Posted on 06/03/2017 11:12:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
An orchard near East Lansing, MI is suing the city because they've been barred from a Farmers Market due to their religious views on same sex marriage.
There are several issues that make this case unique. For one, the orchard does not discriminate in selling products in East Lansing to anyone, even same sex couples. The city has accused them of discriminating against gays on their private property because the owner refuses to host same sex marriages at the orchard in Charlotte, MI.
Secondly, in order to bar the orchard from selling at the market, the city passed a non-discrimination ordinance. The ordinance doesn't appear to affect any other business at the market. It was aimed specifically at one business.
The owner of the orchard, Stephen Tennes, has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his religious freedoms are being violated by the ban.
“Contrary to this policy and the constitutionally protected rights of all couples, The Country Mill has advertised that their business practice is to prohibit same-sex couples from holding weddings at their orchard in Charlotte, MI,” the city statement read. “Their business practices violate the City of East Lansing’s long-standing ordinance that protects sexual orientation as well as the Supreme Court’s ruling that grants the right for same-sex couples to be married.”
Tennes, a Roman Catholic, shared his belief that marriage is solely between a man and a woman in a Facebook post on Aug. 24, 2016, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit further alleges the city, upon finding the post, immediately took action to remove The Country Mill from the Farmer’s Market.
“First, City officials pressured Country Mill to leave the Market,
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A corrupt judge? There’s a redundancy if ever I heard one!
Yes after the adopted kids make fun of them.
Not a very tough step for a determined judge.
Good paying gig for the lawyers (on both sides) and the judge, no matter what the outcome is. Even better for the law industry if the judge makes the richer side lose, so they can spend more money on appeal!
You can't fight the Democrats in City Hall. This one is probably an expensive fight conservatives will lose. The hobby farmer has too much time on his hands. Let the Democrats tax and regulate all they want within city limits. If cities are given unlimited freedom to bite the hands that feed them they will destroy themselves.
And this should tell you everything you need to know about cities.
The one homosexual I know is undergoing therapy. It explains a lot.
None of those things you outlined can overcome a corrupt judge, and the all the cases I’ve seen discussed here on FR over the past few years were decided by corrupt judges who passed down unconstitutional decisions.
If you are aware of constitutional decisions please let me know.
Even when facing a corrupt judge, you must present your best case.
Lease the property to a church and the farmer technically washes his has of the place and a church will have nothing to do with the farmers market.
They are going after him for a business he is no longer in and has not been in for a while.
This all happened before the SCOTUS rules that when perverts play make believe we must go along.
This is retaliation.
good queer, dead qeer
What this is trying to punish people who do not bow down and worship before the alter of government.
People who try to find clever ways around the rules are missing the point.
Alinsky Rule #12. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.
[The Architects of Western Decline: A Study on the Frankfurt School and Cultural Marxism]
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