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Suit: Gay Couple Gets 'Hateful' Flyers, Not Wedding Programs
Necn.com ^ | 01/17/2018 | Associated Press / NECN

Posted on 01/17/2018 7:50:19 PM PST by massmike

A gay couple says in a federal lawsuit that a printing company sent them pamphlets with messages about temptation and sin instead of the wedding programs they ordered for their special day.

Stephen Heasley and Andrew Borg sued Vistaprint on Tuesday in Massachusetts. They were married in Pennsylvania in September.

The couple's lawsuit says they were horrified to find the package they received the day before their wedding contained pamphlets with "hateful, discriminatory and anti-gay'' messages. They say they hope their lawsuit sends a message that "there will be consequences for acts of hate.''

The printing company went on to say they are hoping to establish a dialogue with the couple so together they can use this incident as an opportunity to shine a light on important LGBTQ issues.

Vistaprint officials say they are investigating the incident to determine how and why the couple received the materials.

(Excerpt) Read more at necn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: boofrickinhoo; homosexualagenda
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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21 posted on 01/17/2018 8:22:09 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: massmike

Two “husbands” here in Florida were just charged with felony child abuse against their adopted “children.” Whoever has the final sign-off on these homosexual adopters should also be charged every time there’s child abuse involved.


22 posted on 01/17/2018 8:23:08 PM PST by clintonh8r (I've been banned from TheHill.com. #Proud)
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To: massmike

Homos suck!


23 posted on 01/17/2018 8:25:37 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: massmike
lawsuit sends a message that "there will be consequences for acts of hate.

lawsuit sends a message that "there will be consequences for acts of hate thoughts.

24 posted on 01/17/2018 8:34:15 PM PST by libh8er
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They received important wedding information the day before the wedding. Doesn’t everybody allow less than 24 hours to proof and o.k. material from the printer? Doesn’t a big company like Vista Print keep lots of anti-gay materials on hand? Umm.

My only question is who did they know at Vista Print to help them set up this hoax.


25 posted on 01/17/2018 8:41:04 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Professional
Oh noes, homo activists have been hurt and offended AGAIN!

What amount should Hillary be sued for due to referring to a large portion of the US population as "deplorable". Is that not hateful, prejudiced and inciting violence?

26 posted on 01/17/2018 8:43:18 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: massmike

“The printing company went on to say they are hoping to establish a dialogue with the couple so together they can use this incident as an opportunity to shine a light on important LGBTQ issues.

They knuckled under.

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27 posted on 01/17/2018 8:44:08 PM PST by Mears
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To: Jim 0216

The root problem is “civil rights” laws used to say these various minorities have MORE rights than everyone else.

That’s how the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled in the same week that Masterpiece Cakes has to make the homosexual wedding cake they find blasphemous, but the homosexual business owners can refuse a Christian message requested by customers per their First Amendment rights. Utterly UNFAIR double standards, built into the law.

Then there’s Islam. The Obama DoJ said the Christians must bake the cake, provide the flowers, you’re the evil bigot. But if the Muslim doesn’t want to ring up ham as a cashier or refuses to drive the beer truck, those special little victims have the federal government defending their right to refuse per their beliefs.

Because liberals have defined civil rights to say the officially oppressed have more rights than the rest of us. What they want us to do trumps our right to refuse service.


28 posted on 01/17/2018 8:51:43 PM PST by tbw2
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To: massmike

Given that nearly all printing, from design to putting the ink on paper, is computerized, as is the shipping and billing, it should take Vistaprint only a couple of hours to figure out who screwed up, or if this is a hoax.


29 posted on 01/17/2018 9:23:52 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Lizavetta
First clue this is BS: most people wouldn't be HORRIFIED. Talk about over dramatizing. Most people would say, "Who's the jerk who sent this" or "whatever" or "what a d-bag". But HORRIFIED? I doubt it.

Well....they are faggots.

30 posted on 01/17/2018 9:58:15 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate: Republicans Freed the Slaves Month)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Not to mention, God hates sin.

If they accuse somebody acting through faith in Christ as hating their behavior, they might be truthful, but now they will have to answer to the higher authority for their behavior.

Had the printer failed to warn them of their impropriety, regardless their local jurisdiction, then the printer would be held partially accountable for the sins of the homosexuals by divine standards.

IMHO, the printer acted responsibly and the homosexuals need to respect the freedom of religion of the printer. If they sue the printer, then they are attacking the printer’s Constitutional rights to exercise his freedom of religion.

Additionally, failing to avoid the printer, the homosexuals also become provokers of hateful response. Such provocation is the basis for many laws on vice.


31 posted on 01/17/2018 10:07:59 PM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: jonascord
Gay men tend toward a parody of feminine behavior. I can see them breaking down in sobs as they throw themselves onto a fainting couch, like a 14 year old middle school girl...
Think, "...drama queen..."

We need to find the "Drama Queen" Rights section in the Constitution.
I'll start by researching continually the 9th and 10th articles in the Bill of Rights.

32 posted on 01/17/2018 10:43:46 PM PST by publius911 (CBS: "Asking the right questions is 100% of catching sexual abusers")
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To: massmike

Whatever gratuitous material the printing company sent is not hateful if there’s nothing distasteful left after truthful facts, statistics, and Bible passages are excepted . . .


33 posted on 01/18/2018 12:24:10 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: Mears

“...they can use this incident as an opportunity to shine a light on important LGBTQ issues.”

Please don’t. My poor eyes are old and they’re the only ones I have.


34 posted on 01/18/2018 12:25:45 AM PST by beelzepug (The permanent political class that runs this country is...the great(est) danger we face)
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To: massmike

Gee whez hoax leading to money.....


35 posted on 01/18/2018 2:11:47 AM PST by stockpirate (WHERE WE GO ONE, WE GO ALL. PATRIOTS. Q)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Vistaprint is almost entirely automated. It would be very difficult to have done this from their end. And, they get thousands of orders daily, have millions of customers. Picking out these perverts is so unlikely it is sure to be a hoax.


36 posted on 01/18/2018 2:21:43 AM PST by anton
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To: Gay State Conservative

Me too! Call me!
I seriously doubt anyone at Vista print is enough of a “Jesus freak” to do something like this...and over half of MA is a member of the gayblt, so why bother. Uploaded files to VP should tell all.


37 posted on 01/18/2018 5:55:45 AM PST by small farm girl (....)
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To: tbw2

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a patently unconstitutional federal act that should be nullified by the states and struck down by the feds.


38 posted on 01/18/2018 7:05:22 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: massmike

Hoax “crime” #354,253. I’d put money on it.


39 posted on 01/18/2018 8:06:55 AM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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To: fwdude

Maybe heterosexuals should camp out at gay bars and restaurants and see how they are treated.


40 posted on 01/18/2018 8:09:31 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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