Funeral home refuses to cremate 82 year old man after his death

[Kondor3]

. . . because the owners found out on the day he dies that the 82 year old man was gay.

Homophobic hatred is not the standard for American values of decency and right action.

What is the fuck wrong with people like this? The great majority of us who are hetero do not understand the stupid hatred and meanness.

Gay man sues funeral home that refused his 86-year-old husband's body

One Mississippi family's pain and grief after losing a loved one was compounded when the local funeral home suddenly refused to perform their relative's cremation because he was gay.

Robert Huskey passed away in May 2016 after his heart condition worsened over the previous year. Knowing that his death was imminent, Huskey's nephew had made arrangements with the local funeral home the month before his passing.

Federal legislation introduced Tuesday would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which currently bans discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. At an introduction ceremony for the Equality Act, Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said passage of the bill will end the "patchwork" of nondiscrimination protections currently offered by only some cities and states.

"No person's fundamental civil rights should be determined by which side of a state line they live on," Griffin said. "But at this very moment, half of LGBT Americans live in a state where they are at risk of being fired, denied housing or refused service simply because of who they are. That's un-American."

Rob Hill, director of the Human Rights Campaign's Mississippi chapter, told NBC News that his office is "deeply disappointed" by the funeral home's actions.

"All Mississippians — regardless of who they are or whom they love — deserve to be treated with respect," Hill said. "We will continue to push for expanded, statewide protections for LGBTQ Mississippians so that this type of unconscionable discrimination will be prevented in the future."

Editor's Note: This article's headline mistakenly stated John Huskey was 82 when he died. He was in fact 86

It's not "homophobic hatred".

It's religiously-driven disgust directed at the wicked and degenerate... sexual deviants and perverts... a.k.a. homosexuals.

 

[JakeStarkey]

. . . because the owners found out on the day he dies that the 82 year old man was gay.

Homophobic hatred is not the standard for American values of decency and right action.

What is the fuck wrong with people like this? The great majority of us who are hetero do not understand the stupid hatred and meanness.

Gay man sues funeral home that refused his 86-year-old husband's body

One Mississippi family's pain and grief after losing a loved one was compounded when the local funeral home suddenly refused to perform their relative's cremation because he was gay.

Robert Huskey passed away in May 2016 after his heart condition worsened over the previous year. Knowing that his death was imminent, Huskey's nephew had made arrangements with the local funeral home the month before his passing.

Federal legislation introduced Tuesday would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which currently bans discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. At an introduction ceremony for the Equality Act, Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said passage of the bill will end the "patchwork" of nondiscrimination protections currently offered by only some cities and states.

"No person's fundamental civil rights should be determined by which side of a state line they live on," Griffin said. "But at this very moment, half of LGBT Americans live in a state where they are at risk of being fired, denied housing or refused service simply because of who they are. That's un-American."

Rob Hill, director of the Human Rights Campaign's Mississippi chapter, told NBC News that his office is "deeply disappointed" by the funeral home's actions.

"All Mississippians — regardless of who they are or whom they love — deserve to be treated with respect," Hill said. "We will continue to push for expanded, statewide protections for LGBTQ Mississippians so that this type of unconscionable discrimination will be prevented in the future."

Editor's Note: This article's headline mistakenly stated John Huskey was 82 when he died. He was in fact 86

It's not "homophobic hatred".

It's religiously-driven disgust directed at the wicked and degenerate... sexual deviants and perverts... a.k.a. homosexuals.

IOW, a homophobic hatred, yes.

 

[Papageorgio]

Cremate him, who cares what he was before he died, he is a dead body today. Denying him proves that you can be a jerk when a family needs support the most.

Silly!

------------------------------- its up to his family and friends to support them Papa .

I understand that, but purpose is served by not cremating a body and why does it matter what his sex preference?

 

[OnePercenter]

Is that the only funeral home in town?

Why don't the family end this charade and take the body to another funeral home?

What's the problem for heaven's sake????

This is beginning to look like "Weekend at Bernie's"

Was Woolworths the only lunch counter?

They had prepaid for his funeral.

Doesn't matter.

Take the corpse to another funeral home

and be done with the whole messy affair!

My God!

If they prepaid, now the funeral home has a contractual obligation. The funeral home is screwed.

---------------------------------------- might be true , course there is also a thing called a refund 1per !!

If that's agreed to by all parties, but contracts are a 'sticky wicket', in that if you are a contractor you have to show that you are unable to fulfill the contract to cremate a Gay person when the contract was written to a Gay person. That would be fraud which can significantly raise the claim.

 

[pismoe]

Cremate him, who cares what he was before he died, he is a dead body today. Denying him proves that you can be a jerk when a family needs support the most.

Silly!

------------------------------- its up to his family and friends to support them Papa .

I understand that, but purpose is served by not cremating a body and why does it matter what his sex preference?

------------------------------- i guess that it matters to the Crematoriums owner Papa !!

 

[pismoe]

Is that the only funeral home in town?

Why don't the family end this charade and take the body to another funeral home?

What's the problem for heaven's sake????

This is beginning to look like "Weekend at Bernie's"

Was Woolworths the only lunch counter?

They had prepaid for his funeral.

Doesn't matter.

Take the corpse to another funeral home

and be done with the whole messy affair!

My God!

If they prepaid, now the funeral home has a contractual obligation. The funeral home is screwed.

---------------------------------------- might be true , course there is also a thing called a refund 1per !!

If that's agreed to by all parties, but contracts are a 'sticky wicket', in that if you are a contractor you have to show that you are unable to fulfill the contract to cremate a Gay person when the contract was written to a Gay person. That would be fraud which can significantly raise the claim.

----------------------------------- go ahead , raise the claim , see what happens . The way that these anti discrimination laws and other sillyness have messed up the USA legal system , well , lets see what happens 1Per !!

 

[pismoe]

in other words , take the Crematoriums owner to court , its ok with me 1Per !!

 

[OnePercenter]

Was Woolworths the only lunch counter?

They had prepaid for his funeral.

Doesn't matter.

Take the corpse to another funeral home

and be done with the whole messy affair!

My God!

If they prepaid, now the funeral home has a contractual obligation. The funeral home is screwed.

---------------------------------------- might be true , course there is also a thing called a refund 1per !!

If that's agreed to by all parties, but contracts are a 'sticky wicket', in that if you are a contractor you have to show that you are unable to fulfill the contract to cremate a Gay person when the contract was written to a Gay person. That would be fraud which can significantly raise the claim.

----------------------------------- go ahead , raise the claim , see what happens . The way that these anti discrimination laws and other sillyness have messed up the USA legal system , well , lets see what happens 1Per !!

Discrimination is good?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Pismoe believes in an aberration of libertarianism. He thinks discrimination by individuals and businesses will not be enshrined in the law as it was in the American South. He is wrong.

 

[pismoe]

hows it going Sur !!

 

[pismoe]

Doesn't matter.

Take the corpse to another funeral home

and be done with the whole messy affair!

My God!

If they prepaid, now the funeral home has a contractual obligation. The funeral home is screwed.

---------------------------------------- might be true , course there is also a thing called a refund 1per !!

If that's agreed to by all parties, but contracts are a 'sticky wicket', in that if you are a contractor you have to show that you are unable to fulfill the contract to cremate a Gay person when the contract was written to a Gay person. That would be fraud which can significantly raise the claim.

----------------------------------- go ahead , raise the claim , see what happens . The way that these anti discrimination laws and other sillyness have messed up the USA legal system , well , lets see what happens 1Per !!

Discrimination is good?

-------------------------------------------- discrimination is neither good or bad . Its a common sense way of dealing with the world . The problem is that the laws have infringed on freedom and have messed freedom up 1per !!

 

[pwjohn]

. . . because the owners found out on the day he dies that the 82 year old man was gay.

Homophobic hatred is not the standard for American values of decency and right action.

What is the fuck wrong with people like this? The great majority of us who are hetero do not understand the stupid hatred and meanness.

Gay man sues funeral home that refused his 86-year-old husband's body

One Mississippi family's pain and grief after losing a loved one was compounded when the local funeral home suddenly refused to perform their relative's cremation because he was gay.

Robert Huskey passed away in May 2016 after his heart condition worsened over the previous year. Knowing that his death was imminent, Huskey's nephew had made arrangements with the local funeral home the month before his passing.

Federal legislation introduced Tuesday would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which currently bans discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. At an introduction ceremony for the Equality Act, Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said passage of the bill will end the "patchwork" of nondiscrimination protections currently offered by only some cities and states.

"No person's fundamental civil rights should be determined by which side of a state line they live on," Griffin said. "But at this very moment, half of LGBT Americans live in a state where they are at risk of being fired, denied housing or refused service simply because of who they are. That's un-American."

Rob Hill, director of the Human Rights Campaign's Mississippi chapter, told NBC News that his office is "deeply disappointed" by the funeral home's actions.

"All Mississippians — regardless of who they are or whom they love — deserve to be treated with respect," Hill said. "We will continue to push for expanded, statewide protections for LGBTQ Mississippians so that this type of unconscionable discrimination will be prevented in the future."

Editor's Note: This article's headline mistakenly stated John Huskey was 82 when he died. He was in fact 86

Maybe the funeral home is located in a sanctuary state that is devoid of Civil Rights laws.

In short a third world toilet

 

[JakeStarkey]

Beautiful evening, pismoe. I can look to the snow capped mountains and still enjoy mid seventies today with clean air.

My families are healthy, even if the younger millennials are a bit goofy in thinking they know everything. They are acting just like I did.

 

[Papageorgio]

Cremate him, who cares what he was before he died, he is a dead body today. Denying him proves that you can be a jerk when a family needs support the most.

Silly!

------------------------------- its up to his family and friends to support them Papa .

I understand that, but purpose is served by not cremating a body and why does it matter what his sex preference?

------------------------------- i guess that it matters to the Crematoriums owner Papa !!

It does, as for me, I'd take the money and cremate him.

 

[pismoe]

Cremate him, who cares what he was before he died, he is a dead body today. Denying him proves that you can be a jerk when a family needs support the most.

Silly!

------------------------------- its up to his family and friends to support them Papa .

I understand that, but purpose is served by not cremating a body and why does it matter what his sex preference?

------------------------------- i guess that it matters to the Crematoriums owner Papa !!

It does, as for me, I'd take the money and cremate him.

-------------------------------------- Personal choice is fine . I say that the Crematorium owner should be allowed the same personal choice and Freedom Papa !!

 

[Kondor3]

. . . because the owners found out on the day he dies that the 82 year old man was gay.

Homophobic hatred is not the standard for American values of decency and right action.

What is the fuck wrong with people like this? The great majority of us who are hetero do not understand the stupid hatred and meanness.

Gay man sues funeral home that refused his 86-year-old husband's body

One Mississippi family's pain and grief after losing a loved one was compounded when the local funeral home suddenly refused to perform their relative's cremation because he was gay.

Robert Huskey passed away in May 2016 after his heart condition worsened over the previous year. Knowing that his death was imminent, Huskey's nephew had made arrangements with the local funeral home the month before his passing.

Federal legislation introduced Tuesday would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which currently bans discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. At an introduction ceremony for the Equality Act, Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said passage of the bill will end the "patchwork" of nondiscrimination protections currently offered by only some cities and states.

"No person's fundamental civil rights should be determined by which side of a state line they live on," Griffin said. "But at this very moment, half of LGBT Americans live in a state where they are at risk of being fired, denied housing or refused service simply because of who they are. That's un-American."

Rob Hill, director of the Human Rights Campaign's Mississippi chapter, told NBC News that his office is "deeply disappointed" by the funeral home's actions.

"All Mississippians — regardless of who they are or whom they love — deserve to be treated with respect," Hill said. "We will continue to push for expanded, statewide protections for LGBTQ Mississippians so that this type of unconscionable discrimination will be prevented in the future."

Editor's Note: This article's headline mistakenly stated John Huskey was 82 when he died. He was in fact 86

It's not "homophobic hatred".

It's religiously-driven disgust directed at the wicked and degenerate... sexual deviants and perverts... a.k.a. homosexuals.

IOW, a homophobic hatred, yes.

Repeating the words does not render them any truer the second time around.

 

[JakeStarkey]

. . . because the owners found out on the day he dies that the 82 year old man was gay.

Homophobic hatred is not the standard for American values of decency and right action.

What is the fuck wrong with people like this? The great majority of us who are hetero do not understand the stupid hatred and meanness.

Gay man sues funeral home that refused his 86-year-old husband's body

One Mississippi family's pain and grief after losing a loved one was compounded when the local funeral home suddenly refused to perform their relative's cremation because he was gay.

Robert Huskey passed away in May 2016 after his heart condition worsened over the previous year. Knowing that his death was imminent, Huskey's nephew had made arrangements with the local funeral home the month before his passing.

Federal legislation introduced Tuesday would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which currently bans discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. At an introduction ceremony for the Equality Act, Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said passage of the bill will end the "patchwork" of nondiscrimination protections currently offered by only some cities and states.

"No person's fundamental civil rights should be determined by which side of a state line they live on," Griffin said. "But at this very moment, half of LGBT Americans live in a state where they are at risk of being fired, denied housing or refused service simply because of who they are. That's un-American."

Rob Hill, director of the Human Rights Campaign's Mississippi chapter, told NBC News that his office is "deeply disappointed" by the funeral home's actions.

"All Mississippians — regardless of who they are or whom they love — deserve to be treated with respect," Hill said. "We will continue to push for expanded, statewide protections for LGBTQ Mississippians so that this type of unconscionable discrimination will be prevented in the future."

Editor's Note: This article's headline mistakenly stated John Huskey was 82 when he died. He was in fact 86

It's not "homophobic hatred".

It's religiously-driven disgust directed at the wicked and degenerate... sexual deviants and perverts... a.k.a. homosexuals.

IOW, a homophobic hatred, yes.

Repeating the words does not render them any truer the second time around.

I am glad you understand that you are wrong no matter how many times you say it. This demonstrates some growth and maturity for you.