Posted on 08/10/2021 7:08:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
The owners of Country Mill Farms in Michigan, who were banned from their local farmers market in 2016 over their biblical viewpoint on marriage, are having their case heard in a federal court this week.
Steve and Bridget Tennes operate their orchard in Charlotte, and they host weddings on their farm. The Christian family used to set up a booth at the East Lansing Farmer's Market to sell their produce, but officials decided to punish them because they believe marriage is between a man and a woman.
Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) say city officials in East Lansing have been targeting the Tennes family after they made a comment about marriage in a Facebook post.
"All of a sudden I felt like we couldn't even believe what we wanted to believe. We had to be quiet," explained Bridget.
CBN News reported that the family fought back in 2017 and a federal judge issued a preliminary order forcing the city to allow the Tennes family to participate in the farmers market. The judge also said the city most likely violated their religious and free speech rights.
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I feel like I live on another planet. This crap is just unbelievable.
Hopefully they’ll get rich off a settlement or award. Might take a few tries. Didn’t work for the florist in my neighborhood, though.
Only special people get to have rights in America. If you’re not special the government will crush you under foot.
The city has no business regulating their speech. Their stated policy has no bearing on this unless they can prove anyone was actually harmed or denied service. That does not seem to be the case.
I hope they win big against these tyrants.
I despise Leftists. I do.
Americans thought they never would.
It’s hard to get around hating them, at least for me. And I hate them for making me feel hate if that makes any sense.
Its gonna get a lot worse.
Their views on marriage have no bearing on their selling produce at the local farmers market.
They are simply being punished for politically incorrect views. This is nothing more than revenge and retaliation for unapproved thinking.
Typical lefty authoritarianism.
Leftists are just grown up playground bullies.
the couple should immediately ‘self identify as gay’ (Meaning happy of course) and the state will drop the case pronto
“I feel like I live on another planet. This crap is just unbelievable.”
No, this is EXACTLY what we should have expected from Democrats. We just never bothered to figure out who they were, and we were too busy staying mad at RINOs to even be able to identify an enemy that is far, far, worse.
Make sure that the perps are made to pay and/or spend time in prison.
Do you have a fondness for 'rinos'? I see that you make similar comments on other threads.
“Do you have a fondness for ‘rinos’? I see that you make similar comments on other threads. “
No, but I do understand the difference between RINOs and Democrats. Unfortunately half of the people here cannot seem to figure that out, even when told of their relative voting records.
I’m also able to realize that, in certain blue states, having a RINO who supports us (and Trump) 75% of the time is FAR BETTER than a Democrat who supports us 0%.
The democrats have managed to amass the power they have and do grave damage to our nation precisely because of rinos.
“The democrats have managed to amass the power they have and do grave damage to our nation precisely because of rinos.”
So you just look back, with no regard to what they’re trying to do in the future...so you assist them? Not smart.
I wish I did.
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