6 But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,
ANOTHER one? Have to wonder if queers are just “testing” places trying desperately to find something to scream victimhood about.
But that argument doesn’t win.
Should a black printer have to print flyers for a KKK rally?
Should a Jewish baker be required to make a cake honoring Hitler or bearing a swastika?
....etc....
This is a free speech issue, coerced or compelled speech. Such arguments have existing precedent.
Will you make me a birthday cake? yes
Will you sell me the cake on the shelf? yes
Will you make me a gay wedding cake? no, FREE SPEECH
It is not discrimination against the persons, it is against the EVENT. If you’re compelled to put time/money/energy toward an EVENT you disagree with it is anti-free speech. If we keep making it a religious liberty issue we’ll lose. They’ll just argue, “of course you have religious liberty but not when you discriminate against others”. So we must make the case that it is free speech, not religious liberty at stake.
Realizing that we all have differing opinions, if a gay couple goes to a baker requesting a cake for a gay wedding and the baker explains their religious beliefs which prevents them from baking the cake, the gays should be tolerant, understand the beliefs of the baker, and seek a baker who is on their team. Done.
**** “Realizing that we all have differing opinions, if a gay couple goes to a baker requesting a cake for a gay wedding and the baker explains their religious beliefs which prevents them from baking the cake, the gays should be tolerant, understand the beliefs of the baker, and seek a baker who is on their team. Done.” *****
Just tell them that the Bakery is too busy ... They surely must have Competition, just give them a reference to a Competitor.
Done
Militant fags in East Texas. The infection has spread throughout the body.
There can no longer be civil disagreement.
To the Left it is:
“You disagree with me, therefore
I must hate you
I must destroy you
I must kill you.”
It is all about in your face control and tyranny, to the point of violence.
That is why I believe that we are going into the hot phase of CWII soon. The Left will continue to escalate, and it will be the Left that will fire the first round. Then all bets are off.
I will have no sympathy for any SJW who will become a casualty.
FRC PRAISES CRUZ DE-REG PLANS TAKING GOVERNMENT OUT OF RELIGION
Americas Christian bakers and florists and wedding planners will be safe under a Ted Cruz presidency. I am absolutely convinced in my discussions with the senator that religious liberty will be a lot better off in America with a Cruz administration, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and Chair of Cruzs Religious Liberty Advisory Council emphsized when endorsing Cruz.These are the policies that he is going to pursue, Perkins announced. He is absolutely committed to the issue of religious liberty.
The council was calling on Cruz to direct a review of the IRS treatment of religious organizations and to direct federal agencies to respect the free exercise of religion. Cruz said he will Defend and protect small business owners facing assault for refusing to violate their religious beliefs.
If elected Cruz pledged he will Rescind Executive Order 13672 an order that requires certain federal contractors to not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; - Direct all federal agencies to stop interpreting sex to include sexual orientation and/or gender identity. - Direct the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate its requirement that all employers include coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptive methods and sterilization procedures;.
As president, I have pledged on my first day in office to rescind every single one of President Obamas unconstitutional executive actions, and to direct every federal agency to respect and protect the religious liberty of every American, Cruz emphasized.
You can no more penalize a baker refusing to make a special creation that promotes something that is against his/her convictions than you can penalize a black sign maker for refusing to make a sign for a KKK celebration.
LOL. Well put.
For uppity perverts who threaten to sexually attack the bakers’ son, I say bring back Vlad the impaler. “Sicko on a sticko” should be a public spectacle of people who would threaten a child.
Well, that confirms my long held position, defining queers as:
Disease-ridden, boy-raping whackjobs.
“It is not discrimination against the persons, it is against the EVENT.”
Exactly what I’ve been saying. A business person has every right to refuse to sponsor, condone, or participate in an EVENT that goes against his conscience—and be allowed to run the type of business he wants.
Should a country western bar be forced to host a rap concert?
Should a hotelier be forced to allow prostitution on the premises?
Should any business be forced to be a sponsor of a gay pride parade?
there will be a terrible backlash....once we’re taken over by China or Russia or the muzzies, the homos will rue the day they went after the only people that would love them...the Christians....
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