If you don't allow gay marriage in one business, you can't conduct other business.

[2aguy]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........if you do not allow yourself to be absorbed into the Borg collective, you will be destroyed........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

And for the past seven years, Steve Tennes and his family have sold their produce at the farmer’s market owned by the city of East Lansing.

But this year – city officials told the devout Catholic family that their blueberries and sweet corn were not welcome at the farmer’s market – and neither were they.

Last year, someone posted a message on Country Mill’s Facebook page inquiring about whether they hosted same-sex weddings at the farm.

Tennes told the individual they did not permit same-sex marriages on the farm because of the family’s Catholic belief that marriage is a sacramental union between one man and one woman.

City officials later discovered the Facebook posting and began immediate action to remove Country Mill from the Farmer’s Market – alleging the family had violated the city’s discrimination ordinance.

"It was brought to our attention that The Country Mill's general business practices do not comply with East Lansing's Civil Rights ordinances and public policy against discrimination as set forth in Chapter 22 of the City Code and outlined in the 2017 Market Vendor Guidelines, as such, The Country Mill's presence as a vendor his prohibited by the City's Farmer's Market Vendor Guidelines," read a letter the city sent to the family.


It also did not seem to matter to city leaders that the farm is located 22 miles outside the city limits – and had absolutely nothing to do with the business of selling blueberries at the farmer’s market.

 

[bodecea]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

 

[2aguy]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

His farm isn't in the city twit...........this is nuts....his farm selling blue berries has nothing to do with renting his farm for gay weddings....they aren't connected....this is the worst sort of insanity....

 

[MindWars]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

His farm isn't in the city twit...........this is nuts....his farm selling blue berries has nothing to do with renting his farm for gay weddings....they aren't connected....this is the worst sort of insanity....

The blackmailing of doing this is takes the cake. Since when are we in America blackmailed into accepting something.

This goes right over the heads of these liberal idiots. I can't wait until the day this all turns on them and these assholes get a does of their own medicine and they become blackmailed because of their own stupidity.

Just like these ass clowns who want open borders, lmfao yeah they wanted that too overseas, and then the dumb asses were kicked out of their own homes lol.

 

[bodecea]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

His farm isn't in the city twit...........this is nuts....his farm selling blue berries has nothing to do with renting his farm for gay weddings....they aren't connected....this is the worst sort of insanity....

It is connected if he wants to sell in the city market, isn't it? No one's making him do so, are they? I guess this is just another example of a christer business owner whining because they don't want to follow the business rules of the place they are wanting to do business in.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........if you do not allow yourself to be absorbed into the Borg collective, you will be destroyed........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

And for the past seven years, Steve Tennes and his family have sold their produce at the farmer’s market owned by the city of East Lansing.

But this year – city officials told the devout Catholic family that their blueberries and sweet corn were not welcome at the farmer’s market – and neither were they.

Last year, someone posted a message on Country Mill’s Facebook page inquiring about whether they hosted same-sex weddings at the farm.

Tennes told the individual they did not permit same-sex marriages on the farm because of the family’s Catholic belief that marriage is a sacramental union between one man and one woman.

City officials later discovered the Facebook posting and began immediate action to remove Country Mill from the Farmer’s Market – alleging the family had violated the city’s discrimination ordinance.

"It was brought to our attention that The Country Mill's general business practices do not comply with East Lansing's Civil Rights ordinances and public policy against discrimination as set forth in Chapter 22 of the City Code and outlined in the 2017 Market Vendor Guidelines, as such, The Country Mill's presence as a vendor his prohibited by the City's Farmer's Market Vendor Guidelines," read a letter the city sent to the family.


It also did not seem to matter to city leaders that the farm is located 22 miles outside the city limits – and had absolutely nothing to do with the business of selling blueberries at the farmer’s market.

It isn't about being FAIR, but the constant attack from the bullies of the left to get the immoral actions of liberalism FORCED up normal citizens. As long as there is resistance against the immorality, then there is a beacon of light that normal people would be attracted to. But when you take all beacons away, then there is only despair, and that is when liberalism wins. And everyone loses...

 

[EvilCat Breath]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

He does follow the anti discrimination ordinance. He sells his produce to anyone. That's what his business is in the city.

 

[my2¢]

I too see the leasing of the farm for weddings and selling produce as two separate things. Went out and saw another article from a Lansing newspaper that said Tennes would honor prior booked weddings but would no longer accept new bookings which seems like a reasonable way to settle things.

One question I didn't see asked or answered in either article is whether this good Catholic's farm hosted past weddings in which the bride and/or groom was divorced?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

His farm isn't in the city twit...........this is nuts....his farm selling blue berries has nothing to do with renting his farm for gay weddings....they aren't connected....this is the worst sort of insanity....

It is connected if he wants to sell in the city market, isn't it? No one's making him do so, are they? I guess this is just another example of a christer business owner whining because they don't want to follow the business rules of the place they are wanting to do business in.

All of the business rules of the city are followed to the letter.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I too see the leasing of the farm for weddings and selling produce as two separate things. Went out and saw another article from a Lansing newspaper that said Tennes would honor prior booked weddings but would no longer accept new bookings which seems like a reasonable way to settle things.

One question I didn't see asked or answered in either article is whether this good Catholic's farm hosted past weddings in which the bride and/or groom was divorced?

Was the bride and groom's prior marriage in the Catholic Church? If not, there was no prior marriage.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

He hasn't refused to sell to anyone at the market and the city has no justification over his farm.

This isn't rocket science

 

[Weatherman2020]

All is proceeding as foretold long ago.

As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

 

[Weatherman2020]

He hasn't refused to sell to anyone at the market and the city has no justification over his farm.

This isn't rocket science

I hope he wins a huge settlement from the city and the city goes under. Money is the only thing the left understand.

 

[Weatherman2020]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

His farm isn't in the city twit...........this is nuts....his farm selling blue berries has nothing to do with renting his farm for gay weddings....they aren't connected....this is the worst sort of insanity....

It is connected if he wants to sell in the city market, isn't it? No one's making him do so, are they? I guess this is just another example of a christer business owner whining because they don't want to follow the business rules of the place they are wanting to do business in.

So you are OK if a city bans anyone who supports homosexuality then.

 

[BULLDOG]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........if you do not allow yourself to be absorbed into the Borg collective, you will be destroyed........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

And for the past seven years, Steve Tennes and his family have sold their produce at the farmer’s market owned by the city of East Lansing.

But this year – city officials told the devout Catholic family that their blueberries and sweet corn were not welcome at the farmer’s market – and neither were they.

Last year, someone posted a message on Country Mill’s Facebook page inquiring about whether they hosted same-sex weddings at the farm.

Tennes told the individual they did not permit same-sex marriages on the farm because of the family’s Catholic belief that marriage is a sacramental union between one man and one woman.

City officials later discovered the Facebook posting and began immediate action to remove Country Mill from the Farmer’s Market – alleging the family had violated the city’s discrimination ordinance.

"It was brought to our attention that The Country Mill's general business practices do not comply with East Lansing's Civil Rights ordinances and public policy against discrimination as set forth in Chapter 22 of the City Code and outlined in the 2017 Market Vendor Guidelines, as such, The Country Mill's presence as a vendor his prohibited by the City's Farmer's Market Vendor Guidelines," read a letter the city sent to the family.


It also did not seem to matter to city leaders that the farm is located 22 miles outside the city limits – and had absolutely nothing to do with the business of selling blueberries at the farmer’s market.

Here are a few possibilities you don't seem to have considered.

1) Whether it is set up as a corporation, DBA, or some other entity, the wedding hosting business and the agriculture business are just different aspects of the same business. They are connected in every way.
2) The farmer's market set their rules based on the business practices of the people or groups selling at the market. It doesn't matter if they are in town, 22 miles out of town, or in another country. The city has every right to set the rules based on any legal criteria they want, and they don't want to do business with entities that discriminate.
3) I'm not sure, but if the business could be split into 2 separate unrelated businesses, where tax advantages for one weren't shared by the other, they might have something to complain about,

 

[JakeStarkey]

Anyone has to follow point-of-contact laws.

 

[bodecea]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

He does follow the anti discrimination ordinance. He sells his produce to anyone. That's what his business is in the city.

If he can prove that, he might very well win. I admit this is a grey area.

 

[Dragonlady]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

His farm isn't in the city twit...........this is nuts....his farm selling blue berries has nothing to do with renting his farm for gay weddings....they aren't connected....this is the worst sort of insanity....

No, it's not.

 

[bodecea]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

It will be interesting to see if he can successfully sue a city to force them to let him sell in their city market even tho he doesn't follow that city's anti-discrimination ordnance.

His farm isn't in the city twit...........this is nuts....his farm selling blue berries has nothing to do with renting his farm for gay weddings....they aren't connected....this is the worst sort of insanity....

It is connected if he wants to sell in the city market, isn't it? No one's making him do so, are they? I guess this is just another example of a christer business owner whining because they don't want to follow the business rules of the place they are wanting to do business in.

So you are OK if a city bans anyone who supports homosexuality then.

Wouldn't surprise me if there are some red state cities that do that, actually.

 

[Moonglow]

So a guy owns a farm, and sells his produce at a farmers market......he doesn't rent his farm out to gay weddings....not the left wing fascists won't allow him to cell his produce at the farmers market....which is, of course, unrelated to his farm.......

left wing fascism has got to end..........if you do not allow yourself to be absorbed into the Borg collective, you will be destroyed........

You Can't Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage

And for the past seven years, Steve Tennes and his family have sold their produce at the farmer’s market owned by the city of East Lansing.

But this year – city officials told the devout Catholic family that their blueberries and sweet corn were not welcome at the farmer’s market – and neither were they.

Last year, someone posted a message on Country Mill’s Facebook page inquiring about whether they hosted same-sex weddings at the farm.

Tennes told the individual they did not permit same-sex marriages on the farm because of the family’s Catholic belief that marriage is a sacramental union between one man and one woman.

City officials later discovered the Facebook posting and began immediate action to remove Country Mill from the Farmer’s Market – alleging the family had violated the city’s discrimination ordinance.

"It was brought to our attention that The Country Mill's general business practices do not comply with East Lansing's Civil Rights ordinances and public policy against discrimination as set forth in Chapter 22 of the City Code and outlined in the 2017 Market Vendor Guidelines, as such, The Country Mill's presence as a vendor his prohibited by the City's Farmer's Market Vendor Guidelines," read a letter the city sent to the family.


It also did not seem to matter to city leaders that the farm is located 22 miles outside the city limits – and had absolutely nothing to do with the business of selling blueberries at the farmer’s market.

It isn't about being FAIR, but the constant attack from the bullies of the left to get the immoral actions of liberalism FORCED up normal citizens. As long as there is resistance against the immorality, then there is a beacon of light that normal people would be attracted to. But when you take all beacons away, then there is only despair, and that is when liberalism wins. And everyone loses...

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So now being gay is a political philosophy..What a twist!